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  1. Blue Raptor

    Ever wanted to...

    Have you ever had something you always wished you could share about your flock?? Post it here *Never heard before stories!* about any flock member(s)!
  2. B

    SLW hen death... hurting + looking for insight

    My favorite hen died two days ago after being sick for around 3-4 days. She was a SLW, only 14 months old... I would have said she was my healthiest animal if you'd asked a week ago. She was strong and adventurous, her voice was sweet and musical. She had such a pretty voice! I couldn't...
  3. Diveks

    Possible cause of seizures and death?

    my 5 year old polish hen was doing well this morning but suddenly at 12 she had a seizure and died soon after. i am not sure what might have caused this. i had one other hen with her which i guess needs a friend now. I am devastated since i hand raised these two chicks and they had been through...
  4. D

    Ducklings dying

    Hello, I ordered 4 golden layer ducks from mypetchicken. I received them yesterday morning, when I first set them out they were all active and drinking and eating. A couple hours passed and one became lethargic and soon passed away. That night the rest continued to be relatively active, two a...
  5. Cleetus777

    Hen Randomly Passed Away

    Hello all, This morning I had one of hens pass away. It had to have happened early this morning as I checked on all of them late last night. There are no signs of a predator, she was eating fine (in fact she was first to eat), drinking water fine, walking around and scratching, roosted fine...
  6. E

    My hen was attacked (she did not survive)

    My Buff Orpington was attacked at some point this morning and unfortunately she did not survive. :-( I am so heart broken. We had had some scares with hawks in the yard before but always managed to intervene. Today we did not notice the attack until it was too late. I just wanted to make a...
  7. M

    A peaceful and comfortable death for my old hen :(

    Hello all, I am posting to seek advice on how to make sure my lovely chicken, Silky, will have a comfortable departure. The picture of Silky (brown hen on the left) enjoying the snow! Just a back story: It was only 2 days ago when I noticed something was off (she was leaning against the wall...
  8. B

    Chinese quail dead

    I hatched chixks from incubator and when they were about 3 week old, someone can to buy off me. They came and took 2 of the quail out of the 27, when they got home in the car, both eventually passed away at night. what could be the reason for this. Maybe travel sick, stress???
  9. Phantom_k9

    Need Help Identifying Possible Sickness...

    Hello We just lost our youngest roo today, and I am now trying to figure out what happened. I made a post during the ordeal, which you can find here https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/emergency-bird-asleep-in-coop-might-have-gotten-too-cold.1425439/ He had been puffed up for the last day...
  10. 5

    Will My Hen Survive?? Soft Eggs, Impacted Crop....

    Hello everyone, My Rosie was helped 2 weeks ago...You can read about it by clicking --> here My Rosie was fine laying and an empty crop, up until Saturday morning.... That morning she had an impacted crop and was acting slow. So, I automatically restricted her free ranging, gave her olive oil...
  11. G

    A cat issue?

    Over the past 2 weeks, we've come outside to dead chickens, some without their head and neck, some with only half of their body eaten, others dried up, and some with just the structure of the wings and feathers left. I've done many research as to who the predator could be, since we fence our...
  12. Jordan01

    Hen found dead next to egg

    All 3 of my girls were killed by a dog allowed to roam in my neighborhood. After everything I went to where I found their bodies and found an egg right where one was killed, it had a soft shell. Did she lay it right before or after she died? I can't find any info on this. I know it wasn't ripped...
  13. BrOwOke

    My Duck lost her mate and I need some advice

    (This is my first post on here and I hope I’m doing this right) Almost two moths ago an animal got in and attacked my two Peking ducks, Kevin, the male and Shia LaDuck, the female. We took them to the vet and they got patched up. Turns out after they were all healed up and given the ok to go...
    • BrOwOke
    • Thread
    • advice needed confused duck owner death duck female duck help needed introduce new duck lonely duck sad duck shia laduck
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. StardustChicken

    Identifing mystery predator *GRAPHIC PHOTOS*

    I had 19 chicks, various breeds (silkie, buff laced polish, dominique, gold laced wyandotte, rhode island red): 15 of them 4 weeks, the other 4 between 5-6½ weeks (leghorn, ISA brown, 2 midnight majesty maran). This morning I found 2 of my 4 week silkies dead and one of my dominiques was missing...
  15. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    My Experience Fighting Egg Yolk Peritonitis

    2 weeks ago, my favorite hen--a tiny 17-month old EE named "Easter" (creative, I know)--was diagnosed with EYP. She didn't have the classic presentation: swollen belly, fluffed up behavior, weight loss, etc., but was diagnosed via x-ray. Initially, I brought her to the vet because a soft-shell...
  16. T

    Sudden Death ;-;

    New here and sorry this had to be my first post. I’m really distraught right now and I’m trying to rationalize what happened and wondered if anyone here had this kinda thing happen. Earlier today saw that my four month old rooster silkie had been pooped on *he sleeps under the perches...
  17. allanjensaft

    Embden Goose, sudden lameness and ultimate death - QUESTIONs

    Hi, sad day for us today - one of our 2 year old, female Embden geese passed away in the night and was found dead in our pond. She has been unwell/borderline lame for a few days - we treated for worming when lameness was spotted (4 days ago) and gave vitamin boost daily since, sadly it didn't...
    • allanjensaft
    • Thread
    • autopsy cause of death death goose
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Geese
  18. Aspen Anderson

    Buff Orpington Random Deaths

    It's been a while since I've been on this site so I hope this is the right place to ask. Recently I just learned that a member of our flock, our sassy buff orpington hen, just passed away unexpectedly. When told this, I remembered another buff orpington hen we owned years ago that suffered the...
  19. Shmegel

    Green Urate/Poop Death

    One of my coturnix quail dropped dead out of nowhere- perfect health, she was old, except I noticed green poop around the pen. The urate is green, I think, not the poop itself. Should I be worried about my other quail? What could cause this?
    • Shmegel
    • Thread
    • coturnix dead death droppings green illness poop sickness
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  20. CityslickerHomestead

    I lost my first hen today

    How do I prevent this from happening again? I’ll post photos when I get them, but my spouse just called to say he found our Welsummer (one of seven in a mixed-breed flock) deceased not more than an hour after I checked on them before leaving for work. She was 15 months old and one of two...
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