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It's been like this since yesterday. In the morning she was fine, even laid an egg and then suddenly her wattles started swelling. The inner parts at first and then in a few hours the entire wattles. And not only that but also the area in between her wattles is swollen as hell. Yesterday when...

I'll just post a picture since it describes the problem perfectly. Any help will be appreciated. This happened to her before but never this bad and never this red. It used to retract itself back inside but now she's been like this for almost an hour.

So yeah. This started happening a while back. One chicken has had this bald patch under her vent for a long time. Her butt is also a bit swollen but it seems like it's under control. It was always there, didn't grow any larger and she's healthy otherwise. The other chicken just recently started...

So it's me again. Another hen has a problem. Around 8 months old, ISA brown. Because of this I get quite a few soft shell eggs. Mostly happens during the night and I find them on the floor. But this one became very lethargic yesterday. I watched her and as she bent back to poop, a small piece of...

One of my hens has been acting strange the past few days. She is still eating and drinking normally, but other than that she spends her entire time sitting down, looking around or sleeping with her head tucked in her feathers. Haven't seen her on the nest the past 5 days so I think she also...

For quite some time now one of my hens has some problems with her feet. She walks normally but when running she limps pretty hard. I can't tell if it's scaly legs or bumblefoot.. or anything else. Pictures explain it the best: That pinkish area in between the fingers is a tiny bit swollen...

Today I noticed that one of my 15 2.5 months old chicks makes the yawning motion frequently. She still eats and is very active. There's no gargling sound or liquid around her beak. So far the yawning is the only weird thing going on. She's the only one doing it, although every once in a while a...

Hey guys long time no see. Fortunately my chickens have been doing great. But there is this thing that I've noticed 20 minutes ago with a 2.5 months old chick. I don't know how to explain so I will show you. Excuse the quality, it's getting dark. You see that "hole" between the...

First off I live in the middle of the city and I own 4 geese. Neighbours are cool guys and had no problems with this but it's time to move on. I have a friend living in a village nearby and she will gladly take them in. I did some research and decided that Muscovy ducks are the best to keep in...

So we have this chicken that had some problems with eggs before. She's 1 year old and has been laying many normal eggs. But from time to time she becomes lethargic, walks slowly, retreats in the bushes and "fluffs up" her tail. She ends up squirting out an egg yolk and then returns to normal...

She laid around 10 normal eggs at first and then became broody. After a few weeks she started laying again. First 3 eggs were normal and then the next 2 were soft shelled. She is lethargic the entire day with the soft egg, walks slowly, leans on her right leg and doesn't eat. She goes back to...

I had this goose that's been broody but stopped. Can she start laying again in the same season?

So I have this chicken. She always had a bigger abdomen than the other girls but I though it's just the way she is. It only got bigger and bigger. She never layed a single egg. I tried everything, antibiotics, vitamins, egg binding treatments, nothing worked. It got so big that now it almost...

Anyone using sommething like this? I recently started having a little mouse problem in the coop. I tried traps and somehow they always get the treat and evade the trap. I tried poison too but it didn't work. I would like to avoid killing them though. They are kinda cute. So do these devices...

Found her today like this: -pale comb -sits down with eyes closed -when she breathes on the beak -full normal crop -around 8 months old -greenish with yellow poop One thing I just noticed. If I touch her chest bone right above the crop I can feel her heart pounding like it's right behind the...

I have a 10 months old goose that went on the nest around 5 hours ago and she's been sitting there ever since. She sat on it a few times during the day too but only for a few minutes. She keeps adjusting the nest and changes her position. Untill today it only took her like 30 mins to lay the...

The vet prescribed some pills for one of my hens which has been sick for the past few days. The problem is she won't take them. She chews it a bit and drops it. I noticed that if I touch the sides of her beak, she opens it wide. Is it ok if I just drop the pills into her beak like this? I'm...

So I knew this time will come eventually and it's finally here. We will have to kill the gander. I don't want to see him struggle or put on a fight. Is there any way to put him to sleep or make him pass out? Do the human pills work? Any advice would be appreciated.

I did some research and read about broody hens but I'm not sure this is what's going on with mine. As the title says, the first thing in the morning she ran to the nest and has been sitting there all day. I didn't see her eat or drink anything, though she has some food in her crop (it feels...

They just woke up. One of them went to the water and drank a bit, then after turning around it spat some liquid that looked sticky. I checked her crop and it's empty. Her over night poop looks like a big mass of bright green mashed potatoes. Other than that she acts normally, has a great posture...