Long time lurker, first time poster - hi!
There are LOTS of threads/posts about singular episodes of respiratory disease but I’m struggling to find info for ongoing flare ups. And apologies in advance, this is a long post….
I’m finding it incredibly overwhelming and stressful dealing with...
So, recently in this thread I made a post about one of our roosters, Cheeto, who was exhibiting symptoms of a respiratory illness. Well, we took him to the vet, and they said it was likely CRD. This was really heartbreaking, as he's one of my very favorites, a sweet and very handsome boy. But it...
Most of my flock has had on again off again mild respiratory infection symptoms. Right now they all seem to be symptom free but I really want to do a PCR test for MG and MS since I sell hatching eggs and chicks.
Since MG and MS are a CRD will they test positive even though they aren’t showing...
I have a flock of 7 chickens right now, my youngest is 2 weeks old under the care of my 1 year old silkie hen. Yesterday I noticed definite URI symptoms in my silkie rooster. He has a foamy eye, swollen comb and sinuses, head shakes and his breathing is definitely different. He is in the outdoor...
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There isn’t a lot of information out there about mycoplasma, or chronic respiratory disease in geese and ducks other than vague descriptions that are often copy pasted from few sources, so I thought I’d post a useful article I found about it...
We are about to discuss the topic and that's white diarrhoea ..
White poop can be trigger too many things .
A healthy chicken poop is firm solid in consistency and having a white cap of urates on top of it . that's normal poop .sometimes chicken diet makes changes into colors like
often...
I have two crested cream legbar hens that I bought from a local lady this summer. She told me they were about 14 months old at that time. I suspect they're a little older. One ("Noodle") has had an occasional cough or sneeze during the two months I've had her, the other ("Beaker") shows no...