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That’s ok!!! I just wanted to make sure there wasn’t anything “wrong” that needed to be addressed :) We call her Willa (one-eyed)

I do think it looks a little swollen. It always sticks out but it looks more than usual

A little background - about a year ago, one of our Rhode Island Reds was acting sick. She would just sit in the yard, wouldn’t really move and she had what looked like a white film over one of eyes. Initially we tried antibiotic injections but after 2 days of that, I took her to a vet. They...

We just got 6 baby chicks yesterday and today, I just noticed the BCM opening its mouth like it’s gasping a bit? I included screenshots of the video since I don’t know how to attach one. It’s otherwise drinking/eating/moving. Is something wrong with it?

I currently have 3 hens in my flock. We have been getting 2-3 eggs a day, all in the nesting box. To preface, our weather has been very up and down. One day it’s 80 and the next it’s cold and raining. Today I found an egg with a very soft shell (you may even say no shell. It was very jiggly)...

My girls seem to like to just sit down in the run, usually by the door or next to the door, where they can see out into the yard. Is this normal behavior??

I did earlier. Not horrible, sounded like she coughed once and then spit up that phlegm. She obviously feels fine since shes eating and evading me as I'm trying to get her to move her to the garage. No eyelid swelling, bubbles or foam. Looks completely fine except for the occasional coughing...

One of my girls seems to be showing a possible respiratory illness. Making kind of raspy noises, opening her mouth a lot and then coughed up what looked like a bunch of phlegm. She seems to be moving around and eating otherwise but definitely has something going on. She is molting very late and...

Here’s a pic for reference. This was a year and a half ago when we moved them to the coop, so it’s changed some. It now has a wood roof. There is also boarding around the bottom of the shed and fencing because something kept getting in, just not killing any chickens (any ideas on that? The...

I feel horrible regardless. They were our pets. I’m even harder on myself because I feel like it’s my responsibility to protect them and didn’t. To be honest, I’m not sure how this hasn’t happened before now. We are first time chicken owners and living in the city, I just didn’t think we would...

Yes. My husband secured the run as best we could and we added one of those automatic coop doors that close during the night

Oh, it was back the next night. I actually saw it. Decided to walk out back to check on the girls and when I turned the porch lights on, I saw it’s shadow scurry away from the door, climb and sit on the top of our fence looking at me, then ran off. It did look like a raccoon. Had a long, fluffy...

We had something get in our coop a couple nights and kill 2 of our 5 girls. I found them the next morning dead in the coop, pretty slaughtered. Our remaining girls took a couple days to start laying again (which I assume is normal) but they’ve just been sitting/laying on the run floor and i...

I posted a little over a week ago about a sick chicken. She was acting off and had something wrong with her eye. I ended up taking her to the vet (who claims to specialize in birds, including chickens) who prescribed her amoxicillin but nothing for her eye. She said she wasnt sure what wad wrong...

Update - we started the Terramycin about 2 days ago, twice a day. We apply on the outside of the eye after we flush with saline. Started giving her calcium once a day, 2 days ago. Definitely seems to be improving. She's more fiesty when my husband tries to open her mouth to give her the...

Sorry for the delay in response! Pic of eye is below. No new birds have been added. Update - I ended up taking her to a vet that sees chickens on Friday. She said that she definitely had some type of infection in her left eye and found an inflammed area on her left under belly by her leg...

Whoops sorry, I meant left! Her left eye hasn’t opened in days. Last night I was able to get her to eat some (mostly meal worms, but it was something) and drink some water. She’s starting to sound like she has a runny nose, like a respiring infection. Should we continue to give her the...

We moved her into a dog cage in the garage and gave her an antibiotic shot at someone’s recommendation. I couldn’t find any strange looking poop in the coop or run. She’s just standing there and does seem hunched with her tail down. Her right eye is permanently closed. Hasn’t laid today but has...

One of our girls started acting a little off the last few days. A couple days ago she would just sit by a bush, which wasn't terribly odd, but not something she really does. Yesterday I noticed her sitting by a bush again, just hanging out. Again, not something super weird but usually they are...

Our girls have been in their coop for months now. Their coop is inside a fully enclosed run. Everyone was roosting fine in the coop but just noticed one of the girls was roosting on the top of the coop. I’m not sure if this is the first time she’s done it since I haven’t checked recently, but...