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    Quail prolapse vent keep falling out

    Hello guys, I have an Italian golden quail that got a prolapsed vent yesterday morning. So I’ve separated her from the rest of the flock and placed her in a small dark box to prevent laying, and the internets says that I should replace the “material” back into her. The problem is that she is a...
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    Silkie chick not eating/drinking

    I have a maybe 3 month old silkie that has stopped eating and drinking occasionally it will peck at some food but only when I encourage it. The poops look normal and all the other ones it was with are 100% fine. I gave this one electrolytes and everything but no luck so far. Please help if you...
  3. T

    Help! Emergency!

    Recently I’ve gotten me and my family some new baby chicks. We diceded to put them in a big coop that we bought online. Our area has some raccoon problems, so I dicided to open up the chicken coop overnight so the raccoons and the chickens could get to know each other better and the raccoons...
  4. Chickenwithnobrim

    PLEASE Please help!! Something wrong

    PLEASE HELPThere is something wrong somewhere in my chicken. In the morning she still has a little ball of food in her crop, but if I wait until 9 or 10 in the morning she's digested most of it, and if I give her a spice mix with a syringe it will disintegrate. If I do nothing and feed her she...
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    4week old chicks not growing at same speed as siblings and seem weak

    I have 7 chicks and 5 of them are growing nicely but 2 of them are way behind (about half the size as the rest) And one of them seems a lot less energetic I separated the 2 smaller ones out but they are still alive at 4 weeks old so I’m assuming they are eating and drinking so just a little...
  6. wat_da_cluck

    Neighbors dog skinned chicken

    Came home to a massacre. My neighbors dog killed 7 of my chickens (and 4/6 of my hens) and severely injured one poor silverudds cockerel. I’m devastated and angry but that’s a post for another day. He’s missing all his back feathers and a few good sized chunks of skin. He’s also covered in...
  7. Lordofthegreenpeas

    Duck can’t walk

    My Rouen Clair, (Jeffrey) suddenly stopped walking today. I checked her all over for bites and could only find some pulled feathers but I don’t know if those were there before. She started walking funny yesterday but I thought it was a burr this morning she couldn’t even walk out of the pen. She...
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    Quail has excessive panting and puffed feather

    Hi guys, I have a quail that I think have some illness. She has excessive panting (she pants non-stop even when the room temp is 24- C). Also, her feather is very very puffed, and her wing is somewhat floppy. Also, her top beak broke off yesterday morning and there was some bleeding. We took her...
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    2 week old chick constantly making swallowing motion and holding mouth open

    Ayam cemani keeps holding mouth open like that. I attached a picture of the poop as well and she seems to be sitting and resting a lot and is abit smaller than the rest please help!
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    Help! 6 week chick with leg/foot problem

    Hi everyone! Love this site, used it many times and finally made my own account. I have a 6 week old black sumatra that's developed a foot/leg problem. I can't seem to figure out specifically what's wrong. He limps a little bit but its not as noticeable when he's walking, more so when he's...
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    Pheasant chicks need help!

    Just got 3 melanistic pheasant chicks and I have them in a large box with a heat lamp so far they are just sitting in the corners and ignoring the food and water. I already dipped their beaks to show them where it was. Should I be worried or just wait until morning? Occasionally when I go close...
  12. ShaliniW1985

    Turkey seizure/stroke??

    Earlier my broadbreasted turkey was facing off with one of my roosters through a fence. She was trilling and puffing up to intimidate him. My rooster then pecked at the fence and out of shock, she was sent backwards and she fell on her back. She started flapping and flailing and kicking. Her...
  13. J

    duck with lumps on beak and horse voice.

    my pekin duck has some wierd lumps on her beak,and a very horse raspy voice. she is eating drinking and acting normal. any idea of what it could be or what i could do to help?
  14. Blueberrysilkies

    Encourage me PLEASE

    Hello y'all. I need some encouragement from the wise ones of Backyard Chickens. I have a full house right now, several age groups of silkies running a muck. In my basement I have 11, 1-2week old babies I bought from a breeder a week ago. After about 4 days, bloody poo so I did corid and that...
  15. K

    HELP

    MY CHICK WONT WAKE UP. He is breathing but wont wake up or move. Im not sure what it is. He doesnt eat/drink normally anymore. His sister died yesterday , and he is alone Update: Nacho is now in heaven with his sister, Lola.
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    Chick is sad

    Yesterday, one of my two chicks died. I got them from a pet store and were sick when we picked them up. The male chicken has blue around his eyes and his eyes are shut with mucus. I used Q tips that were dipped in warm water to try to remove them, but its still there. I try to do it often. He is...
  17. D

    Rooster after a fight

    My rooster Elmo had his first fight today with the neighbor rooster(they just let him roam and he’s been after my hen). We’re in the middle of moving and this is Elmo’s second day of being here. While I was at work the neighbor rooster got ahold of Elmo and has messed him up bad (pictures...
  18. amynw

    Help, swollen eye getting worse

    Please help. I don’t know what I’m dealing with. She is the oldest chicken I have and she has had eye problems for the last 3 days. I started antibiotic ointment for her eye today. But I’d like to know what I’m working with. No other symptoms of any illness or anything. Eating fine, active, and...
  19. chickmamat

    Please help! Muscovy Prolapse vent/rectum

    Muscovy hen. Photo attached. Age is unknown, seems in good health aside from the protrusion. I’ve read the other threads, but hers looks different than any photos I’m finding. I noticed one of the duck eggs had a little blood on it a few days ago but didn’t think much of it, since the...
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    HELP! SUSPECTED SOUR CROP!

    HELP! SUSPECTED SOUR CROP! I suspect sour crop in two of my chickens and I don’t know what to do. They’re crops look larger than normal and feel jiggly and squishy, not hard. One of my chickens crops went down after a couple hours and the other hasn’t. I know sour crop should be treated...
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