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  1. J

    Young hen recovering from dog attack

    Hi all, sorry for the long post but some details might be important! My flock of chickens were attacked by a dog on Monday, my boyfriend was able to pull the dog off one of the hens and scare it away just in time, however a different one of the young Ameraucana hens (born late April 2017) went...
  2. EmilyJoTx

    Eye swollen shut

    About a week ago I had some younger chickens (about 8 wks) afflicted by some upper respiratory disease. Symptoms in the worst case were watery swollen eyes, sneezing and wheezing, lethargy and not eating. Not all the chickens came down with it, but I treated them all. They all seem to be over...
  3. OG Anomaly

    Attacked by Racoon, Severe Injuries, Emergency, Plz Help

    Hi, I'm not familiar with posting in threads like this, am typing w one hand & holding the injured bird w the other- please bear w me & thank you in advance for any help/suggestions/info A few months back, my son came home from work w 12 chicks (pullets?) from our local Tractor Supply. He's...
  4. jomary2013

    Is my hen blind?

    i noticed today that my chicken seems blind today. I have food on my hand and she usually runs to me to gets it but today it seems like she sees my hand close to her and she starts poking it with her beak like if my hand was closer. i also picked her up and when I was gonna put her down I think...
  5. mclennanchicks

    Trying to get a companion for "blind" chicken

    Hi, So I have a gold Wyandotte who has a depth perception issue. She was attacked by the flock and has been separated for some months now. We downsized our flock by selling all of our other gold and silver wyandottes. So I was reading about "docile" chicken breeds and was wondering, if I...
  6. V

    HELP PLEASE!!

    I have one day old chick that we think might be blind? One eye is sometimes covered completely with the membrane, other times the most I can open it is just a little squint. The other eye is fully open. But there isn't a lot of response when your finger is close to her face. Also, she seems to...
  7. chic_a_lay

    Strange behavior in my chicken

    I incubated some chicks in March. The last one to hatch did so a good 24 hours after the rest. It looked like a penguin, hence, the name Penn Gwen. Anyway, Penn Gwen is not like any chick I've ever seen. Not to be rude nor disrespectful. ...but, I think if she went to school she'd have to...
  8. mclennanchicks

    Broody, blind, and overwhelmed!

    Hi, My family and I decided to try our hands at having a bakcyard flock. 4 silver laced wyandottes and 4 gold laced wyandottes. A month ago the flock turned on one of the gold's because of a vision issue. So i have her seperated and protected and she is doing well. But now I have two broody...
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