Yesterday I found one of my Coturnix Quail lying under one of the logs in the aviary. It's rainy and a bit cold here so she may have been stricken with hypothermia. She was very cold, so I put her under one of the chick brooder lamps we have to spare. Today her condition hasn't changed besides...
Alright so we recently had a batch of 20 new Hampshire red chicks hatch, but suddenly we found and isolated one who was
- "gasping"
- sneezing occasionally
- lethargic in general
It's day two of this sick baby being sick, but she is floppier and tends to sleep. I have her set under a heat lamp...
Now this isn't too much of an emergency, but it sparked my never ending fear of more spraddle legged babies! :barnie
Sadly, I don't have any photos at the moment, but here is my "problem" at first glance. We have recently hatched 3 hampshire reds and 2 sizzle crosses- about 9-18 hours (when I...
I have 4 rescue battery hens in my flock at the moment. They're Red shavers, and are pretty well. Besides this one. She might have some sort of lung problem? Every time she breathes it's raspy. She's thinner than the others, and has slightly flaking skin at the base of her feathers.
I'm not...
Hey everyone! The only reason I made this account is soley for this issue. I'm not sure if it's an issue, a normal thing, or is abnormal. Sadly I couldn't take photos but I can give a good description of what happened.
We're on day 12, and the silkie chicks in the incubator are seeming to do...