disease

  1. C

    Gout?

    Is this gout? My rooster and some hens have it. My rooster has had this since at least, last summer. Many in my flock have developed it or gotten worse this winter. But not all of my breeds have it (like Polish)... If so, what can I do for them? New to the group. So happy I found you!
  2. Engelvis

    Lethargic and no appetite

    Last night we found one of our chickens lying on the ground. She is very weak and there seems to be moisture in her lungs (from what I can hear). We have separated her from the rest of the flock and she has been drinking water, but I haven't seen her eat. I've been trying to hand feed her but...
  3. W

    Comb starting to grow white stuff

    Hi everyone, i have been observing my hen's comb turning from normal red comb into something like this since she raised her first egg clutch (now pullets), can anyone tell me if it's normal or if it's a specific disease i should cure? also is this infectious? can i handle it bare hand? Thank you!
  4. cowanchickens

    HELP

    Four of my young adult guinea fowl and two of my male turkeys suddenly died today. My female turkey is currently lethargic and holding her wings down. I think she may die soon. More guineas are lethargic too. One of the guineas that died was sitting on the ground just seeming a little sick and...
  5. M

    Swollen Eye

    My hen has a very swollen eye. Any thoughts on the cause?? She’s behaving normally and doesn’t have any other respiratory symptoms. Flushed with saline. Do I have to have a prescription to do antibiotics?? Please advise!! We’ve had backyard chickens for almost 5 years and never run into this...
  6. B

    Lethargic pullet around laying age

    Hi all, new chicken owner! We have a flock of 10, 2 laying hens and 8 that are around 20 weeks old. One of the laying hens, Lucy, has suddenly stopped laying eggs but still sits in the nesting box everyday, sometimes going back multiple times but its been about 4 days since she's laid, but...
  7. R

    Help!! Chicken won’t lift her head. Will die soon

    Hello! I’m looking for guidance and information. I lose 2 to 3 chickens this way every year, chicken begins not pulling her head up and turns into lethargic and plucking her own feathers out. Checked for mites, lice, and warms with no signs. They go like this for three or four days and then they...
  8. W

    New pullet indication of CRD, should I just introduce her?

    Hi everyone, I just got my first Leghorn pullet, two months old, arriving yesterday evening. The moment I took her out of the box, I noticed raspiness in her chirps as if she has a phlegmy throat as well as similiar sound from her chest, like a vibration. I would describe it as a snotty nose...
  9. E

    Swollen dry face, weird looking eye, help! :(

    Hello everyone, help needed. We have a young rooster (4-5 months old), who has been sick maybe for a month already. Last month i saw that is eye was looking weird, it was bubbling, i posted the photos here, got some replies that it could be coryza or mycoplasma. At first i tried to give some eye...
  10. D

    Sick chickens 2 died within a week.

    hey everyone, So I have a flock of 20 chickens 2 roosters 14 weeks in that flock. Then I have a separate flock of 10 roosters. My flock ranges from 20 weeks to 14 weeks with 1 hen a year old. All came from hatching eggs except I bought 9 deathlayer roos as day old to three day old chicks. 4...
  11. quailrescuer

    Bumps on rescue quails' beaks for over 8 weeks

    I noticed one of our rescue quails, "Autumn", with a big bloody bump on her beak in late May. We separated her shortly after. A couple weeks later, another one of our girls, "Summer", developed a much smaller black bump. They're currently living together, isolated from the rest of the flock...
  12. poola80

    Signs in a dying chicken

    I have a Golden Laced Wyandotte who’s around 8 years old. For the past two years, she’s been dealing with respiratory issues — mainly a puffy face and bubbly eyes. Even after multiple rounds of medication and antibiotics she hasn’t recovered. Despite these ongoing symptoms, she’s continued to...
  13. B

    Unknown Death-Help

    Discovered this girl in our woods after arriving back home. No puncture wounds or blood from what I can see, hardly any feather loss. A few feathers about 3 yards away but majority of them are in the photo pictured. Our dog who is normally outside was inside during the potential time of death...
  14. 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...
  15. G

    Sick Chick

    One of my thirty 8 week old chicks has diarrhea and has for the past 5-6weeks. I started giving it electrolytes as soon as I noticed it was sick but it hasn’t improved. It doesn’t seem to be lethargic and eats and drinks regularly as far as I can tell. Any diagnosis or suggested treatment...
  16. Livia Ammon

    My Flock has Mites/Fleas

    I have a main flock of 13 hens and a rooster. I’ve gotten 4 healthy looking hens, but on closer examination I realized they had mites. I dosed them all with 1.5 ml of ivermectin cattle drench. Later in the evening I was putting up my main flock and gave them a handful of grass. One of them...
  17. Livia Ammon

    New Chickens

    Hey all! I just got 4 new 2 yo hens from a woman who couldn’t take care of them any longer. They are a pair of white leghorns, a Barnie and an EE/Americauna. Usually when I get new chickens I get chicks, so I din’t know much about quarantine procedures. I also don’t know what to check for so...
  18. B

    Very weird stool yesterday…

    We’ve been noticing the chicks pooping with some red in there stool, and it seemed like everything was pointing to shed intestinal lining. The thing is, the poops like that happen almost everyday, and one of our chickens hasn’t grown much compared to the others. A vet friend (in training) of...
  19. Ohio Duck

    Adding new chickens after your flock may be carrying a disease? What if the disease is likely present in your soil? (Blackhead)

    Hello, Does anyone have experience bringing in new chickens after dealing with disease in your flock? There's lots of advice for how to avoid bringing sick birds into a healthy flock, but what if your girls are the problem? Over the winter I lost three of my six 4-month old pullets to...
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  20. V

    How long do Coturnix quail female layer’s typically live for?

    I’m curious because I have 12 females for 2 years one just died , no injuries I could see her eyes were shut and feet clenched her feet did appear veiny but she was cold to the touch im sure that’s typically what happens when they die from being pale may she rest in peace,.. how long do your...
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