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  1. Lordofthegreenpeas

    Ducks and goats

    I am about to adopt some goats and the owner of them said that if I put them with or near the ducks or pigs the goats will get diseases. Should I be concerned if one of my pigs or ducks gets in the same pen? All the ducks I get in are quarantined for 30 days and fecal samples are taken before...
  2. A

    Baby Gosling Found Lethargic & Oozing From Beak

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the gosling seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.). Chinese geese, smaller than the others - 10 goslings total - weight is ideal for size 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Found this morning around 7am lethargic, wouldn’t walk out of pen...
  3. I

    sick hen help.pls!!!

    My 4 year old hen has been always fine, but today she somehow couldn't stand up, I noticied an issue within her legs so we brought her inside. She eats fine, walks but doesn't fly (not sure if it's because she's in with us, or she's too tired) but suddenly right now, she fell to the ground and...
  4. Lordofthegreenpeas

    Two babies seizing!

    My gosling started to flip over puke up water nd seizure yesterday and is now completely better. The new one is a muscovy and he started to flip over and puke up a whole crop of water a few minutes ago, he is also getting better. What is this? Did they drink too much? I've had this happen before...
  5. W

    New Hens - How to check for illness?

    Hello everyone! 🐥 We’re adopting 3 x 1.5 year old hens from a friend who has too many eggs to manage. We already have 4 hens raised from chicks that are 2 years old. We will be doing a 1-2 week long quarantine in side-by-side fenced runs, and all hens will sleep in our coop which is open concept...
  6. G

    Chicken Isn't acting right

    I'm not sure if this has been talked about, but one of my chickens acts in an unusual way to the others. We've had the chickens for about a year now and I hadn't noticed until the past 2 ish months. One of my hens acts incredibly strang, she walks fine, eats fine, and as far as I know, Lays...
  7. F

    What’s Going on With His Eye?

    Hi everyone, I have this lone duckling who will be staying with me for a few weeks. It’s a long story, but so far he has been doing excellent! Great eater, great pooper! I just took him out of his bath and noticed his eye like this. I haven’t heard any sort of congestion or wheezing and he is...
    • faithapaul1
    • Thread
    • disease duck duckling eye medical
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. bay222

    Help!! My emu chick has green string like poop...

    Hi there, I have two emu chicks they are about 2 months old. I just found out one of my chicks did not eat too much. It seems really sleepy, less energetic compared to the time when it first arrives at my yard. The excrement contains green, string-like matter, yesterday there was undigested...
  9. eguiney

    Help! Chicken spinning head, flying into things, etc

    All - my chicken has been acting off for two days - running in circles, freaking out at nothing, twirling her head in an odd way, flying into things...I’m concerned she’s dying. I can’t post a video for some reason but she’ll stand and roll her head back and then duck and tuck it down and...
  10. Z

    My rabbit might be killing my chickens

    This is a bizarre scenario. I’ve had chickens for almost 4 years and would lose one every once in awhile to a coyote or hawk. About a year ago I got a pet rabbit and it quickly become the wild/domesticated rabbit of the backyard. She’s always been very sweet and docile. She would follow the...
  11. S

    Sudden muscovy and chicken deaths

    I have about 30 birds total, and throughout the winter I lost 4 to "sudden deaths". The side effects usually included wry neck, and paralysis then trouble breathing, then death. I decided that it could have been botulism toxin. I didn't lose any for about 3 months. Then suddenly today I lost a...
    • Samore2324
    • Thread
    • chicken disease duck muscovy question
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. C

    Bantam hen with respiratory disease, gapeworm or neither?

    I have a very small rosecomb bantam, I don't know her exact age but I estimate it to be around 3-5 years, she's always been low weight and I've never noticed her losing any weight or gaining any either, but she has had some health problems in the past and we had to take her to the vet multiple...
  13. farmgirl216

    Bright red skin and no feathers

    A few days ago I noticed my amerucana rooster has no feathers on one leg and has lost quite a few tail feathers. Also his skin is very red in those places without feathers. His leg appears to possible be trying to grow feathers back. He is in a pen/coop with 5 hens and they are all perfectly...
  14. C

    Chickens keep dying

    I'm having a problem losing chickens lately and quickly. It started off with a buff orphington hen acting lethargic and dying overnight. Then silkie cockerel not lifting his head up and backing up until he ran into something and laid down. Treated with nutridrench and selenium paste but would...
  15. Phillisy

    Silkies 8-12 months old Dying Unexpectedly

    I recently just lost one of my roosters; he was completely fine last night (following me around, eating, drinking, pooping, etc), and this morning, dead. The thing is, this is my 4th Silkie to pass in the last 2 months. Aside from one, all of them have been completely fine the night before (I’m...
  16. M

    Help my drake won't stand up!!

    Hello, sorry I haven't introduced myself in the new members section, but I promise I will when all this calms down... I need urgent guidance. We live in South West Scotland, Uk and there is no poultry vet specialist around here. I have 4 ducks and 1 drake, all runners. I have hatched myself the...
    • MazCazDu
    • Thread
    • disease injury runner duck won't walk
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. chickbee

    PLEASE watch video: Cull/Euthanize?

    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...
  18. Chirbuls

    HELP!! Chicken making weird noise and gasping

    I have a one year old hen which is making weird coughing like noises and gasping occassionly. She is drinking and eating just fine but i am very concerned since my other hen who was of same age died earlier this year. She also was completely fine except for the coughing like noises. She died...
  19. K

    Not sure what’s going on...please help me!

    So this morning when I was refilling the food bin for my ladies, I noticed my black RIR hen, about a year.5 old or so, had a weird thing going on with her neck feathers. I’m not sure how to search for the issue so I’m including a photo in my post to hopefully get to the bottom of it. None of my...
  20. Yucky_ducky_kentucky

    Rooster losing voice after his girlfriend died very suddenly

    Snowball the rooster is losing his voice a today. Normally I wouldn’t be worried but 3 days ago one of his favorite girlfriends died suddenly. The only symptoms she had 3 hours before death were strange sounds while breathing and she couldn’t stand anymore. Could the rooster’s horse voice be...
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