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  1. Trenton H

    2 Week Old Chick Losing Control

    I have a two week old Black Copper Maran who has been a very spirited bird in the brooder. Very active and jumpy. All looked fine this morning, but about two hours ago we found him sitting kind of slumped in the far corner from the brooder lamp. He is slumping on his left leg/side, and while...
  2. C

    Two heat exhaustion deaths in a month

    I am in SE North Carolina--this is my 2nd summer of raising chickens. Last year I did not have any issues with heat, but the chickens were young, mostly pullets. This month I lost my (only) two black Australorps. One died because she was broody, and I think I needed to bring her inside or...
  3. A

    My 3-year-old hen died suddenly. Please help.

    One of my 5 hens, Molly, died suddenly yesterday. The day before, she had been acting completely normal, but then yesterday she started acting strangely. About an hour after we noticed, she died. First, she was lying down in the doorway of the coop and visibly drooling, while her eyes were...
  4. C

    Question about my baby turkeys death

    A few weeks back I got a few baby turkeys, they were cute and stuff (same one I posted about a while back sadly) For the record, at this time, they were maybe around a week or two old, and they were 3 turkeys and 2 chicken One day, I was doing my normal nightly feeding , before I did this, I...
    • Cheeseymoon
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    • baby turkey death sudden death turkey
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    • Forum: Turkeys
  5. Handling Death in Poultry

    Handling Death in Poultry

    Introduction When keeping poultry, this is a sad but unavoidable topic. If you keep birds, you are bound to run into this, unfortunately. Especially if this is your first time, or if you’ve dealt with it before, you may be overwhelmed, so this is a guide through the whole process. If you are...
  6. N

    In shock or deceased

    My one girl was attacked by a hawk this week. I keep replaying what I could’ve done to help her - wishing I went outside. We found her lifeless in the woods not far from where her feathers were. More than likely it happened shortly before we found her because my rooster was running around angry...
  7. ahodges

    E. Coli Infection in Trachea and Capallaria Parasites - Please advise

    Hello all - A little over a month ago I made the very regretful mistake of introducing 7 new pullets (age 12 weeks) to my original flock of 10 (age 2 years) without giving them a proper "quarantine period." Horrific, unfortunate, lesson learned. I had them all in the same run, although I had...
  8. M

    Postmortem help - Is this a cancer?

    Hey all, first time posting. I have a tiny flock, and today I found one of my tiny girls deceased. I'm pretty upset about it, but for the sake of the flock I want to know if her cause of death was viral or not. For information: She was approx. 16 years old, and as far as I know, was an old...
  9. Mirrium

    Hen passing on, need help

    To give context, this morning all the hens and roosters were perfectly fine (as far as I could tell) and I hadn't noticed anything up until today either (I check them over daily). However, I went out this afternoon to find one of my broody hens laying on the floor of the coop. I didn't think to...
  10. J

    Help! Loose poops, dead chicken

    I have a flock of hens anywhere from 5 to 1 year in age. I've found 2 dead in the past month. No sign of physical injury. There is no entry for outside birds, run has roof over top. Chickens have not been free ranging in the past 2 months. I did have thick vinyl over the screen windows to keep...
  11. S

    Ideas on memorializing my gaggle

    I posted recently about losing my gaggle traumatically and suddenly starting on Wed and my final gander passed away yesterday or early today. I don't know what caused it yet but the vet tech that came on Friday for testing said she didn't think it was bird flu, I'm currently guessing it's NCD or...
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    • dead geese death geese grieving memorial
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    • Forum: Geese
  12. J

    Losing Whole Batch of Chicks

    I placed an online order through Chickensforbackyards.com. I have ordered from this company twice in the past and had a great experience. This time, terrible. I ordered 6 chicks, they sent the 6 and 2 extras. The order took 3 days to arrive at the post office. The order was picked up from the...
  13. L

    R.I.P. Sergeant Pepper

    R.I.P. Sergeant Pepper, the bantam who would be king. You were a good rooster, all the ladies survived the hawk attack. Chili and Clove made it to the pen and Bay hid not 4 feet from your eviscerated remains. The hawk flew away when I disturbed his lunch. And then 4 crows finally arrived to...
  14. PBAndAlice

    Hen starved and I'm not sure why

    hi guys, so Cookie, the hen I was posting about in the summertime, ended up making a complete recovery after those threads - after a week of isolation, treatment for impacted crop, daily baths, and pellet/egg mash, she brightened up and acted normal and healthy, and I put her back w the others...
  15. J

    Hen found passed away

    Warning for the squeamish! I’ve had this hen for 2 years now. She started molting and lost almost all of her feathers which I thought was normal. I’ve never had a hen molt before so I wasn’t too concerned about how awful her skin looked. She was found this morning dead in a nesting box where...
  16. RossAcres

    Necropsy for White Wyandotte Cockerel

    If you've been following my posts, you'll know that I had a cockerel die after battling some illness. I got a preliminary report Wednesday, and then this one today. One thing that stands out is the "Overgrowth" of a certain bacteria. Could you guys look this over and tell me what you think? I'm...
  17. R

    I accidentally killed my chicken and feel awful!

    Mrs. Frizzle, she was a frizzle bantam. Was a super silly chicken and she acted like a dog. She’d jump up at the food scooper and follow me everywhere. And I freaking killed her. I am so upset with myself, and it doesn’t help that my mom was awful to me about it. It was 100° today and I had been...
  18. ArtJuice

    What happened?

    Today I was going to feed my chickens when my birchen cochin bantam rooster (named "Stormy") was laying on his side nearly out of my view, next to the wall of the coop. I thought he was dead but when I went to pick him up with a trash bag he was still alive, just seemingly weak. He couldn't...
  19. Amy Weaver

    When to know to discontinue treatment?

    I think most of us have been there. We have a chicken that's sick and you've tried everything, so how do you know when to stop treatment and just leave them be? I have a Welsummer hen that's close to 5 years old who started mouth breathing and sneezing about a month ago, plus not eating or...
  20. GingerGremlin

    Help protecting my flock (Mareks, Leuokosis)

    I posted a thread last week on my Easter Egger hen Arthur who we thought had an eye infection, unfortunately we were wrong. Within four days she was completely paralyzed. We took her to an avian vet and had to have her euthanized, they sent her off for a necropsy. The necropsy pointed towards...
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