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Found a hen dead this afternoon and somehow found the courage to perform my first necropsy. Noticed yesterday that she had been having trouble breathing, and it worsened overnight. Heavily labored breathing this morning with a stridor, either on in or exhale or both. Crop looked pretty full for...

The first week of March we brought home 12 pullets of different laying breeds - Comets, Browns, Asians, EEs, and RIRs. We found two extra small eggs today, one in the coop run and one hidden close by. We have three adult hens but I really doubt these came from them. Could one/some of the sex...

Hey All, need some advice with a +- 3w/o chick who is having issues: We recently bought 12 chicks to add to our flock, as our older birds have gradually moved on to the pasture in the sky. 8 birds came from TSC March 7th - various breeds - and 4 americaunas came from a local feed store. We...

Let the hens out into the yard today from their coop/run and one didn't come out right away. RIR has very full crop, had some gut gurgling noises. Immediately brought her in the house into a bin to rest and try to recover. She stood in the bin or a while, not really moving or interested in...

So I got this awesome bird feeder as a gift that will close off the seed opening if a squirrel or large songbird tries to land on the post, and I love singbirds, but NOTHING has gone to my feeder. I have heard some beautiful songs from my yard over the past week, but haven't seen their sources...

I have four birds in my flock, two production reds and two barred rocks. Today as I was letting them out of their run that one seemed to be moving slower than the others. Typically when I let them out I stand there and they hesitate before the walk through the door and make a run for it past...

Wondering if I'm the only one out there who can't seem to keep pekin ducks alive... First 3 ducks were a little of a learning curve from our chickens...one got sick, other two got eaten. Fixed all the mistakes I thought I made, but now my one female just died today and the one male isn't...

Hi All, I've been away from my FL home in MA at my parents house since late June, and apparently over the summer my drake began to have serious issues moving around. We bought him at TSC in early April with 2 others - one got sick and died within a week, the other is healthy as an ox (so it...

I have one drake and one duck who had been living outside in a makeshift tile crate for maybe two months - pine shavings, play sand under the waterer, dirt underneath it all. Got out almost every day for pool time, and added pine or fully cleaned the cage often. Maybe a month ago I noticed his...

I started a thread a few days ago and ChickensAreSweet has been very helpful so far helping me figure out my chicken's situation. Here is the original post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/884172/sick-rir-weight-loss-green-runny-poop-now-fly-strike-graphic-pics The gist of it is I think...

Hi All, One of my older RIRs, Red (I know, so creative), isn't acting right. I noticed recently within the past few weeks that she felt lighter than I remembered, but wrote it off to comparing her to our younger reds. She is about 2-1/2. She's always had a relatively pale and floppy crown but...

Hi All, The bf and I just purchased three pekin ducklings from tractor supply about a week ago...i think they're about two weeks old now, or a little less. They are ADORABLE. duh. This is our second try. We bought some from a friend of his mother's last year, but one got sick and died...

Do chickens really pant from pain, along with other reasons? I haven't found a lot of info on that here. I noticed yesterday, maybe the day before, that shes been panting. Just doesn't really seem hot enough even in FL to cause panting...my other grown birds aren't doing it, though my young...

Hi all, I have had my rir Feisty in the house with me since early sep when she was attacked my a raccoon...she has been recovering nicely so far - not quite back to normal yet, but getting there. My idea was to document the whole healing process and then post it for encouragement/case study...

hi all, so i have a chicken that got attacked by a raccoon and shes been inside since it happened three weeks ago. her neck got torn up and she has a wound on her leg, but both seem to be healing nicely. i think the back of her neck is completely covered over now with new tissue. however...

Hi All, One of these days i'll post something positive on here, but since July our bird keeping luck has disappeared... This morning we got up at 8am to find Smooth (our last BO) was the newest victim of the raccoons and had not survived. Unlike the attack on the last two birds, Smooth's...

Apparently the privacy lattice enclosing the bottom of our coop isn't strong enough to deter raccoons... i went to let the birds out this morning, and noticed a bunch of small feathers littered around the bars of the coop (3.5' off the ground) that they walk on. A couple were bloody but my...

Hi everyone, Second post, this time about my ducks, not chickens...the latter seem to be doing well these days... I have read a lot of the posts on ducks, toxins, and their symptoms on here, but felt I wanted to start a new thread to see your reaction to my duck caretaking abilities. I am...

Hi Everyone, We lost one of our 1yr 4mo old chickens today and I am looking for some votes as to what could have happened to her. Here is a very detailed scenario: My boyfriend and I own a (very) small house very, very close to downtown Sarasota, FL. We have a decent sized backyard for...