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  1. Swbertrand1

    Golden Comet Necropsy - need help with what we found

    WARNING: GRAPHIC Photos - not for the squeamish - you've been warned......... 🤢 Our 4 year-old Golden Comet, Rocky, came from a chicken hatchery as about a 3 week-old in 2019 with two others her same age. We lost one of her sisters about 6 months ago to a dog attack, while her other sister...
  2. Bigandlittles

    Should I assist emergency

    An egg pipped yesterday around 1pm. It pipped on the underside of shell. I have seen no progress since then. Should I be doing something to help this chick or should I let him be? I also have one that has pipped at around 5 this morning but it looks unlike the other pips I have seen.
  3. C

    Vitamin Deficiency

    On November 17th a hen I had got recently stopped being able to walk. I had only had her 12 days prior to this. She came from a family member and seemed overall healthy besides her comb not being bright or standing. Before I got her, her sisters died almost 2 years prior to animal attacks...
  4. The Ranch Girl

    Please help! Big duck egg emergency

    Pleas help i found this duck egg squished like this! I can feel its haertbeat. We candled them yesterday and they were about ready to hatch! What can I DO???
  5. L

    Yellow silkie

    Hi, so why is my silkie yellow? It’s a bantam white silkie. Is it just bad breeding? I’ve heard of a yellow silkie and I think its just bad breeding. (The picture is not mine just looks a lot like her)
  6. nataliegrinks

    Fowl Cholera Help

    Hey everybody! It seems that there isn’t much talk about fowl cholera. I’m having trouble finding info. I had a hen die where she was sitting the other day and a hen today with very swollen wattles. I understand that even if treated they will always be carriers and it will come back. They are...
  7. duluthralphie

    Really?

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  8. cluelesschickmother

    Starved chicks... one dead and one with enlarged crop!!

    I will preface by saying that I am really screwed up... I start with the story of what happened and end with my plead for help. We purchased two three week old splash silkie chicks to add to our flock of juvenile silkies from a wonderful small local hatchery. They supplied us with what we...
  9. S

    Complicated peafowl illness help

    Casportpony (Kathy)- I have done lots of reading on here but never posted. However, I am now at wits end battling an illness with young peafowl. Is it possible to email me so I can pick your brain? Thank you- M. Samek
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  10. HAPPYCHICKENLADY17

    MY BARRED ROCK ALL OF A SUDDEN COULDNT WALK THIS MORNING....

    she made it out of the coop very slowly...i didnt see where she came from...but after finishing my chores in the run i noticed her sitting in the middle of the run...i tried to nudge her and she wouldnt move, i picked her up and set her back down and she just plopped down and spread her...
  11. sandloaf

    BROKEN FEMUR

    Our yellow chicken Salt had jumped out of the coop from the top roost and broke her femur bone (10/22). We splinted it best we could being that it is super close to the hip. Its been two days since. The foot on the broken leg is still warm which is awesome and we’ve been having to force her to...
  12. HAPPYCHICKENLADY17

    bumblefoot? too late?

    one of my buff orps had poop on her, so i scooped her up to get her cleaned up and noticed her feet were full of mud so decided to clean her feet as well, when i turned her over to dry her feet i saw a black scab on the bottom of each of her feet.......what do i do now? my other buff just had...
  13. 1 true Phoenix

    Help! Hen with sour Crop and watery yellow poop

    One of our sweet lohman brown hens has been acting kind of lethargic and has poop that is watery with yellow in it. I picked her up and noticed her crop felt full of mainly water with maybe a couple of pieces of corn and she seemed to swallow back the fluid when I was feeling her crop. I have...
  14. K

    Indestructible Tapeworms?

    I'm new here and I am about to tell you a story of indestructible tapeworms and a fairly new mother hen at the end of her rope. And ask a question or two. And yes...its probably going to be unnecessarily long. A few months ago, I found tapeworms (verified) in my chickens poop for the first...
  15. HAPPYCHICKENLADY17

    CAN 4 SILKIE COCKEREL AND 1 FRIZZLE COCKEREL LIVE IN 1 COOP

    Can they all live in harmony, 2 silkies are 26 weeks, and 2 silkies and the frizzle are 16 weeks, they all seem to be doing fine, i let them mingle with the 17 hens i have for a bit every day supervised.....or do i see rehoming them anytime soon?
  16. HAPPYCHICKENLADY17

    YOKAHAMA OR PHOENIX

    ALTHOUGH the feathers and feet look the same, the faces are definately different, they are now 20 weeks old.....they were in the bantan bin at TSC, i am also assuming they are hens, no eggs yet, but no crowing either
  17. JensChickies

    Medicine advice for hen

    Good morning BYC! So I have a 4 yo hen that I noticed is having trouble breathing. It's not extremely labored, but its noticeable. She is currently on metronidazole for what I believe is canker. I dosed her with baytril 10%, but it's a year expired. I went to grab my Tylan, but it too is...
  18. RooandherRooster

    I was supposed to be getting Barred Plymouth Rocks. I got the girls, but what is this beauty?

    Hey everyone! I had a friend pick me up some Barred Plymouth Rock hens and a rooster from an auction. Well she got them, but the rooster has got to be mixed with something else. He is VERY handsome, but I don't know what he is. I want to have my broody chickens have babies, but I want to have...
  19. 1 true Phoenix

    help... c hen with possible wry neck

    This morning I found one of my guinea hens on the floor of the coop unable to stand or balance with her head to the side. i notice she had a few peck marks on the side of her face and neck. our 2 guineas are not friendly and are nervous around people so this will not be easy to treat. We...
  20. B

    Help Sick Peacock

    My female has re-accuring sinus infections. Please help
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