One of my young chickens has been standing like this all ruffled up. She’s still eating and drinking, I was wondering if this coccidiosis or if I should be concerned about something else going on?
Clear mucous. I don’t see any sort of lesions in the mouth and I don’t believe there is a blockage or anything in the throat. They get fresh water every day. The duck was fine this morning, the symptoms seem to come on quickly, the same way it was with the other duck that passed away. The duck...
My duck will not move, eat or drink. It is laying still with its wings outstretched and it sound like it is having a very hard time breathing. It also sounds a little bubbly in its airways and has a mucousy substance coming from its nose holes. This happened with another one of our ducks...
I have a duck that is laying down with its wings spread out. It sounds like it’s having a hard time breathing. This has happened to another one of our ducks recently and it passed away. We are worried this one will have the same fate but would at least like to prevent it from happening again...
Other than chickens we have a few ducks, a couple turkeys, and a couple pheasants. I think it would be cool to someday try my hand at some other birds, I’ve always wanted to raise some quail.
Black one looks like an Australorp to me, I love their iridescent feathers. The other two I think might be an Americana and a wellsummer. I’m no pro at identifying chickens but I have these breeds and they look similar. Pretty chickens!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I first got chickens 2 years ago.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I think around 33
(3) What breeds do you have?
All sorts of breeds, almost all my chickens are different
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising...