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Some of my flock is showing symptoms of what I think may be gapeworm. I have never dealt with it though so I’m not 100% sure. I was thinking of deworming and also using an avian antibiotic I found online I case it is a respiratory issue. Would it be safe to give both a dewormer and an antibiotic...

Around a week back I had a d’uccle rooster get sick and pass away that same night. He was fine that morning, but became lethargic later in the day. we gave him nutridrench and decided to treat him with corid, but we ended up losing him overnight. This morning we went to let the chickens out and...

I have a 1 year old belgian d'uccle rooster who isn't looking too well. He is lethargic and standing with his head tucked in. I also just noticed his comb is pale and puffy. I just separated him from his flock and gave him nutridrench, corid, and some vitamin/electrolyte mix. My first thought...

Hi all, I wouldn’t necessarily call this a flock management issue as this is for one hen but I figured it was the best place to post. we have a large flock of about 50 chickens that we love, but no one rivals miss pumpkin! Pumpkin is a just turned year old Belgian d’uccle. My younger brother...

I posted a little while back about a hen who I thought had a broken leg. I don’t believe that is the case now. She had a dark amber colored rash start to show on her leg and I did discover a couple mites. She has been getting her legs soaked every day as well as putting Vaseline on them. The...

I have a young hen (7 months) who I noticed was limping on Tuesday. She wasn’t being picked on but I separated her from the flock and have her in her own little area. I examined her and can’t see any injuries. She kind of sticks the leg out and will put it on the ground but then just hops. It...

I just went to check on my girls and I believe one had a prolapsed vent. I have never dealt with or seen one in person but I’m fairly certain that is what this is. How can I help her? She’s acting totally normal as of right now but I’m going to grab her and separate her so no one picks at her...

While putting the girls to bed tonight this dark brown egg was discovered! All of my girls either lay white, blue or very light brown eggs so this was a surprise. We have 5 new girls in the coop who have yet to start laying. One is a blue Orpington, one is a welsummer and the other 3 are ISA...

I know that strange eggs are common but I’ve never had any crazy abnormalities. However this morning I found this egg in with my silkie who is currently raising a few chicks. This is her first egg since becoming broody so it’s been a while. The egg is hard, but there is a strange tail(?) on it...

I had 8 eggs in the incubator that started hatching 2 days ago. One first had pipped and made a decent enough sized hole that I could see its beak. I assumed that it would be the first to hatch, but it still isn't out. 4 hatched 2 nights ago, 2 hatched last night, 1 just hatched now. This little...

In late July we had an incubator malfunction but we did manage to hatch out 1 chick. I didn’t want it to be alone so while I was getting some things at tractor supply I ended up getting 6 chicks. 2 were supposedly white leghorns. They are super wide and absolutely tower over my other chicks (isa...

Back in late June/early July I hatched out 5 blue Orpingtons. I know for a fact at least one is a roo, and I am about 95% sure one is a pullet so I didn’t take a picture of them. The other 3 I am not sure of. They all have larger combs than the girl and are all bigger than her. Hopefully I end...

over the past 2 days I have noticed 2 different hens with bloody legs. I checked them over and there were no cuts or anything but their legs seemed very dry and scaly. Both of them were my brahmas. none of my other chickens have had this issue...could it be a breed related thing because this...

With all of this crazy weather we have no power (and a broken generator) and I’ve got very young chicks who still need heat. I can boil water bottles and wrap them in towels and put those in the brooder..would that work?? What else can I do?

I bought a dozen blue Orpington hatching eggs off of eBay and they hatched out 6 weeks ago. Every chick hatched out looking as expected except one who came out completely white/off white. This is my first time with orpingtons and I’m not exactly sure how the color variations work. This chick is...

I just came out to check on my choekcns and one of our hens has a large crop. I poked it and it is squishy. Is this an impacted crop? I’ve never dealt with one before. She’s holding her wings slightly out and has very watery droppings. She is still foraging with the rest of the flock and acting...

This morning I walked into the coop and saw one of our hens standing with her tail down. I looked under the roosting bars and saw that there was bloody poop and drops of blood and every other chicken is acting normal so I’m assuming that it is from her. I checked her and she doesn’t looo egg...

A few weeks ago one I found one of my chickens with a strange cut across her head, it wasn’t horrible and there was no blood so I let her stay with all the other girls for the night. The next day it was worse and it was clear she was being picked on. I separated her and had her set up in an old...

2 days ago I noticed one of our chickens had been on the roosting bars for the most part of the day, I checked on her that night and she had a cut across the back of her head, nothing was bleeding or anything and it didn’t seem deep. Yesterday she came down to their run with the rest of the...

I went to let the hens out this morning, all came out to eat but when I checked in the coop I found blood on the side’s of one of the nesting boxes. It was streaked across all 3 sides. No blood on the bedding or bottom of the box and just small amount on 2 of the eggs. all seem to be acting...