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Hey. Been an emotional 24 hours. Started with my husband calling to tell me 7 of my hens had been killed by what we thought was as the time a weasel. 4 buffs, brahma, chanteclar and white jersey. Very upset. Also one of my Muscovy hens was injured but not killed. The 7 killed were on the coop...

HI, I got ducks today to add to my chickens and when the owner picked up one of the drakes it struggled so much the owner accidentally broke the drakes leg. I felt so bad as he was going to kill the drake otherwise, that I brought the drake home. there is an obvious break at the knee joint. I...

HI, I have a buckeye whom I have had in isolation for a few weeks now. I found her one day limping and it got progressively worse. The foot would push out to the side when she laid down. I thought maybe something nerological but the last week or so she seems to be getting up on the leg a bit...

I ahve a roo from what I know is my BO roo and my BR hen.based on the coloring and that I only had one roo at the time. I will post a pic tomorrow. He was born on Good Friday this year and he is huge already!! Bigger than dad.... the only thing is I assume there is some other breed in there...

Roughly 1.5-2 year old Americauna hen Diarrhea for about 4 weeks- does not seem to be able to control this- poops when picked up. seeps. Noted legs wobbly last week- and getting worse Still eating and drinking Still laying eggs. Isolated vit in water tried mollasses flush- thought maybe a...

I have a 1 year old chantecler who I have had in sick bay for a while. About 2 month ago she prolapsed her vent. I was able to get this back in and secured so that it stayed... problem is that about a month ago I noted she was walking funny and her bum looked odd. Once I caught her I found her...

I have a 2 year old cornish hen that has always been a bit odd (as cornish can be). About 2 weeks ago I noted that she was not opening one of her eye lids. She was getting around fine and perching and all. She then had a dirt bath and got the eye full of dirt and such. It has been swollen and...

I have an older girl of mine who has been unwell for a couple days. She is a maybe 3-4 years old(possibley older) black star hen. I got her when she was older and have had her for 2 years. She has not laid an egg since I got her so she could be older. She has always been very healthy and...

My sweet girl is in trouble. She had stopped laying over the winter as per usually and her pelvis narrowed... today I found her looking half eyes open and her abd swollen, pelvis open again. She tries to bear down as if to pass an egg but can not do so.... I had her in a warm bath a few hours...

I went out to shut my birds up for the night yesterday and was alarmed to find one had died and then found my young roo was weak in his legs. I had not seen them the day before... but my husband said they were all out running around. The one who died was an older Andalusian.... I opened her up...

Hi, I went out this morning to let my girls out into their front run and found one of my red girls (2 years old) squatted on the bench, eyes closed, not responding. When I picked her up she did not respond. She was still alive but not looking good. Her feet and legs were freezing cold (-12...

I had to put my Silkie Roo down today. He was having obvious pain, was unable to poop and reimpacting. I had tried everything. Neither my husband or I could do this personally so I took him to a local vet. They don't deal with chickens but were able to put him to sleep and end his pain. The vet...

I am wondering if anyone has a list of the most common used meds and their uses when you are treating chickens for illnesses. I am trying to get a first aid kit put together and need to see what I can get. Thanks.

Well when it pours it might as well be a downpour! Came home today and noted one of my cornish hens was puffed and quiet. I picked her up to her disapproval and check her over. No sign of mite, lice, vent clean, crop soft, belly not swollen. When I put her down she ran outside and stopped to...

My 1.5 year old roo seems to be off. I picked him up yesterday and he felt skinny. He is not very big anyway. He is a silkie. He is also the second of 2 roos. I noted a bit of stool on his bottom. I took him into the house to clean this up and after offered him some food. He ate voraciously. I...

i came home to find my buckeye ( 1 year)acting quiet. she is usually very active. i noted that she had a poopy bum and her abd was swollen. i saw stool in cloaca and found bits of egg in it. i tried her in a warm bath and rubbing the cloaca to try to stimulate voiding...she has passed some...

Well came home today to find one of my barred rocks dead ... laying on her back feet in the air.... never had a chicken die this way before. She was still warm so had not been long. I had not noticed any signs from her. No weight loss, change of eating, etc. Since I have had 5 other deaths in...

Ok. Here is the situation. I had 2 deaths in the last 4 days. The odd thing is that they were the 2 chickens that I did crop surgery on about 6 months ago. They both had lost weight and appeared to be impacted/sour again. My americauna died Sunday night during TS Irene.... and my red girl died...

I have had this light brahma that since I got her she has had this odd cough/wheeze sound. She does it regularly. I have had her for 5-6 months(mature when I got her). Yesterday I figured out what I think is causing it. When you open her mouth her tongue is not there. I believe that it falls...

I have 3 for sure of my 32 girls that are getting bare backs from the roos!!! I am thinking they might need saddles..... does anyone have experience with these? I found a few patterns.... might get my mother who sews on it. The girls are a Americauna, black cochin bantam and a bantam...