Recent content by Katieswan

Well at the moment I believe that this is what it is but hopefully I will be able to get a for sure answer with a necropsy at some point. Does anybody have suggestions on what to do so it does not transfer to other peoples birds who may come to my house or I go to theres? I have friend with...

Do you have any suggestions for me as what to do further? Should I cull this whole flock? Would it be ok to get more chickens who were vaccinated and hope they do not get it as well or is my chicken keeping ruined now? I realize it is spread through dander but would it help to clean and...

Almost a year old Dominique with a newly ( as of today eye looking like this) It seems irritated because she has it closed a lot. Here is what it looks like when it is open. Hard to see any pupil at all. Does act like she cannot really see out of it. Older Red Sex link who I got as an adult...

Thanks for the response. I feel like it almost has to be mareks. Especially since this one bird showed up with this symptom randomly. It seems more unlikely that it is from an injury. I will try to post some photos that I took this afternoon. Yes I agree that it is a hatchery issue and I had...

HI there, I have done a few quite a few posts now about sick birds and I think I am coming to the bottom of it. Maybe? I have read a lot about Mareks but I still have some specific questions. I have had 2 birds get sick and I have had to kill from things that were a little different. One had...

Yea I will probably never get that breed again. Although I do like there personalities. They are so friendly and adventurous. They are the only birds I have that will venture out in the snow too. However, I have had a lot of issues with reproduction. One of the birds I still has gets puffed up...

Thanks again for the input. It is funny you brought up the shutter idea because my husband also mentioned it just yesterday. That could work. It would have to be plastic though since I did not want to block out the light when it was closed in really cold windy winter days. I defiantly will be...

Thanks for the thoughts/advice! I defiantly thought about that with the breed having more health issues since they are a production breed. I really like that breed for their personality but I will probably never get a high production breed again. I have gotten some really large eggs from those...

I am just looking for some general advice here. I have a sick chicken at this moment who I can only figure has possibly water belly or something like internal laying. She is a red sex link. I got her and 6 other hens a year and a half ago as already mature layers. They were supposedly 1 or 2...

I am really struggling to figure out what is going on with my chickens. Around a month ago I got two buff orpintons that were probably 2 or 3 months old. Supposedly they were siblings of another one I got a few weeks before them. Suddenly one of the new buff orpintons started acting ill. I...

Thanks for the idea. I did indeed loose her tonight.

So today when I went out she is a lot worse. Her bad eye is opening more but I can see now it is very red. She seems to have fluid coming out of her mouth! When I open it up I cannot see down her throat like I can with my older hens. I have started giving her some tetracycline in her water but...

So a couple weeks ago, I came outside and suddenly one of my 3 month old pullets had a closed eye. I thought it got pecked on by an older hen while out free ranging with them. It did not look very swollen or have any puss coming out from it. I decided to leave it and see it if healed on its own...

Thanks! Hopefully she's ok. She won't even let me try to open it to see if something's in there. Is any triple antibiotic oaintment ok for eyes?

HI All, My almost 3 month old buff orp was out free ranging in the yard with the big hens. There was plenty of space for them to stay away from each other. However, I think that maybe one of my big girls may have pecked the little one in the eye. She was completely fine and an hour later her...