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  1. M

    Lethargic duck, same for three days maybe more

    Hello friends, I need help with a diagnosis and treatment for an adult female Muscovy duck. She is a mom duck that has been coming to my house with her two babies the last couple months. However, three days ago I noticed her laying down in my front yard with her wings a little droopy, and when...
  2. V

    Weird skin issue? I’d love some help!

    Hi! This is my first time posting to BYC. Thanks in advance for your help :) A couple weeks ago I noticed my 1 year old mystic maran hen has what looks like pink, scaleless lines down the outside of each leg. I’ll post a picture for clarity. On both legs, only this small outside strip is...
  3. F

    Wondering if my chickens have sour crop?

    I caught two of my hens have a white mucus exit their mouths today, it was cloudy and it seemed to just fall out, they didnt cough it up or anything. i researched and i read it could be sour crop? ive noticed recently one has had some ruffled feathers, and the two that threw up have had bad...
  4. Y

    Why does my chick walk and stand weird?

    Hi my chick has recently started walking really weird, it wasn’t like this when it hatched and idk what to do about this situation, will my chicken get any better?
  5. L

    Does this chicken look like it has mareks

    I am stressing out because I had a rooster in my flock that has this leg, I thought it was just broken but I’m not sure if it is mareks now. I am worried about my chickens that I am bringing to fair in a week now.
  6. C

    Chick with Coccidia and thiamine deficiency

    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...
  7. J

    Broody hen, moist bedding, pneumonia

    I had a broody hen hatch 6 chicks, they are a week and a half old and doing well. The are in a open 8x8 roofed run with air coming in from 3 sides. They do have a cat carrier to sleep under the hen in. It poured today and some water got into the bedding. It isn’t soaked but it’s definitely...
  8. Squeeing_Onion

    Quail and Parrots?

    I've heard it referenced before that people have kept quail in the bottoms of aviaries that house various species of parrots. My question is, how do you keep the birds safe bacteria wise? Do you need to introduce them as chicks? Do they share lethal disease like I've heard chickens and quail...
  9. isabellajosie

    Help? Hen with white spots on her comb.

    Hello. I have a year old Easter Egger hen who I noticed yesterday has these raised white spots on her comb. They almost look like calcium deposits that are stuck to the comb. When I researched this, most results that pop up are about it being early signs of fowl pox. I have not noticed any...
  10. C

    Wry neck or mareks? Something worse?

    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...
  11. Melko

    Pullets unable to walk, but are otherwise vigorous...

    I've had a pullet that hasn't been able to walk for the past week. I though this might've been a leg injury so I set her up in her own with some food and water. Today I found another pullet with the same symptoms. Laying to the side and unable to get up. I tried picking her up but she always...
  12. C

    Help please

    I lost almost 20 chicks that are 4 to 6 weeks old they are in the brooder that gets cleaned often the chicks have ruffled feathers and their wings droop they also act tired and have bad balance right befor they die thier legs shrivle up and you can see their keel bone like thier wasting away i...
  13. Ittybittyschmidtie

    Spilled chicken feed in grass with white stuff

    my daughter spilled the feed on the way back down to the house in the grass. It rained and I noticed today it’s growing all this white furry mold I’m assuming. What can I do to get rid of this ? Wash it away with water? Won’t that just spread it around? Idk what to do about it. It’s a pretty...
  14. MichelleFL7

    Need help please. My Wyandot has something wrong with her comb?

    Is this a fungus on her comb or something else? She is not laying (that I can tell) still eats, drinks, stays with pack. But does lay down more than others. On 18% pellets, use hydro-hen in water 2X per week, gave oyster shell 1x wk. last week thought she was egg bound, soaked her in warm...
  15. AidKD

    Transferable diseases

    I think it would be good to keep everybody informed on this. Are there any diseases thay could be transferred from your flock to you? Or vice versa? And how can we watch out for it?
  16. Flutterbudget

    Sudden Pekin Death, Heartbroken

    My partner went to let the ducks out this morning and found my 4 year old female Pekin dead. Her neck is definitely not straight and she’s died with her legs flat out underneath her stomach. Nothing that I can see, one eye is closed the other is open, pupil seems to be dilated. Absolutely...
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  17. tielie135

    white kidneys?

    butchered 4 roosters today and when i was taking the organs out for my dogs and i noticed the kidneys were white, i assumed it was a weird one off thing until all four of them had these white kidneys. they were VERY white, not yellow like fat, when cut into they are white all the way in and...
  18. Artchickenlover21

    Super lethargic, weird poop

    A few days ago I noticed my buff orpington was acting a little slower than usual. She has been getting worse and it looks like she's having weird bathroom troubles. She strains a lot and only a little comes out and it looks "snaky". I don't believe she is eggbound unless the egg might have...
  19. W

    Grangrene in quail?

    one of my hens has had bumblefoot for several months and the treatment isnt working and now it looks like the foot is dying and she is walking on one foot. Is it too late for antibiotics or will i need to amputate/euthanize.
  20. Artchickenlover21

    Eyes sealed shut, raspy breathing, pale face

    One of my hens has had raspy breathing, a little bit of gasping, and runny manure lately. She was sitting on the lowest roost all day except when she went to eat and drink and then roosted up high at night where she usually did. Today she couldn't fly off the roost and I had to bring her to the...
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