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Hi folks. I need help. I am worried sick about our white leghorn named "Q-Tip". She is such a fun and sweet bird. Thats her in my avatar. She doesnt look like that anymore. I am not an expert on chicken illnesses. One of our flock died 18 months ago from CRD/Microplasm (it IS contagious) and it...

Hi folks. I will be really quick. After some research I believe my RIR needs multi vitamins for treatment of a problem that seems like crooked neck (she walks backwards with head tucked and is generally not herself). Also my other sick bird, a leghorn, may be needing them too (she is listless...

Hi folks. My shy little 2 year old free range Rhode Island Red has been in pain and limping for at least 3 months, maybe more. It started suddenly one morning last summer. She doesn't put wait on her right foot except maybe when walking, then she limps badly. I have inspected her feet and legs...

My little leghorn used to lay perfect eggs every day, for months, no problem. Now she lays an immature soft shell egg every single night. Weird. Somehow she climbs down off the roost in the dark and lays it on the ground. I finally saw her do it last night. These eggs are worthless. You cannot...

Question: what is wrong with just letting my hen sit in the nest all day if she wants? Is there any danger? The other chickens have 2 other nests they use. Its been 3 days since she started this. Our friendly 1 year-old welsummer lets me pull her out of the nest each day and bring her out to...

Question. To folks who know: Is my vet correct that I should assume my other 5 birds are also infected with Mycoplasma Gallisepticum? She says she KNOWS they MUST be also infected because they are from the same flock. Also, question.. should I go ahead and give them the 5 day treatment of the...

People, i am typing quickly while trying to also make a vet appointment. My cuckoo maran is sick. My wife and I are worried sick. For 2 days she seemed tired and a little listless/fluffed. This morning she wouldnt get off the perch. She is swollen on one side and the eye doesnt open. It smells...

Hi people. I have 6 healthy safe backyard chickens with plenty of safe backyard space and food everywhere on the ground and in feeders.. Squirrels and crows are common visitors. But now we have a pair of Mallards that have taken a liking to our flat roof. Its only about a 8-10 foot jump down to...

Hi folks. My cute little leghorn was the best layer of all our 6 birds. She's not quite a year old yet but for 3 months I swear she laid 99 eggs, never missing a single day, all healthy eggs. Always laid in the nest, even all winter. She has fulltime access to oyster shell and shredded fresh...

My favorite bird, "QTip", our bossy and funny leghorn has an issue. She rarely makes it into the nest anymore! I'd say 75% of the time she just lays her daily egg on the ground in the run and then she walks away. I watched her do it today. Today all the birds were so excited to get out of the...

My poor little welsumer hen seems unhappy. She is constantly making noises and generally seems restless. She just started laying again after a winter of molting and 2-3 months of no laying. Before that she only laid false eggs or shell-less premature ones. Now she lays a big dark brown egg...

LIMPING BIRD. Hi folks. I have a XXL New Hampshire Red hen. She is less than a year old, but fully grown. She's very heavy and has huge ankles and feet. Last summer I sucessfully removed bumblefoot from one of her feet. That is totally gone. I also added ramps to everything in her coop and made...

My 8 month old healthy-looking extremely active, happy and fun leghorn hen sometimes has an attack of the yawns. Then it goes away. Its not every day. It seems to happen after I let her have crickets and worms and then chill inside in the warm home entryway to relax. Thats when she sometimes...

One of my 6 hens (barred cuckoo maran)has recently started just hanging out by herself most of the day. She seems sad. She doesn't run around following the herd like normal. Here in Seattle the weather has changed, it's now cloudy, gray and cool. She is puffing out and looking bigger too. She...

OK I have been treating 3 of my birds for scaly leg mites for 5 weeks. They don't seem to go away. I used vaseline daily at first, then wd40, now bagbalm. Pretty much every 2-3 days they get lathered up thick. I also have give Epson salt baths. I have changed the nest bedding and perches. But my...

Hi. How should I treat the perches? I worked hard to find and custom cut 3 natural tree limbs and mounted them up high in the hen house. So I don't want to just throw them out. Q: Can I apply something like kerosine or gasoline to the perches? I don't even know if the perches have mites on...

Hello, my little broody hen "Ginger" can't seem to lay her own normal egg. She only drops those premature eggs at night that break on the ground and have paper thin shells. Every morning I scopp them up while cleaning the poop. Now she is a young adult, not a pullet. She has laid a few healthy...

Ok firstly, I appreciate all of you who helped me on Friday evening on this board. What I thought was cocci or worms ended up being maggots. My Barred Rock hen had been severly eaten away by maggots on her hind quarter. My wife and I administered 2 hours of saline baths and I tweezed hundreds of...

My hen has worms. They look like a grain of rice and the move like an inchworm. I'm wondering what they are because the waxine treatment I got is for roundworms and those look different as far as I can tell (from my google search). Roundworms look long, right? My poor hen has these short white...

Sorry if this seems like I didnt my own research but I need help quickly. One of my birds has dripping diareah with blood in it and she seems tired and sad. This has been since yesterday. I think she has coccidiosis. What can I do? Is there an over the counter medicine i can go buy today? I...