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  1. Z

    How long can new born chicks go with ought water?

    Hey everyone, I just hatched 3 silkie chicks. One hatched day 19, two hatched day 20, and now it is day 21 and there is one egg that's pipped and is about to hatch. It will probably hatch tonight or tomorrow. Can the chicks who hatched on day 19 and 20 survive with ought food for so long? Some...
  2. amynw

    Squeaking sick goose????

    Hello everyone. We have 3 pet geese, and recently I kept hearing a squeak every so often. Sounded just like a squeaky toy noise. I finally figured out today where the noise was coming from, one of my male geese. I watched him for around an hour. He still honks like the others, but will...
  3. SugaryPanPan

    Newly Hatched Silkie, Can’t Stand, Lays on Side

    Hello! I’m a new chicken mom, and I we had two successful hatches. Alas, the third had a dried membrane and ended up being somewhat of an assisted hatch (it pushed itself out at the end but we had to wet the membrane). For the first two hours it was able to waddle around properly and then it was...
  4. Haijunpet12

    Duck struggling to breathe! URGENT

    My duck will not move, eat or drink. It is laying still with its wings outstretched and it sound like it is having a very hard time breathing. It also sounds a little bubbly in its airways and has a mucousy substance coming from its nose holes. This happened with another one of our ducks...
  5. Lovem all

    Triple Emergencies!!! Help help help

    Okay so i have 3 big problems rn. So I went to collect the eggs and noticed my 10 year old barred rock chicken combs was in a weird position on the ground, looking very tired, breathing irregular, and the position she had was almost like she wanted to lay an egg. Her crop was empty so I took...
  6. My duck can’t walk

    My duck can’t walk

    My duck can’t walk. I’ve had this problem in the past with this duck, which was fixed With Niacin. But it’s not seeming to work. Unfortunately I think we’ll have to put her down, I don’t want to but I think she’s in pain. We’re gonna take her to the vet to see what they can do, but if they can’t...
  7. Goose_Goose

    Urgent! Goose with injured wing

    Urgent! I have have a 2 and a half month old goose that has injured his/her wing. I'm not sure how it was injured as I was out with them thirty minutes ago and he was fine. I'm not sure if the wing is broken but everytime I touch it he screams. His wing is hanging down and he is laying down...
  8. S

    Silkie chick swollen featherless neck pecking wound pictures included

    4-5 week old silkie chick. Developed small wound weeks ago assumed from pecking dispute due to small brooder. Only two chicks in brooder. Both placed in very large brooder, site cleansed and Neosporin, and no pick applied. Feathers appeared to be filling back in, 3 days ago feathers spear to be...
  9. D

    2 month old duckling randomly got sick. Help!

    About 2 weeks ago I came home from work and I checked on my ducklings and they all were doing great so I went in and started dinner. After going back outside I noticed one wasn’t acting the same. She was unable to walk and when she tried she just fell forwards and started flapping her wings all...
  10. S

    6 week duck. Possible slipped tendon, hock injury?

    Hello! I have a 6 week old duck with some issues! At first I thought it was bumblefoot but after some research and some info from others. We believe it is either a slipped tendon/ hock injury! my vet around me does not handle ducks so I’m going to try and do this myself! been treating for...
  11. ajesus92

    Need help (chicken heavy breathing)

    Hello it’s been a while since I last log in here. Well I was at a farm that sale a lot of chicken but I notice one in the corner of my eye that was alone. She was stuck in mud and look dead. Upon further investigating I notice she was still alive and ask that owner of the store if I could buy...
  12. Turkey Girl

    Help! A Hen Attacked One of my Chicks!

    So, we have a coop full of Ayam Cemani chicks. One of our older Ayam Cemani hens got into the coop and ripped he skin off of one of the chick's head. Now the poor baby's skull is exposed! It is standing up and acting like all the others and doesn't appear to be in pain. I didn't bandage it for...
  13. Roger98

    DUCK EMERGENCY

    I was putting my ducks to bed and both of them have thick slimy yellow goop coming out of their mouths, all stuck to their tongues! I'm having a hard time getting it out. I have no idea what to do, they've been outside grazing and swimming all day acting fine
  14. P

    MycoPlasma Meets Sour Crop Meets New Chicken Mama HELP

    I have a long story but RIGHT NOW I have a very sick chicken battling what I think to be SOUR CROP please help I will keep it to the pertinent details. 1. i got a flock of 10 “laying” 6 month old birds from a guy off Craigslist, bad idea, now I know...this man was not a bird man. He culled...
  15. Bird-Whisperer

    Call Duck Incubation Emergency!

    Hi Everyone, My call duck hen (Pretzel) made a nest in our yard with 9 eggs and had been sitting for a long time (I don't know when she started sitting, but when I candle the eggs they look very close to hatching). I just went out to check on her nest and she's gone. I can't find her anywhere...
  16. C

    Help - sick hen

    Good evening people, I am new to both this site and backyard chicken raising. I have 4 hens and last night I noticed 1 hen stood alone in coop sleeping (she is usually the boss) this morning she is very lethargic, her comb is now flat, won’t eat, did not lay an egg today, has a runny nose...
  17. Chloe_El

    Egg bound or gleet problem??

    My 3 year old hen who is usually super excited about being fed was very unenthusiastic yesterday about feeding time. throughout the day she became lethargic. today she didnt want to eat at all and has been lethargic, and drinking a lot. She has started eating again, but i don't know what is...
  18. V

    Chicken throat puke thing???!!!!

    I lock my chickens up for the day and come back two seconds later and there is a weird growth protruding from my chicken's mouth. It was like an organ and looked a lot like she had swallowed a bee. I was unable to get a picture because this all happened so fast but this is exactly what it looked...
  19. AngelaY

    I NEED HELP! DUCK HATCHING EMERGENCY

    HELP! My mama duck accidently bit the top off of this egg, I don't know if what I see here is normal or what to do. I don't want it to die, please help me.
  20. A

    EMERGENCY!I REALLY NEED HELP AND IDK WHAT TO DO!!

    There is a little chicken that hatched 2-3 days ago but it was not born properly.the chicken was the last 1 who hatched and was in the egg for really long time.When it was born it didn't develop properly.It has a short upper beak and it wont wake up(like in a coma).It is breathing and stretching...
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