almost 3 yrs old, late afternoon yesterday, I found my Isa Brown hen sitting on roost bar when rest of flock was out free-ranging. She had a droopy tail, droopy comb, and labored breathing. Several times, I offered her scrambled egg and yogurt where she was and she only took a little nibble...
My family member bought like 10 chickens from some guy online. They were delivered to us and they were all low energy, pale a droopy combs. There are four left and this is the condition they’re in right now. The rest of them died. Is this an illness I can treat or did we get old dying hens?
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My chicken Ophelia has been acting so strange. She is a two year old barred rock that lives in Hawaii with 4 sister chickens. I clean her water regularly and add new mulch to her large outdoor enclosure. The last week and a half she has been lethargic and moving slower...
We have a 4 year old hen. We just lost one chicken that slowly lost weight and eventually stopped eating all together and I had to put her down. We tried everything short of the vet to save her... Cleaning coop, moving coop, changing food, draining for sour crop (which she had before and...
Hi, one of my chickens (3yr old red sex link), Bertha, is not doing well at all. She has laid maybe two eggs in the past year, but I was not too worried about that because her health hasn't suffered until now & she's always been one of my strongest (& one of the two alphas of our small flock of...
Hi all, trying to get some insight on what to do from here. We have a hen who is about 2 1/2 years old and has always been super sweet and gets along with all her coop-mates. About a week ago she stopped roosting and was sleeping on the ground which caused us to examine her. We found two old...
My girl is usually very spunky and sprite but I got hime from work today which wasn’t an overly hot day and she was standing in an empty tray which usually holds ice water to cool them down and her comb and tail were droopy and she let me easily pick her up and hold her and her crop was empty...
I’m new to having chickens and was wondering what breed the black chickens are and if my girls are looking healthy or not. We have had recent health problems with our LH (the 2 breeds are separated and never meet). I wanted to ask some experts about any tips or advice to keep my girls safe...
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My 30 week old leghorn girl has been exhibiting some odd behaviour after her last few lays and this paired with her droopy and paler than normal comb has me worried it might be an underlying problem. She'll come out from laying (normally 10-15 minutes after being in the nest) and...
Today I noticed one of my brown leghorns acting pretty out of it today. She’s been slouching a bit, and overall acting as if something was wrong. I noticed her comb being a bit more droopy than usual, and it appears to be turning black. Her droppings are appearing as runny and a bit green. I’m...
Hi there! Long-time reader, first time poster. I'm a bit concerned, as my chicken is acting strange and I can't seem to find any other similar instances of her behavior anywhere.
She was a little lethargic, so I took her to the vet about three weeks ago. She had a lot of bacteria in her...