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I posted about this in an earlier thread; however, I felt that I should repost it with my new findings from observations made in the last few hours. For context, I found one of my hens acting lethargic with a swollen eye this morning. At first this and some nasal discharge was all I could find...

Woke up this morning and found one of my hens acting lethargic. Upon further inspection I found her eye completely swollen, oozing and with bubbles. Checked for other problems and found some nasal discharge. Currently suspecting respiratory illness or sinus infection. Current plan of action is...

Hello. I have a hen with swelling at the ankles and a little at the knees. It has been cold up here for last few days with temps. as low as 12°F. I noticed the swelling on Thursday, and was called out today to take another look. The swelling was worse today. I have ruled out bumble foot...

I do not have any pictures at this time, but my rooster has an infected eye. Recently he and another rooster got into a fight, which disrupted the hierarchy of my whole flock. At first he only had the normal cuts that were easy to treat, but today I noticed that his eye was shut and had swelled...

I have a lot of experience with raising baby chicks, but I have never experienced a chick that drinks water just fine and doesn’t eat. The chick in question is now four days old. The first two days were pretty rough with the chick being lethargic and unresponsive until I finally got it to drink...

During the last two days I noticed that some of my eggs had been broken into and not just cracked. I figured that I had an egg eater and began examining all of my chickens beaks. Low and behold I found the culprit. She is a silver leghorn. I am not sure if she is laying yet. I have placed her in...

I have a hen that seems to always have the problems. This time I think that she may be egg-bound. I have searched the symptoms and most seem to match, except for the egg. I felt her abdomen where an egg would be but it didn’t feel off. These are her symptoms: laying down, little to no movement...

So I was doing my normal routine with my chickens today, which includes a lot of snuggling, when I found brown bugs crawling on my young BR's back feathers! I know that they are lice and that they can be treated using Permethrin dust or possibly oregano? However, if I were to use permethrin, I...

“Short neck” barred pullet (Both pictures are of my barred pullets stretching their necks out. Notice how one is way smaller than the other. I can get better pictures if needed.) Normal barred rock pullet On May 1st I got what looked to be a normal batch of chicks from Murray McMurray...

So my chickens have round worms.... I am going to treat them with Wazine but I don’t know what the proportion is for water. I would love to know! I also have a mixed aged flock ranging from 11 weeks to almost 2 years. Will I be able to deworm them without hurting the youngsters?

I was sitting with my chickens today like I normally do then my wonderful Barn yard mix hen Mintz came over and pooped. It looked normal until I saw something odd. In the middle of the poop there was a strange red bubble-like thing. I thought that this was rather odd so I looked it up. I found a...

I am just having the worst luck with these chicks! Everything was going fine after they arrived until today. It was a normal day with my chickens until I went into the chick coop. There I find two of my chicks dead! Oddly I didn’t any symptoms the night before. I will say that I haven’t cleaned...

I came out this morning to find my Buff Orpington limping. I looked at her leg and I saw a cut that had a yellowish scab. I am worried that it could be an infection. How can I treat her?

So I went outside this morning hoping for everything to be normal, until I find Paris, one of my young cockerels, covered in blood. When I put them away last night, everything was fine. I don’t know what happened. I have him separated but a few of my other cockerels are also showing signs. Are...

So I went to go and check on my chicks this morning only to find one of my EEs toes caught in the heat lamp and the chick hanging upside down. I managed to get her out gently but her toe is totally smashed in. Is there anything I can do to help her? I have to go to work in like 10 minutes so I...

Hi! As you can see from the title, one of my customers put their dirty eggs in their fridge after I told them to leave them on the counter. They were left in the fridge over night. Will they have to throw the eggs away and get a new batch or should they wash the eggs immediately?

I woke up to check on my chicks this morning and I find one of my silver leghorns dead. I saw her eating and drinking yesterday and when I picked her up she felt cold. Her eyes were also closed. I thought that that was odd because I have two heat lamps and plenty of space for them to spread out...

Hi y'all! My broody hatched her chicks yesterday and through the night.:wee Egg-citing times in the flock! However, while I was observing the new babies, I noticed that one of the chicks was under Mom way more than the others. When Mom moved, the chick was asleep and woke confused as to where...

Hi there! I have a friend of mine who has been having a problem integrating her new White Cochin rooster with her Rhode Island Red rooster. The first time she tried introducing the WC the RIR attacked him and hurt him pretty bad. Now she is switching them out everyday to give them a shot with...

I had 12 eggs set under my broody hen on March 19th. The eggs were supposed to hatch on April 9th, but, to my surprise, there were little baby chicks surrounding her! Seven have hatched out so far and I saw that three were definitely pipping. I wasn't able to see the other two at all. Pictures...