injuries

Hello all. I am fairly new to chicken raising and could really use some advice. The other night, Saturday, while I was getting my chickens ready to go in their coop for the night, one (or possibly two) of my hens viciously attacked another one of my hens. I have two chicken species, Rhode Island...

My broody hen hatched out a few chicks so far and we are about half way through the hatch day. So far, 4 out of 12 hatched with 3 more pipped. All are healthy but one. The area around its ear is all missing. It looks like the skin may have been cut and peeled, but I can’t be sure. The hen...

Hello there, I could really use an advice from people who have geese and had experience with injuries in the ankle area. I have lots of experience with chickens but none with geese. I saw this poor little guy in a park. He hopped on one leg, raising the other. I brought him home, examined the...

Have a chick 3 days old. Was shrink wrapped in egg and had to help it hatch after 24hrs. Much smaller than the other chicks has some leg and a wing issue. Really struggled the first 24 hrs after hatching but now trying to keep surviving even with the difficulties. It has a bulge under the skin...

My black copper maran, Griffin, is has lost weight, stopped eating, and her abdomen is swollen. Her comb is droopy. I suspect a broken egg inside of her that got infected, but I’ve had two or three chickens pass from this. The vet is not an option. Anyone know the best way to treat this? I...

This chick was hatched this morning. I’m thinking that the mother hen attacked it. Which really confuses me, because she loves her other chicks so much and is very protective of them. But this one appears to have been attacked. We’ve also lost 2 others but they were dead when I found them. I’m...

Sorry it's long. If you don't want to read, here's the very short version: 1 chicken dead with no known cause, 1 missing. Some of the live chickens and ducks have saliva on them but no injuries or broken bones. What happened? The full version: Last night, my fiance woke me up at 4:30am and...

Hello all, I just noticed today that one of my cockerel’s wattles seems to have a pocket of something (blood, puss, idk) and was wondering if there’s anything I should do for it. There’s a spot on the wattle where it looks like it could have been scratched, it was bleeding earlier, and it got...

Hi everyone! My lavender Orpington Spring hurt her leg on the right side. Not quite sure how she did it but she's limping and she is holding it up up to her body. Not sure what treatments to give her it's not broken to my knowledge but very warm. She is getting around and making noise But last...

My broad breasted turkey just started to not be able to walk. I was planning on eating him but I want to make sure this isn't some sickness. She can walk a little but than falls over. Video Video for backyard chickens. Turkey can't walk https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcZ4M4nPeW/?utm_medium=share_sheet

I integrated my new broad breasted white into my chicken flock (all hens) last week. I have 10 hens. The turkey is a girl too. Getting along was great the first several days, but now they’ve turned on her. Her wing was injured yesterday and she has a few bloody peck marks on her neck. Is this...

I have a bantam that has a fish hook caught in its inner thigh. All I could do was cut the shaft from the hook to give it more comfort because it seems to be caught behind the femur. I do not have the money to take it to a vet but it is still walking around and flying. Will this bird survive...

Older chicken with tumor like swelling, mainly due to flystrike, I think. Below vent. I have been soaking in salt water, applying vetericin and flysx spray. She is eating and seems comfortable, but this swelling needs to go down.

Help!! My chickens keep pecking each other and won’t stop. I’ve put on the pick no more lotion, they still peck. I put on hen healer, and they STILL peck. I have 4 chickens and I keep them in a 25 square foot run, however, we have a very large backyard and I let them out in that for most of the...

After hand raising (inside my home) for four months, 8 separate broods of chickens and Wild Guinea. I can safely say YES House Chickens ARE doable! Of these birds I picked two that were to be INSIDE chickens. I lost my best girl and her house mate was alone for a year.. I was her flock and she...

Hello, One of my chickens got attacked and injured on one cheek right below her peak, towards the neck. We’re not sure by what, but we are assuming it might have been a raccoon/possum/hawk or cat. It has been about 7 days since the incident. We quarantined her and had to start force feeding her...

Hi, recently my one of two quails that I made a post about because it began pecking the other, has started to try jump out of its box... The box is big enough for the two and the one quail that jumps had its behavior changed around 2 weeks ago, it used to be fine with me holding it and...

Hey guys I would appreciate any help SO much. Thank you so much for your time. I hatched this little hen back on April 26th from some fertilized eggs I purchased. She's just started laying and is a little sweetheart. I just noticed these spots today. What are they? I'm so worried. I'm in North...

How much of this should I give to a duck and how often? And how should I give it to her. I’ve been treating a duck’s wounds for over a month, I’ve taken it to the vet twice. The most recent time I asked them to check the wounds and see how they looked and if I should give it any antibiotics. It...

Hi!! In response to my last thread, I've done so so so much research on the subject of what causes a duckling to limp, and I'm about 95% what my baby Moe is experiencing is a niacin deficiency. For context; I started noticing my 4/5 week mallard, Moe, limping early yesterday morning when I...