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Thanks. I’ve bought some B vits and I’ll see if pain relief helps. Keeping her pretty immobile & quiet; she sat & watched The Talented Mr Ripley with us tonight 😂

Other hens are perfectly normal. She tries to hop about a bit, and stand. She won’t grip my finger with that foot but she will with the other. I don’t know if they’re vaccinated for Marek’s. They’re all from the same breeder.

My pekin hen Little Edie, aged around 3 years, is suddenly lame in one leg. Happy, chatty, eating drinking & pooing normally, but her right leg is not weight-bearing and the foot doesn’t respond to stimulus. I’ve had her indoors for several days and wrapped the leg in vet’s tape to try and give...

You can't really see it - it's under the feathers and to the side of her comb.

Thank you for the welcome! Here are a few photos! Gladys, Little Edie, Millie and Fleur.

Hi! I've been keeping hens for about 3 and a half years in the backyard of my Victorian terrace - if you know English houses you will know that these yards are not particularly big, but it's all theirs. We have a run with bark chippings as well as the cemented space, which is really easy to keep...

I adore Pekins (cochins). I've gone from keeping standard and large breeds to just Pekins now, as they are so funny, cheeky and full of personality. Mine are just pets, and the eggs are a bonus, so it depends what you want.

Hi all, My wheaten pekin (cochin) hen had a bit of a swollen head last week and one eye closed. I treated her with antibiotics and the swelling has gone, she's eating and scratching and pooing, but she now has a hard lump the size of a ball bearing under the skin next to her comb that I've not...