Our almost one-year-old Cayuga, Flora McDonald, has been coughing for about a week. We didn't think much of it at first (she had a weird little cough last year, that went away eventually), but the day before yesterday she started to have trouble breathing. Now her breathing is audible and more...
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I got a 12 week old hen off of Facebook (I know, not the best idea 😭) and she seems sick. We’ve had her for 11 days now. We noticed bloody diarrhea the second day, which we treated for coccidiosis using CORID for 5 days, and now she’s on the preventative dose. She immediately had more...
Hi there, long time follower of the forum and first time posting. I have been searching and searching for similar situations to what's going on with our chicks but seem to be getting all kinds of results. Some background, we have 2 older hens that are around 5 years old and aren't displaying any...
Hey all! I'm a very proud cayuga duck mama (4 of them little black footballs lol) and have been interested in backyard duck and hopefully soon chicken raising for some time. Coming to you from the beautiful northeast of the US. Saying hello and a very big thank you first and foremost for the...
My poor Solrikka is finally losing the battle against Aspergillosis which she has fought valiantly. She had been on Itraconazole and Truprofen (an anti inflammatory) and was showing great improvement. I still saw a slight tail bobbing, but she seemed strong and vigorous and even started...
I've put off posting because I know some of my choices may not be well received. Let me start by saying I LOVE my duck more than I could put into words and am pulling out all the stops to attempt to help her heal; so please be gentle. :)
It is most likely that Miss Dewey has aspergillosis...
I don’t like just taking someone’s word for something, it’s caused problems for me in the past and let’s be honest, a lot of people spread bs around without realizing it’s bs, like the medicated feed toxic to waterfowl myth for example.
So I was curious about Oxine’s supposedly curing birds of...
For those that are new to poultry keeping that don’t know what Aspergillosis “asper” is like myself when I started raising ducks and geese, Asper is a highly fatal opportunistic illness caused typically from inhailing spores or less often having them infect a wound... and the spores are...
I have had my first three chickens for a month now and still only once chicken is sick/ill.
She (a lavender araucana pullet) was initially separated for a week and a half due to sneezing, gasping/gaping, a foul odour and lethargy. She was taken to the vet (who didn’t deal with chickens, none...
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This is a strange and random and probably stupid question. I found a really cool log in the woods by my house. It naturally as legs that act like "stands" and prop it up, making it a sort of low-level roosting bar. My chickens love lounging on things like this. I'd like to use it in...
TLDR; My 2wk duck has a stuffy nose and is prematurely (I think) honking, is he gonna die/what do I do?!?!?!?!
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This is my first time raising ducklings and I am just a little worried I may have done something wrong or maybe have a sick duck on my hands. I have 2 Runner Ducklings that I...
Our duck Boston has been having respiratory issues since November. In November she developed a high pitched cough. It was rare so we thought nothing of it. In January she was open mouth breathing. We took her to ER, she was treated with antibiotics, antifungals, and dewormer. She got so bad she...
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I'm in trouble from yesterday ..
One of my 7 month old rooster were playing in sand ..packing happily suddenly he started starching neck up opening mouth wide like he wants to vomit ,
squiggle head .. 7-8 times or more
(I don't know this action) they usually squiggle their...
My duck has a swollen bill between the nostrils and the top of the bill, more on one side than the other but on both sides. She is beginning to find it hard to breathe through her bill. Her cheeks move in and out with each breath. (If I force her mouth open, she breathes perfectly easily...