Hi, first time chicken mom here. I have been reading about avian pox, canker sores, and other kinds of diseases but I'm not sure which this is. Or even if it is anything at all. Please let me know what you think I should do. Is it a disease or injury? What's the best protocol to help? The first...
Today when I got home, I took a look at my quails and found out that one of them has swollen eyes. I immediately took her to the local vet but the problem is that he is known for misdiagnosing animals. He said it is an allergy and gave her some kind of injection. I hope he was right, can someone...
Hi, I have a 3y.o female pekin called Cookie, she’s my pet duck and lives indoor.
Almost a month ago she suddenly started limping, exactly on the very day that I added levamisole to her water for worming. Her ankle was a little swollen but not like joint swelling, just a spot. I took X-ray from...
My chickens just went through one round of roundworm medication a week and a half ago. I've noticed they have consistently been pooping white cloudy poop that outlines their dark poop + they have diarrhea often, but that might be because of the fruits we've been feeding them lately because of...
My friend lost two roosters in the last year and a 3rd rooster is now showing the same signs as the last two. His head slightly tilted yesterday, today he’s off balance. Vets couldn’t determine what was going on other then if it happens again to send him in to exams after he passes. This is...
I was moving my young showgirl rooster today (16 weeks) and discovered that he has a small pimple looking bump on his neck, that looks like it may be puss filled. I also believe I may have saw a single flea or lice crawl across his neck but couldn’t find it again/see any more. He also has a...
I have a 5 yr old hen who can not longer stand on her feet. She flops all over the place and her head is constantly wobbling up towards her back. She’ll take water from a syringe but will not take food from my hand. Any ideas? I have video of the behavior it cannot upload it to this site. And...
Hey, I have five chicks, the first one had some kind of illness I couldn't really figure the illness but it looks contagious but then my other chick started getting as sick at he was, we observed her poop and so she had a slightly bloody one then it changed to orange then it's now brown. Also...
Hello everyone. I usually raise a few broilers every couple months for meat and have been experiencing roughly 5% losses as chicks which is normal from what I've read. Recently the losses have been getting greater and greater, sometimes as much as 40% and it happens when the chicks are 3+ weeks...
So I previously had this with two polish and was unsure. But this morning I lost one of my old hens and the same is happening to one of the newest editions please help. She is lathargic shutting her eyes and rocking backwards and forwards without a desire to eat or drink. It’s killing my entire...
I have a year old rooster who recently started bulking off his tail fathers, like removing it but he doesn't eat the feathers, is there a reason for that??? Please help
Hi there,
I have a dark brahma, about 20 weeks old, that is displaying some very bad signs of illness.
I’ve done my online research of what I think it is.... but would love to hear from some of y’all and your opinions.
Here is what’s going on;
She is unable to walk, she is sitting on her...
One of my chickens is apparently really sick - I'm out of town, so my mother is taking care of them, but a hen started to get sick last Friday. She wasn't moving much, and seemed to have trouble walking. At this point, it's apparently progressed to where she can't stand, won't drink water, and...
I went to feed my chicks leftover watermelon and I noticed one of my chickens vomited black vomit. Any suggestions? I can’t find any other threads on this?! I’m worried it’s a sickness that will affect my entire flock! That particular one is about 3 months old. I didn’t notice any of them acting...
I have two chickens with a pimple near their nose/ beak area. It’s fairly firm and she gets uncomfortable when I try and squeeze it.
It started with one chicken but now two of them have it. I have looked at many chicken diseases but nothing looks like this.
If anyone knows what it is and how I...
Please help! My chicks are dying and I don’t know why!
Some background: The chicks were hatched underneath a broody hen. We decided to build the chicks a home of their own when we failed to introduce a couple of keets we purchased to the mama chicken in the hopes she’d adopt them. The adoption...
please help! We were out of town for two weeks (with a pet sitter in place) and returned to find my six year old orphington to have pasty butt and a sore on her vent after I gently bathed her and washed all her poop away. She’s pretty lethargic, still will eat and drink from a syringe but lays...
I have 4 buff Orpington hens that are 11 weeks old. One of the hens has purple legs and feet. This is my first flock and I don’t know if it’s a Disease or a natural thing. The other hens don’t have the purple legs and feet they have more of a. White color. This hen seems to be the dominant one...
Hi! Thanks so much in advance for advice here. I’m devastated that I keep losing birds and panicked that I will have to cull the whole flock including four new babies.
18 months ago, got 4 pullets. Immediately, one was very sick. Symptoms: lethargic, no “chicken behavior” like scratching...