Chicken still cant stand but seems perfectly OK in every other respect. What we have to decide now is that if she continues like this, sat in her box, is she having any better a life than a battery chicken in its cage. Have spoken to a bird expert and our vet, and whilst neither of them can put their finger on the problem, both of them say they doubt if the condition is treatable.

Also last night we had to wash her bottom, for obvious reasons, which she did not enjoy. Is this a reasonable quality of life.