I have an almost 4 month old rooster who seems to be very sick.
I don’t think he will make it, but I’d like to know what people think could be wrong so I can prevent this from repeating.
Clinical signs
He is all fluffed up, barely moving, and was isolating himself from the flock original. He is...
My 2 year old hen has a very large crop, which seems to be twice the size it should be naturally. It doesn’t seem to bother her most of the time, however, she has gotten sour crop twice already.
Each time she gets sour crop we treat her and she gets better. However, I am concerned that her...
This hen was also from the same people as the rooster on my previous thread. So I know next to nothing about what could have happened to her, though they do have a chicken who has been hit by a car. Anyways, nothing seems wrong when I look at the leg. No cuts, lumps, or skin discoloration. It...
Today my best friend gave me a rooster who seems to need his foot amputated. My best friend visited his girlfriend’s grandparents and found that one of their roosters had been fit by a car a few weeks back. His foot was barely attached, looked nasty, and seemed dead. The grandparents didn’t plan...
Pale Yellow Lump on My Hen’s Underside. Should I Be Concerned?
My seven year old hen had an odd lump on her underside. It’s smooth and has no feathers growing out of it. It seems to just be a lump of something surrounded by thin skin. It’s on her underside, right along her rib cage. It doesn’t...
Sick Chicks
I had two very sick chicks at school. One passed away last night and the other one doesn’t look like she is getting better.
They’re sleeping a lot. Barely walk, and stumbled when they do. Still drink and eat a little but only a little. Wings are drooping all the time. Close eyes a...