Hi! I have a chicken that about a month ago came down with IC. Been treating her first with clindamycin ointment, them with oxytetracycline and now at the end of week 2 of bactrim ds. She can partially open 1 eye but is still really swollen and under both eyes is a large hard lump. She started...
Hi all. Hatched out a chick yesterday and he cant walk. His right leg turns inward and he just falls over. I have him in a hobble but it almost looks like the hip isnt in the joint, which is making me think its a tendon issue. He was stuck in the egg so i helped him. I wonder if that did it. Any...
Hi. Looking for someone in northern alabama, near huntsville, that take in chicks with problems? I have 4 chicks-2 silkie mixes and 2 im not sure of that all have messed up legs. Otherwise theyre healthy though, so I don't really want to cull them if there is someone that does this. I got 2...
Good morning. Found one of our wellsummer hens in the run this morning by herself, did not see her last night but it was about 45-50 and she was by herself. Cant stand. Can flap her wings but not strong enough to fly. Alert. Eating and drinking, but i noticed a chip missing from the tip of her...
Hi all. Looking for advice. Little one was born about 5 hours ago and he had some yolk sack attached to him. Thst fell off, but he still had about an inch long umbillical cord attached to him. Ive had him sitting in a teacup with a damp paper towel inside the incubator and it hasnt made any...
Hi! I was sorting on my couch and heard frantic chirpin coming from my closet! One of the chicks on the incubator hatched about a week early and im not ready! Im sitting on the floor with it in my hand on a heating pad with a heater blowing on it until my husband gets home to go grab the stuff...
OK! So about 2 weeks ago, i noticed everyone just kind lf hanging out under the coop. Kind of unusual, but i thought maybe it was from the change in the weather/getting darker earlier. A few days ago, i noticed 2 of our girls and 2 of the girls i had just picked up were breathing wierd and just...
Help please! I picked up 7 chickens this past weekend. 1 of them im pretty sure had gapeworm, so i had her seperate from the other 6 and treated her with safeguard. She still sounds hoarse but is doing better. Two other ones tonight started sneezing and wheezing and one I dont think is going to...
Hi yall. Picked up a silver laced wyandotte last night and kept her by herself in the house. I woke up with morning and theres a lot of solid poop and 3 or 4 clumps have blood on them. No diarrhea at all. She eating and drinking fine. Could it still be cocci? If so, i have corid powder on hand...
Hi everyone! My name is Sue.
We are new to having chickens, although my husband had ducks when he was younger. The closest we ever had to anything outside of the "normal" pets were snakes and lizards.
We got our first set of chicks on December 9, 2023 (well, we didnt, Santa sent them with his...
Brought in my golden comet Garlic because she has bumble foot. She was panting and had her wings open before i picked her up so i thought maybe because she was hot (it wasnt too hot today). Shes still panting and has her eings open inside, been in here for about 2 hours and its 70 degreea...
Hi yall. Hoping you can help. Monday night i noticed one of my girls crop was really swollen, so i brought her inside for the night. It was a mix of squish and grit and some hard spots, bigger than a softball. Not much liquid coming out when i inverted her. I was able to push a little to...