Yesterday I noticed my 6 month old rooster walking funny and my heart sank. Now today he can’t walk. This is my fourth rooster this year that I’ve lost to what I have been assuming is mereks. They are fine and completely healthy one day and then lame in one or both legs the next. All of them...
I swear it’s just one thing after another.. yesterday I was throwing grass into the run for the chickens and noticed one of my hens Mocha going to eat it but never actually picking it up and eating it. I checked her all over and see nothing wrong on the outside but noticed she smelled strongly...
My one year old Tom has three large masses on his wing that seem to be growing in size. I have no idea what they are and there is no vet anywhere near me that sees poultry. I can tell he’s not feeling well he is lethargic but eating and drinking normally. I know there’s likely nothing I can do...
My one year old Tom has 3-4 very large masses on one of his wings. He is acting completely fine and eating well. I’m not sure what breed he is, my grandma got him from a bin and a feed store and cant remember what it said. I’m not positive if he is broad breasted or not but based on his normal...
6 days ago I discovered my 3 year old rooster Foghorn had what looked like very severe crusty butt, a mound of poop had completely sealed over his vent. I immediately gave him a warm bath and removed the encrusted poop and his vent looked very bad underneath. After it was uncovered though he was...
Yesterday we noticed Rusty is dragging his right foot/ leg behind him. He is a little less than a year old silkie rooster. We have brought him into the garage with a heat lamp since where I live we are getting a lot of snow. His foot looks completely normal, no sign of injury or bumble foot. His...
I have a pet broad-breasted white turkey who is just under a year old and he all of a sudden is not able to stand I think he is too heavy for his legs. He is kept at my grandma's house with chickens and I didn't know but she had been feeding him too much. Is there anything at all we can do now...
This is awful, one of my grandmas silkie hens has a severely infected vent. It smells terrible and I don’t know how long it’s been like this. I just soaked her in warm epsom salt water and put peroxide and neosporen on it. It looks too far gone to help but I’d feel awful if I didn’t try. She is...
Its been a while since I've had to post on the emergency thread but (sadly) I'm back!
I have a silkie hen named Cleopatra who is about 2 years old. My chickens are kept at my grandma's house who lives just down the road as my mom HATES chickens, I have been extremely busy with homework and the...
I just went to big R (My local tractor store) And picked up 3 chicken chicks and one baby turkey (I'm so new to this I don't even know what to call them.) The baby turkey is a broad breasted white and he seemed good when I picked him out but looking at him closer the top of his beak was bleeding...
I just went to big R (My local tractor store) And picked up 3 chicken chicks and one baby turkey (I'm so new to this I don't even know what to call them.) The baby turkey is a broad breasted white and he seemed good when I picked him out but looking at him closer the top of his beak was bleeding...
last month I ordered eggs off eBay that were advertised as sizzles/frizzles, I know there is not guarantee that their feathers will curl but I’m hoping some of them will. I got ten eggs two of them didn’t develop three of them died before they hatched and one of them died about five days after...
My silkie chicks just hatched 6 days ago and ever since one hatched it wouldn't put any weight on one leg when id move it felt like a slipped tendon or something like it would get caught. I just noticed earlier today that in its joint it has a little hole and I think I can see the tendon inside...
Hello! I have had chickens for 3 years now. Here are some pictures (new and old) Of some of my chickens. I wanted to get everyone's opinions on them just for fun :D I know I love them and I hope everyone else does too! Also if i say a wrong breed please correct me! Most of them I got at swap...
A couple days ago my 2-year-old hen Blue Bell passed away, a week before her neck was suddenly twisted and she couldn't walk well. Then she couldn't walk at all and both her legs were completely limp. I kept her alive by feeding and watering her by hand and giving her vitamin E and was just...
I feel like I post here every other week :( My two year old silkie hen has been showing wry neck symptoms for about two weeks. She is holding her head way back against the middle of her back and her neck feels almost S shaped. I brought her into the garage and have been giving her water with a...
I just picked up two barred rock hens yesterday whose owner passed away and the family didn't want them. I noticed as soon as I got them in the car that one or both of them were having diarrhea that smelled a lot worse than normal chicken poop. I noticed that they were on a diet of only layer...
Just picked up these two hens from out of town whose owner passed away... I am quite sure they are Barred Rocks but just wanted to know for sure! They look black in the picture but up close they are actually brown.
Ok so I bought 10 Sizzle/Frizzle eggs on ebay and they arrived on the 25th, I did some research and I candled them and a couple of them looked like they had a detached air cell. I let them sit big side up in an egg carton overnight and for the next day until midnight when I set them up in the...