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anyone know what these plaques on my drake’s bill are? it’s not mud, it can’t be dislodged. if no biggie, great, i was just worried it could be fungus or something

any practical ideas on gout in my hen? she is 5 years old. the vet recommended low protein food but i am not sure how that can happen when i have 21 other chickens. we could give her meloxicam, but she actually doesn’t appear to be in pain so not sure if this would be helpful. i just wanted to...

i just did surgical removal of bumble from both my chickens (between the toes) after soaking for several days didn’t fix it. 2 questions: 1. do you continue to soak the feet after bumble removal? 2. does she need systemic antibiotics? i would think no to both but these are actually...

my 1 year old speckled sussex is suddenly lethargic today. i brought her in to look her over-vent looks ok (not sure if she is laying, we have 15 hens), no mites. crop is empty at 3pm in the afternoon. she will not eat but is drinking a ton, when i pick her up & massage her crop the water comes...

today one of my swedish blue ducks is limping severely & not wanting to get up. i inspected her foot/leg & there is no injury & no apparent tenderness, swelling or deformity. she is eating/drinking if the feeder/waterer is close enough but she can’t walk more than a couple of feet before lying...

what is wrong w/ my hen’s left rear toe? she had bumblefoot in the right foot & i removed the bumble, bandaged it & it’s healing well. she is not lame, was never lame, is walking & roosting, eating. i just noticed a few days ago she was staying in the coop not socializing outside like she...

any suggestions welcome. i have 4 ducklings-2 cayuga & 2 blue swedish. they are fully feathered so we moved them outside about a week ago. they free range in a fenced in yard & have a small run attached to their coop. each morning they come out into the run quacking to be let out. the problem...

my year old easter egger has not been foraging w/ the others, just hanging out in the shed or coop. was laying every-other-day or so but no egg since sunday. i checked her vent but couldn’t feel an egg, but her vent is swollen & a little purple (see pic below). we did a 15 min epsom salt bath...

one of my 5 week old ducklings has clear fluid running out of her nose & i think a cough. i was going to give her duramycin in the water. does that sound ok? any tips or feedback appreciated.

i just had my 3rd baby chick die in only 6 days & i don’t know what to do. i have 2 other sick/slow ones that i’ve sequestered & i’m concerned about. background: ordered 28 from murray mcmurray & 4 were dead in the box. we got the other 24 settled in the brooder & they looked good-drinking...

we just found one of our chickens trapped under an overtuened PLASTIC flower pot. she has been gone since FEBRUARY 25, & my hubby found her today because we are planting in our pots. we thought she had been snatched by a bird of prey, but here she is!!! i have never heard of such a thing, but...

hi! i was hoping for some advice about integrating a new hen. we have a small flock of 3 hens that we raised up together from the day they were born. we adopted a new hen 3.5 weeks ago. normally we wouldn't have tried to introduce a singleton, but her situation before coming to us was one of...

hi! i was hoping for some advice about integrating a new hen. we have a small flock of 3 hens that we raised up together from the day they were born. we adopted a new hen 3.5 weeks ago. normally we wouldn't have tried to introduce a singleton, but her situation before coming to us was one of...

before chickens start laying, is there a visual difference between a hen's cloaca/vent & a cockerel/rooster anus? we have a juvenile rhode island red that we think is a hen, but she's (?) not laying (yet?). i looked at her butt & it looks like a hen's vent, but i haven't purposely looked at a...

hi! we just rescued a 4 mo old rhode island red & after quarantine are introducing it to our established 3-chicken flock. the established chickens are 16 months, the new girl 4 mo, but size-commensurate. we free range our chickens. they've been in the yard together today & as expected, the 3 old...

my name is susan & my bf tracey & i have 3 chickens, black australorp, barred rock & silver laced wyandotte. we're actually adopting a 4 mo old rhode island red today! i've read the how-to on introducing new chickens, but may have ?s once we bring her home.