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Hi In the last few months I've lost three of my red sexlinks. Had the last two autopsied. Peritonitis is the diagnosis on one and bacterial infection and low grade ecoli found on the other (same symptoms before death) and they are doing further cultures to try to find out more. I was originally...

I have lost three 2yr old red sexlinks in the last few months. Two in the last week! Symptoms before death were significant feather loss on the underside, tail feather broken and brittle. Red rash on skin around vent and underside. Filthy feathers, not grooming Thin A lot of thin shells lately...

I have two yr olds and one year olds, flock of 15. A few of them have lost feathers and have bright red skin, mostly in the butt and back area. I've checked and dusted for mites (they had them a few months ago, but I've not seen them since dusting.) I can't seem to find anything on this...

Any advice?? Baby got smothered, I have 20 new chicks, and they sleep in a pile for some reason. We found this one at the bottom this morning, not moving and limp. She is breathing, but is there anything I can do??? Please help if you can! Thanks :(

Hey all, So you know those ostrich feather dusters? I read somewhere that they are great to put in your brooder for the baby chicks to hide under. Last year I got some for my chicks and it was great, they loved them! So this year, I used them again, put them in the little cage our four day old...

Just noticed one of our 2 yr old red sexlinks wheezing-just started. she also has a terrible red skin issue- rash? or? I'm at a loss here! HELP! **The red skin is brighter than the photos show- I have a couple of girls with missing feathers and this awful red skin !

Due to this long cold winter, the flock didn't get their health and wellness checks as often as they should have... :/ I have 15, 9 are red sexlinks, and they are the ones affected by this weird red skin It looks just awful! Everyone has mites.. But just a few of the reds have the red skin...

Our speckled Sussex rooster 1 yr old, just suddenly died. No reason that we could tell. :( We noticed this morning that he had dried blood on his comb. We have never seen him fight with our other rooster, so I can't think of what could cause this. Over the winter he lost most of his comb from...

My roosters have frostbite on combs and wattles! Can I use neosporin/polysporin and aquaphor? Is there anything else? Can I keep them in the coop or do they have to be isolated? Any advice appreciated. :-(

We've had our pekin ducks, Harry and Sally since May (they were young, maybe 2 months old when we got them). They have been cohabiting with our laying hens fairly well, although my male duck will NOT leave the hens alone and both ducks are really bossy with the hens. They do go into the coop...

I have 2 pekin ducks about 18 weeks, male and female. They have started the mating behaviors, and the female has been laying eggs the last three days. The male keeps grabbing my hens and trying to mount them as well! They aren't too thrilled about it, and I can't figure out how to get him to...

My little sick 11 week old chick has gotten so much better thanks to all the great advice! Her impacted crop seems to be all better now. It's been a week and a half that's she's been in the house recuperating from her crop issues. So I thought I would reintroduce her to the flock today... Big...

When we bought our day-old baby chicks this spring we knew that there was a (good) chance we would end up with a rooster amongst our laying hens, even though the backyard breeder we got them from tried to convince me she could sex them at 90% accuracy. HA! A rooster wasn't really in our...

Hello Chicken Experts! One of my RSL is missing feathers down her throat and the skin there is red. I searched for parasites but haven't seen any. Anyone have ideas what this could be?

**the saga continues* My little sick 11 week old chick has gotten so much better thanks to all the great advice! Her impacted crop seems to be all better now. It's been a week and a half that's she's been in the house recuperating from her crop issues. So I thought I would reintroduce her to...

Hey all you experts! I bought 11 baby chicks from a local backyard breeder in the spring- I was hoping for all hens, but, well you know how that goes.... This one I was told was an Ameraucana (she tried crowing today, so I am thinking, she is a he) The other photo of the white one is also one...

Hi all, The other day a fence post fell and landed on one of my girls feet. She was limping pretty badly and the skin was torn a little on the back of her leg where it joins the foot. There was a small amount of blood, and I didn't want her to get pecked so I put a bandaid and neosporin on it...

Hi I hope someone can help me- I have 9 red sexlinks for about 9 months now, and we are adding to our flock with baby chicks who are still in the brooder in the house, but we got 2 pekin ducks that are a month old. We kept them next to our hens in a tractor so they could see each other, but...

We lost one of our girls last night. (Red Sexlinks) There is no sign of why and the others seem fine and healthy. I have read here that they just sometimes die suddenly and there is no apparent reason. Now I'm scared we will lose more of them... I'm so sad. She had been fine and laying...