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Does anyone have an idea what this may be? The skin is very thin and stretched out in her chest and when I move her, I can actually hear liquid sloshing around in this swollen area. She is acting fine, lots of energy, seems to be eating and drinking plenty (it's been over 90 degrees in this...

My hen, Ruby, was limping for about a week until one day she just quit walking on it. I took her to the vet a week ago and the vet said she did not think it was bumble foot because there was swelling only in one foot. She said it looked more like a puncture wound. We managed to break open the...

I have a sick hen with what looks like maybe lice eggs around the base of her vent feathers. I looked at some other posts on this forum and found the attached photo which looks like what she has. I did a search of her neck, vent, belly and back and cannot find any live lice. Is this possible...

Can anyone tell from this picture what this lump might be? It started a while ago and has gotten bigger and bigger. Now, it is even a little bigger than in this picture and has started to bleed from the back side of the lump. From reading up on mites, I don't think that is it. I read that...

I have one hen who makes a long "crow" sound often. A couple others started with a congestion sound and now more are getting it. I am not sure if the two symptoms are related. Because the congestion sound started spreading so quickly among my birds (31 chickens and 10 turkeys), I am getting...

I have a rhode island red hen who is about 18 months old and has been walking a little stiff legged (a little like a penguin) for the past couple days. She also has been pooping a little green-yellow and has been getting pecked by some of my other chickens-no marks being left though. She...

Help! I have never had chicks. One of my hens had gone broody and we let her lay on her eggs, but I hadn't been counting the days, exactly. When she got 3 eggs under her, we marked them because we didn't want more than 3 new babies. Tonight, I went to pull the fresh egg out from under her...

It started with one hen a couple weeks ago who would do what sounded like a hiccup or at times, and extended crow. Then, I noticed last week a different hen with what sounded like a congested chest, bubbled type sounds when breathing and now yesterday have 3 hens and 1 turkey with the congested...

I found this quail sitting alone, kind of hiding behind their water just now. The other quail were spread out a little, but mostly in a group on one side. I noticed it's beak is very bloody. I don't know if it tried to fly out and got hurt on the top (chicken wire) or if others may have been...

Can anyone tell me what this is (can see it best in the first picture, toward the top)? At first, I thought it was an underdeveloped egg, and I was afraid to do anything with it but it is still there today...just noticed this yesterday morning. A closer look this morning and it definitely is...

Can someone please tell me what they think killed my 10 baby chicks last night? I had them in a large gray 100 gallon stock tank, away from the other 20 full-grown chickens. They were only about 2-3 weeks old I am guessing. We purchased them from a farm supply store about a week ago. On top...

My broad breasted bronze Tom was having trouble walking a few days ago. He would go a few steps, then flap his wings and lose balance before falling to a stop. His poop has gotten very runny and yellow/green the last two days. He is panting very heavily past few days (even before it warmed up...

My standard bronze turkey hen came out of her house today with bloody sides. Both areas of her body, under the wing on each side, are bleeding and missing the skin. I noticed Tom trying to breed her last week. He is huge and she was making a noise that sounded like he was hurting her due to...

My turkey hen had an injured wing a few months back when attacked by a possum. Last week, she was unable to walk so I isolated her at night. The next morning, my husband let the chickens out and somehow either the other turkey hen or Tom or some of the chickens pecked the heck out of her back...

We have taken our first rooster, about 6 months old. I'm not sure how my husband killed him, but the feathers are plucked, skin is intact he has been in the fridge for about 48 hrs. Any recommendations? Is it better to fry, bake or roast? Any recipe ideas would be wonderful!

She was attacked by a wild animal when she was 3 mo. old (we lost a tom that same night to the animal) and her left wing was torn up pretty bad. She healed fabulously and was trekking around with the other Tom and hen we have. About a month ago, she started limping a little (she is now about 6...

We have a small flock of 25 (7 roosters and 18 hens). One of the roosters (I am not sure of the breed but have attached a picture) seems to be dominant along with one other of the same breed. We have a White Leghorn rooster, two Rhode Island Red roosters, a Barred Plymouth Rock rooster and...