Hello! i recently noticed that my hen had weird slime in her mouth and seemed very bothered by it. she had some trouble swallowing her food, but after she ate and a few minutes had passed she felt already a little better. Shes very active and behaves like a normal healthy chicken (besides the...
My duck was really sick last couple of months Vet said there’s no cure for her red blood cell parasite (and nothing about this online) she got from a mosquito bite I prayed and prayed not expecting a miracle but asking for wisdom to know what to do for her and support her I thought about it...
Urgent help needed: this is a 12 week old Easter egger. No known symptoms before, the morning I let all the chickens out, this one looked like her wing was lopsided. She was lethargic and sleepy as well. Her poops up until today have looked solid, normal, with no worms in site. Today, it was...
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I've noticed a lot of fellow chicken tenders on here having trouble with obtaining medications like antibiotics, Corid, permethrine, etc. to treat their chickens (especially those rural folks who, like me, don't have access to an...
So one of my ISA Browns just started laying about 2-3 weeks ago now. She was hatched out March 30th, 2022 (about 5 months old now) and weighs about 3-5 pounds. Suddenly at the beginning of this week (Monday September 3rd) she became extremely lethargic. To explain how lethargic, my chickens free...
Hi. My mother and I just adopted a baby peacock today and I noticed tiny white bugs all over it’s face. They’re very small and go near the eye. They’ll burrow into the fur and leave tiny white particles (what I think might be eggs) on the strange of fur. I’m super concerned. I’ve done some...
Hello everyone! This is a guide about how to save your chickie or duckie from flystrike!
I'm going to put the how to first, just in case you’re in dire need of this information.
At the end of this article I will write about my story and how I came to find this.
*Epsom...
Hi everyone,
I'll cut straight to the chase and will provide the longer backstory at the end of this post for context.
Over the last three days I have been noticing that the skin around the eyes of my 2-week-old gosling has become red and slightly inflamed. The third eyelids (Nictitating...
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My family is currently taking care of a chicken that lives with a friend of ours with about 6 other chickens. We are chicken sitting while they are away. The other day we found a really cute polish who was very limp and lethargic. I wasn't home at the time and I assumed my brother...
Fall 2020 two of my hens had a hard molt, while one lost feathers around her neck.
The two hens who hard molted, grew their feathers back like normal, within a few months.
However, my featherless necked hen didn’t grow her feathers back. In fact, she lost a bit more around her wing shoulder...
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Does anyone use a yearly preventative to keep sickness and worms out of there flock? I have never had any problems in the last 7 years with my chickens and ducks but now I have my turkeys and I want to make sure I cover all bases and keep as much unwanted Parasites and disease out of my flock.
Someone please help! My chicken lavender is my best 4-h chicken and there is something causing her trouble to breath. She is weezing and every now and then she is sneezing. A week ago we had another chicken die, she was weezing but not as bad. She ran infront of me and my mom, threw up and...
So I have had her for a wile (still a chick) Not much growth. Her beak has started to change. her top beak is curving and is super long and her bottom is growing straight. She cant close her beak and im very worried. Pls HELP!!!:hit🥺
Please watch and let me know thoughts? Do I go ahead and just end this poor girls life? This has been going on for about a week.
https://youtu.be/upnqRAoKrZQ
This hen has changed quickly. Less than two weeks ago she was her usual full-feathered, sturdy self. Also the leader...
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I am a new chicken mama, and also have a rescue heritage turkey.
We rescued Tommy because he has a strange deformity on his foot. we took him to the vet and they did not know what this issue is with him.
i just discovered that he has a bad case of poultry lice or mites. I have been...
Hello, I had an awful hatch a few weeks ago in which I had a disaster with temperature regulation. This resulted in several lost. Luckily there were not many in the incubator. Three week olds include: 1 Cotronix and 2 Buttons.
One of the buttons with splay and club foot. Tried all the...
My Hen looks tiresome after laying egg yesterday. This morning I observed her poop/feces is color green with white. Could somebody give some recommendations on how to treat her? Please. I'm just a beginner in raising free-range chickens, your recommendation will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
So I have a broody hen and the eggs just hatched about 8 hours ago. They are all still under the mom. They all seem healthy except for one, it is laying down, breathing quite fast and its eyes are closed, It has an odd thing sticking out on its butt (I have attached a photo).
Anyone know what...
Hello! I have had Silkies for almost all my life. I have noticed these odd feathers on one of my Silkies faces. They're a bit hard to describe (see photo) there are these small bead like things gathered around the base of the feathers. I had another chook with a similar condition, I assumed it...
I noticed a couple months ago that my rooster has these bald spots near his comb. Even though he is the dominant rooster I thought maybe the other rooster pulled some feathers out. My coop has also been treated for mites. He is the only chicken in this pen that looks like this. I also thought it...