My chicken was put down today due to egg perionitis (Possibly). She quickly got sick, lethargic, had puffed feathers, poopy butt, intense smell from her bum, huge swollen abdomen, colorless comb and immobile. She went from showing symptoms of what we thought was vent gleet to complete sickness...
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She and my other chicken eat leftover fruit/veggies, grains, corn, bread and eggshells, sometimes other things. They have been healthy and happy for the last weeks/months
They never had Coccidiosis, and I haven´t been deworming for a while, I texted the vet and I hope to...
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My chicken seems to be having the blues. Her waddle is low and she has droppings on her bum. I am worried she is not ok. Does anyone know what this might be? I attached pictures under. She is not excited about food as she normally is and she is a bit lethargic.
EDIT: She is also...
Hello! She has no breed that I know of, I am portuguese so we call her breed "pedrês careca", I'm not sure its an official breed. She might be going through menopause then... However, her poop (I just re-checked) seems to be a bit yellow/greenish and her bottom has some poop streaks that look a...
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I have two chickens, and one chicken has been acting a bit lethargic. She is around 5 years old, she is very strong built but has been acting off. A few days ago, we noticed she was attacked by some animal. Her comb was scratched bloody, her coop had blood in the wall and she...
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One of my chickens lays eggs around once a week, and they are very tiny. However, when we open then, the egg yolk is "encapsulated" in a weird, white capsule!! Here is a photo of the egg whites:
Hello BYC! I have two beautiful chickens and they are inseparable. If I pick one up the other screams for her!... Today I witnessed the sweetest moment ever... as always they were together and Fornelos, the gray one, started singing. Giselda, the yellow, started too. They were crazy for a while...