We got 6 day-old chicks about a month ago, 3 Isa browns and 3 Cinnamon queens. A couple days ago I’ve noticed that all 3 of my Isa browns have been acting a little bit off. They aren’t as active as before or as my C queens, they’re a bit slow and seem to sometimes lose their balance a little...
About 3 days ago my chickens got attacked by, I’m presuming, a group of coyotes while free ranging. 2 hens and 5 pullets are now missing and one of my pullets (assuming its a male but not 100%) survived and escaped and is now acting pretty sick/strange. He sleeps most of the day, but will only...
Ive noticed my SLW acting weird a few days ago, shes a bit less active and every now and then i would catch her opening her beak and jerking her head up, sort of like when they take a drink except it looks like shes trying to get air. I looked it up and came across gape worm but im not sure can...
My 2 year old silver laced hen started acting sick about a week ago. It started off as standing in place puffed up, looking weak until recently, i’ve noticed she is struggling with balancing. I isolated her in a cage in my basement today. I have looked at mareks disease although im not sure if...
Recently ive noticed my hens been kind of standing in place all puffed up, other than that shes been eating and drinking fine its just that shes been acting kinda sick. Shes done this before as well as my other chickens and usually it passes and soon they’re back to normal so I thought that...
I have a rooster named lolek and ever since he has been a chick he’s always been a sweet cuddle bug. He was so friendly, me and my family joked about how he acts more like a hen than he does a roo. About 2-3 weeks ago when he first started molting, i noticed he started acting weird. He wouldn’t...
So a few months ago , during molting season one of my chickens molted but once her feathers grew back they were all stiff, and messed up and kind of ugly. Before she molted they were fine; she even had one of the prettiest feathers of the flock, so i guess what im asking is if this is fixable ...
HELP!! my chicken got a tick near her eye a couple days ago, we took it out and thought thatd be it. today She went missing for most of the day and when we finally found her, her eye was all swollen!! What do I do? Can she get a disease? Will she die? someone please help... I dont want to loose...
So we are babysitting my aunt's dog over Easter break and yesterday, my dad thought it would be a good idea to introduce the dog to the chickens, (mind you the dog is like 2 or 3 years old and it's a pretty big and energetic dog.) but when the dog saw the chickens in the coop, she broke loose of...
I have had chickens ever since I was 9! But all though I had them for about 8 years, only about 5 months ago did I start raising chicks! But I still don't know how to tell if they are female or male.. I have a new batch of 6 that are about one month old, can anyone help me determine their...