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Hi guys I haven't been here in a while but google has NOT been much help so I wanted to reach out to other duck owners for their opinions/experiences. Sorry the title is so dramatic, but that's pretty much the gist of what I am asking. Some information, I have a female mallard named Billy, she...

This morning I noticed my favorite chicken, Rosy, was missing. I looked all over for her, but couldn't find her. I was getting really worried, and my heart sank when I saw a trail of feathers leading to under the shed. I checked there, and I found half of her. A raccoon probably took the other...

I have an eight and a half month old Buff Orpington (her name is Leeli) that is egg bound. She is panting and can barely stay awake. She can't stand up and doesn't have any balance. She is exhausted. I brought her inside and she passed some egg yolk. That confirmed my fears. We soaked her in...

One of my hens passed away last Friday 😭 I haven't even had her a year yet. Gizzard the grey Friday around 630 pm I put the girls away for the night made sure they had food and gave them fresh water. All 5 girls were happy and healthy I gave each of them a rub on their chest and said I love you...

Hi, my beloved ameraucana just died suddenly, im hoping i can send for necropsy. she was having some respitory symptoms for almost a week -slight wheezing, sudden cough that came on this morning- but was eating and behaving normally, she even jumped up to bed like normal this evening, and my...

Hey everyone. I have been a chicken keeper for 1.5 years now, so still new. I have 47 birds in different stages between 3 separated runs. *I have had my first lice AND mite infestation. My main question is how severe can symptoms from lice and mites get from these infestations? I had one die...

Hi everyone! New here so forgive me for any chicken forum faux pas! I have a situation I haven’t encountered before so I’m not entirely sure what to do. I recently found a dead chick near one of her hang out spots and the rest of the flock in hiding. The body wasn’t damaged in anyway. I didn’t...

One of my chickens has just died, and I have no idea why. Bernadette was bought from the local poultry merchant in June, along with three other youngsters. She was always very flighty and frightened. She was initially very frightened of my older chickens - and with good reason, since the four...

Hello everyone, I am absolutely heart broken this morning. I just got two young Polish Pullets on July9th. Suspected age orotund 7-12 weeks old. They have been in a separate run while I integrate them in my flock. This morning, Ebony (one of the Polish Pullets) was found dead in the coop. Both...

Hi everyone, I am morning two of my salmon faverolle who suddenly passed over the last 2 days. I live in the Sacramento area and we are in a heat wave with temperatures hitting 108 yesterday. My hens are about a year old and the first one passed on the roost, we discovered her in the morning...

I’ve been treating a polish chick for Coccidia and I am noticing a thiamine deficiency. The chick isn’t walking normally and is only laying down and when he does it looks like as if only one leg works. No, he doesn’t have any injury. I’ve seen this happen to a couple of my other chicks that...

Hi all! For the past few months I’ve found 4 chickens dead inside the coop. 3/4 have all been found in the same corner of their coop. At first I didn’t think much of it as my girls are getting old but today I found the third one in the same spot. As far as pests, I’ve never witnessed anything...

I’ve had so many deaths in my flock recently due to illness and it’s so frustrating. I have previous posts on my other chickens and how they died but just now I had another hen die but under different circumstances. My Brahma was a little under a year old and just died out of the blue. Before...

Hi I’ve had chickens for a few years now, started with 4. One died at one year old due to sudden death syndrome. One died around 7 months ago due to being egg bound. Now, pebble, is sick. She hasn’t layed for around a year and the vet says she has some sort of mass or tumor and will likely need...

Looking for thoughts on what might be causing unusual gosling deaths. Had 6 goslings in total, gave 2 away and they are doing good, still have 1 and is thriving and 3 suddenly died. All are a week to 4 weeks old. The 4 week old gosling died today but otherwise seemed healthy. None had issues...

I had a flock of seven chickens but today I looked outside and they were all dead. I found five of the bodies and was able to bury them but I’m missing two but I don’t know what would kill the entire flock and leave most of the bodies completely intact? We’ve had a hawk recently going between my...

I just lost all of my birds to a mink. In the past I’ve also lost hens to foxes, one even died from a mysterious disease. I’m curious to know what other people have had the most trouble with. Select any of the things below that has killed a chicken of yours!

Hi all. This is the second time this happened to us, one of my quail suddenly died. I keep a close eye on them, checking their behavior and appearance several times a day. Background: I have outdoor quail in a tightly enclosed coop and run. The first one was about a month ago. I intruded a new...

He unfortunately passed away yesterday and he was my favourite chick! I’m so sad he didn’t get to grow up. He looked exactly like his father 💔 In the third picture he was with his sibling who hatched a few days later! I’m still mourning my poor baby chick. He is in a plate so we wouldn’t get our...

My absolute favourite hen was killed today by my dog. I put the chickens away, but didn't count them, they're usually so good about all going into the run and it looked like the right amount were in there. I let my young dog out and I was really tired so I went to sit on the couch and chill. I...