Araucana has a spell in ‘hospital’
When I found Slasher the Aruacana lying on her side unable to move next to the hen house, I feared the worst.
The ground was rock hard and freezing cold and I had no idea how long she’d been there. Her immobility was alarming, and the angle of her head, with her neck twisted so her beak was pointing at her tail feathers, wasn’t a good sign either.
This story is from the May 2018 edition of Your Chickens.
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