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Hey chicken friends, This site has been so helpful raising my chicks so I hope someone can help. A few days ago a crow or big bird of sone type attacked my month old chick , we heard noise and as we approached the yard saw a little fluffy thing fall from sky, it was one of the the little...

Hello my dad has a about 5 Cornish Cross that are about 5 weeks old and one of them can’t walk. Some of them are also bald on their underbelly. He told me they are just meat birds and are meant for just that and basically they’re just genetically doomed and can’t live too long. Is that true? One...

Hi there! I have had 2 lavender Orpingtons lose use of their legs. 1st about 8-10 weeks old and the second one just happened at about 6 months old. They seem to be a normal healthy bird and over night they will be laying on their sides with their legs out to the side of them. Head is up and...

Our chicken was limping a few weeks ago. It seems her left leg was injured. Checked for everything (bumble foot, other injury, everything google says to check for) she is fine. Figured she might have sprained it coming down the coop ramp in the rain. Now fast forward a few weeks, it seems she is...

The other 2 hens are fine. But one of them was laying on the ground and can’t seem to walk / stand. I fully examined her, and she has no injuries. The only physical thing I could see is that her comb / waddle / face is super bright red. Other than that, coloration looks normal. Heartbeat felt...

I have a young silkie hen who suddenly can't walk for an unknown reason. I checked her for injuries, but couldn't find any. She had some nasal discharge and feels kinda skinny, but she seems to be energetic and is still eating and drinking. I'm not sure when this started, but I found her...

Hello! My dear buddy Echo had a severe double eye infection and was put on antibiotics. The dose was injectables 4-6 times a day for a week in the pectoral muscle. He seemed to grow more and more sore with the injections, but his eyes and behavior did grow better... BUT. Now he can only hobble...

Aloha, A few days ago I noticed one of my hens stumbling around the yard, she was unable to stay on the roost that night so I put her in a crate and the next morning she was laying on her side. She won't eat or drink and its now day 3. This morning I noticed a 2nd hen displaying similar...

Good morning... yesterday I noticed my 16 week old ISA brown being less active. She was walking around, but not her normal self. It was almost "bedtime" and she was not going into the coop with the other girls. I picked her up and looked her over and she seemed fine, chirping to me and moving...

Our whelsh harlequin duck has a prolapsed vent with hard stuff hanging out of and stuck it, its oozing afoul smelling white fluid. Since we brought her in to treat it 2 days ago, she has refused to eat during this and today she can't stand or walk, she's very alert and active though. She has...

I am still kind of new to the chicken world. My first and my little baby girl Nugget (profile picture) has not pooped in awhile. Lost a lot of weight, lethargic, and it keeps getting worse as the weeks go on. I’ve kept her separate from the other chickens in my flock for two days now and when I...

Me and my sister got a turkey a couple weeks ago and yesterday we looked at her and her foot was twisted sideways and she wasnt walking right

First post here https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/albendazole-dosage-goose-with-progressive-limp.1453272/ Last post here https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/kinky-back-treatable-what’s-your-expierience.1462064/ To sum it up short: My gander becomes progressively lame. First time...

Hello, I recently bought 17 chicks from Meyer Hatchery for certain breeds about 3 weeks ago... going on four I lost 6 of them 3 were dead on arrival and 1 died a week later. All are well... except this little chick here I think the one of 2 Delaware chicks I ordered and she was fine fine fine...

Hello, my turkeys hatched yesterday and one chick still isn’t able to walk or stand. The others from this clutch are doing great. What should I do or is this normal? I’ve never hatched turkeys before so this is all new to me. Thank you so much

I've hatched out around a dozen Cayuga ducks today and yesterday and one has bent toes, so I put little cardboard squares and taped his feet to it. The issue is, he also walks with his feet behind him and he can't walk. His legs are straight out behind him, almost like splayed legs bit vertical...

I have a chicken who is ten years old; Thàvma. She was healthy and thriving then one day recently, she disappeared. We looked all over for her (we have over ten acres) and ultimately found her ten days later. She was found against the pool equipment and when I picked her up, she was alert and...

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My 9 month old gander began limping on March 2, I didn’t think much of it because he got into a squabble with one of the other boys and I figured he just needed resting. His limp progressed, his left hock was slightly inflamed after a few days and I noticed he was losing weight so I thought he...

Last night I discovered my Easter Egg hen (approximately 6 months old) on the floor of the coop lying on her side. My rooster was standing beside her. When I came into the coop she didn’t get up - just moved her head to look at me - I thought this was odd so I went over to check on her and she...