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I have a 2 and a half week old chick I (happily) accidentally hatched. I have hatched other black silkies before, and she is just not growing like the others, and, a couple days ago, she has started exhibiting upper-respiratory and rear-end issues. I was up with her until 3am last night because...

(Corndog one day ago... perfectly healthy... or so I thought.) I wanted to post this for posterity, just so everyone knows it's something to look out for. Today, I noticed my rooster, Corndog, wheezing. He is 3.5 years old and has always been so healthy. I brought him inside to monitor him...

One of my 6 week old chicks started pooping just blood. I noticed that her poop was a little bloody last night, but now it's JUST blood. A little background... I recently took them off medicated feed and on starter/grower, and I've started putting them with my full grown chickens during the...

Has anyone had a chicken with an ailment that caused lameness and, later, blindness??? This is an extension of my original post here. Please see for a more in-depth backstory. A little over a month ago, one afternoon, my year-and-a-half-old silkie hen started walking wobbly. Then, after about...

I live on the Chesapeake Bay (Literally... on an island) in Maryland, and I am planning ahead on laying out the plants I want to grow in my chicken run. I want, ideally, to plant things that will be good for my chickens to eat, are anti-pest, provide coverage from predators and the sun, and are...

I am writing about my 2 year old silkie hen, Sneaker, who is acting strange: wobbling and standing off-balance. She is eating and pooping totally normally, and she still runs around and acts normal. She seems strong, fighting with a lot of gusto to get down if she doesn't want to be held. I'm...

Updated with some answers (in red)! Good day, chicken friends! I recently adopted this sweet girl. After bathing her (she was CAKED with feces), I noticed a large, mite-infested bump on her head. I've checked around her vent, under her wings, on her neck, etc, and it seems like the mites...

Hello! I just adopted a two year old satin silkie chicken from a show breeder who "had no use for her anymore." Her loss, my gain, as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, she was caked with poop, has a big red sore on her head that has creepy crawly mites of some sort crawling in it, empty crop and...

My silkie is very thin. She is eating normally, her poop looks normal, she's acting normally (right now... but you know how they hide illness till the end), but there is next to no muscle on either side of her sternum. How would I know if it's worms? Would her stool look strange (it doesn't)...

One of my hens, Rootie, an about 10 month old (I think... the woman I got her from 6 months ago is a show breeder and was getting rid of her because she wasn't "show quality" :rolleyes: . She wasn't super sure how old she was.) has been standing funny with her butt and tail up recently. She has...

My girl, Noodle isn't feeling well. Background: -6 months old -Light brahma - Recently moved from smaller coop and run with same age sisters to large coop and run with a rooster and another, older, hen I have isolated her since noticing she looked and was acting strange. She has been in a dog...

Both of my 6 month old dark brahma's feet and legs are swollen and red, and I don't know why. She is acting normal. She recently had a belly problem that I treated with antibiotics, and she's since been fine. I looked for mites, and I don't see any. She's not itching or picking at them. It...

I was wondering if anyone has any experience in turning Fishbiotic SMZ/TMP 800MG/160MG to an oral suspension for chickens. Usually, my vet gives me a 240MG/5mL oral suspension, so I'm thinking I would dissolve one pill in 16.6mL of liquid. But what should I use for the liquid so that it has a...

My 4 month old dark brahma has been acting lethargic and not eating or drinking well the last couple of days, so she's been inside. I have been treating her for coccidiosis and having to tube feed her. She's doing pretty well today, but I saw this in a couple of her poops: Can anyone tell me...

I know there are some other threads on this, but none really answer the question I have: My chicken has aspirated some liquid medicine. She is a silkie, and it was a .2mL dose. I don't think it ALL went into her trachea. She has been sitting on her perch making bubbly noises, open mouth...

I just wanted to relay the story of the past week with my chicken since I couldn't find much info on it while it was happening. It is about Chooch, my 2 and a half year old silkie. She is very small, only about 2.4 lbs. She was egg bound once before when laying her first egg, but had never been...

I noticed yesterday that one of my ten week old chicks was hanging back from the group and not nearly as energetic as she usually is. I snuffed it up to it being hot out yesterday and gave her watermelon and she was showing signs of improvement. However, she's still acting weird this morning. I...

Hello! I have an almost ten week old Light Brahma that I'm pretty sure it's a cockerel. He's got a broad comb, pointed tail feathers, and his comb is a little more red than the other ten week old Light Brahma I have. I already have four roosters in my small backyard flock, and I can't have...

My question is, can a hen survive after aspirating liquid antibiotics? Will she be able to expell the liquid on her own? Is there anything I can do to help her besides start administering her medication more carefully? My Goosie (the hen) started open mouth breathing yesterday. Never a good...

I was wondering if any of you who've had chickens with Marek's could enlighten me: 1. How long since first seeing signs of paralysis do you see it start to spread to other extremities (it has just been her right foot for three weeks)? 2. How long since first seeing signs of paralysis does...