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I didn't really intend to have two roosters.... Our original 6 girls were all I wanted, but a friend had some chicks that needed a home and I offered to take them. I crossed my fingers, hoping they'd be girls, but two were boys. One of them actually nearly died just a couple of months ago...

I have 9 hens (6 Arucaunas, two who-knows-what, and one silkie) and two roosters - one smaller Rhode Island Red-looking boy & one very large Dominecker-looking boy. Yesterday, when the girls (and boys) were out foraging, I went out to count heads and noticed one missing. I looked, and...

I'm so sorry you've lost chickens with no explanation. There seem to be a myriad of reasons and sicknesses these days. I just don't remember there being so many chicken viruses when I was younger & lived on a farm. My mother's chickens only died if something attacked them, or if they got into...

I have been so worried we'd never get out of this "funk." I isolated the young rooster several days ago when I found him sitting in the nesting box, eyes "sealed" shut, and with lots of awful scabs taking over his comb. I'd noticed the scabs several days, but thought the others might be...

At this point, I'm really feeling a bit helpless. Got home this afternoon to find Chocolate (the rooster's name) about the same. He has definitely lost weight. His crop is so flat, and I know by the food I left him that he hasn't eaten anything. I warmed up some yogurt and watered it down...

My chicken isn't really eating -- so I will definitely recheck the inside of his mouth. He doesn't have any problem drinking or breathing, so I sure hope I don't find anything there!!! :( Thanks for your replies!!

I had the same issue with one of my hens last week. I noticed the bubbling stuff coming out of her eye on Sunday, and by Thursday (I think it was Thursday), she was completely fine. She also didn't have any sneezing going on or anything like that. I did a lot of research on the topic and had...

For the last several days, we've nursed a 5 month old rooster who is covered with awful scabs. His poor comb looks terrible. He's like one big ugly scab! :( There is a big scab over his right eye, which is swollen so much that he only opens it occasionally. His left eye isn't as swollen, but...

I live in northeast Georgia - close to the "home of the Dawgs," Athens! :) (Sorry to use that reference, given the fact you're from Auburn! heheh!) ;)

There was another post here last night with a very similar picture. I noticed it because I, too, have a rooster with the same eye. My rooster's comb has sores on it, too, actually scabs. The responses to the other post mainly pointed toward fowl pox. I looked it up, and I'm pretty sure...

Thank you all for the warm welcome! To answer the question about posting a picture of the coop -- I haven't done that yet, but I will try! I am still learning how to post here! :) I'll try to upload pictures of all my chickens, too. Right now, I'm nursing a rooster (Chocolate) back to...

Just wanted to update to say that my rooster (Chocolate) seems to be improving. Pretty sure he has fowl pox, based on the scabs all over his comb and the condition of his eyes. He couldn't eat because both of his eyes were "sealed" shut, so I've been getting him to drink by dipping his beak in...

Hey everyone! I grew up on a poultry farm, and while I only had a few "pet" chickens in my life, I loved the enjoyment farm animals can bring. I began thinking about getting some backyard chickens about a year ago, but didn't think it would ever really happen, since we live on 1 acre within...

That's exactly the way my rooster's eyes look!! I hope you get the answers --- because I need them too! BOTH of my rooster's eyes are that way -- and I fear he will die because he can't see to eat. I dip his head in water so he can drink, but there's no way he's getting enough. I did an...

What do you think the coop issues could be? I don't know what I could be doing wrong. They have plenty of room to run around inside the pen, and I let them out in the afternoons (but not if we're not going to be here to keep an eye out for them). I scrape the coop floor every day when I pick...

Last Sunday (a week ago), I noticed one of my hens with a "foaming" eye. I immediately panicked, and when I looked it up online, all the information pointed toward a respiratory illness that would surely kill my entire little flock. I joined another group asking for help, and everyone...