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Hi! My chickens have started to go very slowly. Maybe its the age but it doesn’t quite seem right. Taking months to pass in very miserable ways. Last chicken was not quite herself, very slow and standing still a lot and at the end i had to put her down because she had not drank for 4 days and...

Hi I just made an account for this so I’m not really sure if I’m posting on the right thing or not but I need some guidance. I’m new at raising chicks this is my first time. I hatched 8 baby Wyandotte chickens this Friday and Saturday and all seemed well at first. This evening I noticed that one...

Hi Everyone hoping someone can give me some advise I have a chicken that over the last few days has started to close her eye, it’s started to effect her eating and she is starting just to stand still all day. there’s no sign of anything discharging from her eyes, but I guess they do look a...

Hi there! I'm super new here, and very new to backyard chickens. We picked up a few laying hens from a friend a few weeks ago, and decided for fun and a learning experience for my kids, we would toss some of the first few eggs we got in an incubator. Out of a clutch 6 eggs, we had two make it to...

Hi! I have a chick that hatched sometime this morning. When I went out and checked on momma hen I found it laying outside the nest, cold. I thought it was dead but it seemed to be gasping every few second, so I placed it back in the nest. I have since checked on it and it looks like it has...

I have never seen anything like this. All the forums I searched says it's frostbite, but it is NOT. Our temperatures have been in the 40's to 70's. Does anyone have any ideas? Please help this little guy out. 1) What type of bird , age and weight --- Blue Wyandotte, 7 months, small bird 2)...

We recently put a new roof on the run to our chicken coop and after a big storm it ripped and caused lots of mud and didn’t dry as fast as usual because there hadn’t been sun in a few days. When going out to feed in the morning i noticed my two roos were acting very lethargic. i noticed my...

One of my newly hatched chicks can't stand or open their eyes. I thought they were just premature and needed time to develop but it's been about a day since hatch and no improvement and I realized that they can't move their feet at all. I can manually move her feet and toes just fine, there...

First time chicken owner and worried about one of my chickens. Sunshine (5 months old, not laying yet) has kept her left eye shut all day today, opens it very rarely, barely and only for a second. She has also been laying down for most of the day for the last couple days. I saw her pecking...

I got an order from Cackle Thursday. Two blue silkies were DOA, then a third died Friday night. Also last night I found a blue polish with what must have been a broken neck. It was awful and I culled it immediately. Maybe she jumped on the heater plate and fell off on her head. I’m sad to have...

I have one of my young chicks Tango hatched Christmas eve. I found him in his coop covered in ants. I washed him off and started treatment for coccidiosis but I am not sure if it right or not. He will drink water but wont eat and wont open his eyes. Tango is breathing better but still wobbly...

Our little chicken has never had great balance, but I thought I should add it. He cannot open his eyes, aside from a little part. He drinks when I put water up to his beak, he tries to eat, but he can't quite see it. Preening like he's comfortable, a little fluffed out (less fluffed now that I...

I’ve got a poorly chick who’s roughly 6 weeks now. To start with he became quite lazy but was still eating and drinking just not as much, he had blood in his poo also so after advice I treated him for coocidosis, he still has 2 days left of the course but is worse than ever today. Always...

I noticed this today that my dove isn't standing properly anymore, she's 3 weeks old and just yesterday she was walking, eating and flying just like any other day until today. ShesS staying on the ground, she can't perch on the sticks anymore, She isn't drinking water as before, she's rolling...

my chick hatched about 3 hours ago but is very pale flimbsy andbhasent opened her eyes yet whilst the on who was born at about the same time is pink active and dances around!! Pictures attached What could be wrong with her

Thank you for reading, Unfortunately one of our hens died almost a month ago, she was a hybrid about 3 and a half years old. Her comb was very pale and she would just stand with her eyes closed not joining in with the other chickens and not eating or drinking. Another one of our hens of the...

Just barely I went out to check on my chickens and noticed a problem. My Barred Rock's left eye was closed. Sometimes she would open it, but I think it hurts to do so. There's no swelling or other problems, just the fact that she's keeping it closed. I'm sure it will be fine, but I definitely...

Hi, I had seven, 8 week old chicks that I got from a reputable, local farm. They came vaccinated for Mareks Disease, and I feed Mana Pro - medicated chick food. I use large pine chips from Tractor Supply, along with dry, long needle pine - I gather from out back for their bedding. Within 2...

Hi, I apologize for talking about quail but I believe this problem can also happen in chickens? I have two quails that are about a week old. There was a third one that died suddenly. He started to huddle up in a corner, his eyes closed and head droopy. He would even do this in my hand. His...

We just adopted a chicken and picked her up about an hour ago. She has sneezed probably a dozen times since then. Also, her one eye she keeps mostly closed. It's red very red and looks cloudy even when opened. Do toy ring there is something wrong with her and what should I give her to fix it...