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I'd forgotten about this thread! Here's an update on Chicken Jane, the escape artist: After a big molt and a safe haven from rooster stress, she's turned into quite a pretty little lady! She's besties with my wry neck hen and, while not top of the pecking order, is happy to assert herself over...

Well, in a complete about-face change of heart or mind, I now own Chicken Jane free of charge. Time to plan out better quarters and quarantine procedures... 😳 Her poop is most often a liquidy mess. She surprised me with an egg this afternoon that I was saving for when the neighbor picked her...

Update: Kept her overnight. The neighbors wanted her back, despite the $25 offer to just "re-home" her here, so they came late the next day to collect her. She was back on my porch the following afternoon and I had to herd her back. The next morning, today, she popped back into my run for...

Anything of immediate concern in her appearance? My thoughts: 1. Poopy bum. Worms? 2. She's either pecked on the head often or her rooster has pulled a lot of feathers. (She's never escorted over here by one either and seems completely friendless, is she outcast for health reasons by her...

It's possible; she certainly is no prize winner in her current condition. I'll get a picture in a minute... I really do mean to be kind, but I'm really nervous that it will just seem like I'm insulting their keeping arrangements. I've thought of wording it like, "I don't know what diseases my...

Please help me think this through. There's a sad looking little leghorn mix chicken who stalks my property. She's on my porch or around my large chicken run all day, hunting any food spills, spills from bird feeders, and of course pooping everywhere. She disappears somewhere to roost and if I...