bite

Hi all- My black australourp has a ton of bumps/bites on his comb/wattles. I thought it could be mosquito bites being that I live on a bayou, but if that were the case why don’t any of my other hens & Roos in the flock have them? Is this something to be concerned with or is it just mosquitoes...

Hello everyone, My names Tom and I’m from the south west of the U.K. I’ve come here seeking advice and also probably looking for some peace of mind at the same time. I’ve only had my ducks for a couple of months and spent a lot of time building them an enclosed area that has everything they...

It's been going on awhile. I'll be walking by our chicken and she'll either be fine or she'll make a charge at me and nip my foot. She has broken skin several times. She doesn't do this to my partner at all. Though she has had attitude problems before but is generally good and we can both pick...

Yesterday I noticed a pretty big welt on our light brahma's face. Checked all the other chicks, no one else has got any similar signs. She doesn't seem to be too bothered by it, letting me check it out. It doesn't feel hard or hot. She's clucking and foraging, seems happy and normal. We recently...

Please help I just noticed my 1-year-old Jenny has a very deep wound on the back of her neck that was not there yesterday. She shares her coop with her sister, my four other chickens sleep on the roost on the other side of the coop. She's been extremely broody for the last few weeks hard to get...

At 1 a.m. tonight I interrupted some kind of animal attack. Likely raccoon. I was late in closing up the coop. My hen was squawking and laying still outside. She was missing a lot of feathers in a few areas, but the only serious wound was on the back of her neck. (See picture.) Initially sprayed...

Has anyone had experience with their peafowl being bitten by a copperhead? One of my hens was acting strangely (almost as if she was choking) and I walked over to see what was wrong with her and there was a copperhead striking repeatedly at my other hens right beside of us. I wouldn't have even...

I feel absolutely awful. My 10 week old runner (boy) bit my almost 1 week old (est) mallards bill. She bled a little bit at first and when I cleaned it with a saline solution it peeled a little bit. (I was dabbing it on carefully, not trying to rub but she wasn’t holding still of course) I put...

So yesterday was our third run in with a local fox. He hasn't killed one of our girls yet, but came close twice. Yesterday was another close call. He bit "Princess" - an Ameracauna who is 3 years old twice. While she is not in critical condition, I think her injuries are more than mild. She...

Hi all, I’m very new to raising ducklings and I currently have 4 one month old babies. I believe 2 are Indian runners and I’m not sure of the other 2. Sexes are unknown as of right now. Today while swimming around I noticed that one of the darker ones, I believe a drake, kept biting one of the...

Received 8 chicks today in the mail. Ordered Silkies but the black one appears to be a Serama. It takes a big bite of its wing, holds onto it, and won’t let go. Than it pulls its wing violently; so hard that it trips and falls! It screams in agony while it does this😕. Is there anything I can do...

I just cannot believe this: Saturday evening I found my favorite Silkie, of course, sitting by the coop and there was a large amount of congealed blood on lower back and top of tale area. She did not appear in any pain. Brought her and washed her off and the bleeding seemed to stop. I...

Hi! We have chickens at our barn where we also board horses. Two of our chickens are aggressive roosters and while our family has trained them not to be aggressive to us, our public boarders are being attacked and we cannot train every new barn visitor to establish their dominance. Our...

About 3 Days ago my dads small yorkie took a bite of feathers out of my buff Orpington’s fluffy butt. I thought it was just feathers... today I can tell it’s worse than I thought and it looks infected... like she got more than feathers. Since her feathers are missing, she can’t get on the roost...

She was fine yesterday. Now she acts lethargic but talks to you. Can’t Walk well. I noticed her wing joint looks weird. Looks like something bit her? Do you know what this is? How to help her?

Today we went to a feed store and got a new chicken, because of the death of tetra, tapioca was not laying. back to what I was saying we got a new chicken (Houdini) and they don;t exactly get along tapioca keeps pecking and attacking her but Houdini is a lot bigger I'm worried about them...

May be related...our new dog (not chicken trained yet) squeezed out past my husband and ended up chasing and biting one of our 13 chickens. We were horrified and worried about her (her name is Tippy). I noticed right away that she was breathing rough but I figured she had just run really fast...

I've had a U2 for about 6 years. He is a rescue and I am not his first owner. Overall, he's a good bird, but sometimes he will bite that (seems) so come out of nowhere. He is very playful and typically in very good spirits, but every 4-6 months, I'll get a very aggressive bite. I don't react...

We have this one little duck, she is a few months old, her name is Pistachio. When I hold her, sometimes she'll lower her head, make this small huffing sound and bite and pull my lip. She has made my lip bleed before. Why does she do this? What am I doing wrong? I've had her since a hatchling...

My neighbors puppy got loose today, mistook one of my chicks (white leghorn IIRC) for a toy. She has a smallish bite out of her back, but is seemingly otherwise uninjured. She will move her wings (unclipped). She walks, scratches, and she roosted in a pine tree as is normal for her and her...