emergencies / diseases / injuries and cures

  1. S

    Neurologic problem? Wryneck? Chicken very quickly getting worse...

    Hello friends, It's been a rough year on our flock. We successfully saved one of our dearest hens from sour crop thanks to the lovely help from this community! Now I'm back asking for further assistance. 20ish month old Australorp No previous illness or injury No signs of injury No discharge...
  2. TexMum

    Sour crop? 1st time chicken mom! Help!

    Tonight I noticed one of my hens (13 weeks) wasn’t acting herself. I went out to give them some watermelon and she was willing to come and be curious but never actually went for the watermelon. They’ve been free ranging and are free fed (Nutrena Starter/Grower). I grabbed her (which she also...
  3. Eggenator

    Swelling under beak

    Hey everyone, I just noticed today that my 11 week old new Hampshire red chick has some sort of swelling under her beak. Please refer to the pictures. The inside of her mouth near her tongue looked swollen as well. Other than this she's acting completely normal. She also has some food stuck in...
  4. R

    My Juvenile Chick broke her wing PLEASE HELP 😭

    I heard a loud thud at 3:20 in the morning. I turned on the lights and I saw her dragging her wing while she was crying in pain. She broke the tip of her wing. It broke through the skin and It was bleeding. Idk what to do! None of the vets are up at 4 in the morning!!! I have no Gauge Strips or...
  5. S

    Gosling won’t drink on its own and shakes head when I give it water

    • SterlingAries
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    • drinking and eating emergencies / diseases / injuries and cures goslings help sick
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    • Forum: Geese
  6. O

    HELP!!! CHICKEN CANNOT PICK UP HER HEAD

    A fox attacked out flock on the 15th and two were taken. One of them was found injured and wouldnt move. She is now inside and cannot keep up her head. She keeps it down, by her feet. She tried to pick it up but couldn't get it above her chest. I held her head up and slowly let go and she...
  7. 3

    Duck attacked by fox

    My duck was attacked by a fox last night but luckily I heard and was able to get out in time, she has barley any injuries it just looks like feathers were pulled out and she has one injury under her wing which looks like a patch of skin that’s quite sore I kept her inside last night and washed...
  8. bambambird

    Red in me duck’s poop?! Is it blood?

    I was changing my duck’s diaper tonight and I noticed some red in the diaper. I have not noticed this before. This is the first time. He’s been acting normal and happy otherwise. Is this cause for concern? I’m very worried!
  9. chickens87216

    SHELLESS EGG HELP

    My chicken Bubbles, A Sapphire Splash, layed a shelless egg a few minutes ago. She was straining almost wheezing and standing like a penguin. She finally layed the egg. It looked normal at first, but then I picked it up. This is the first time its happened with this bird. What should I do?
  10. H

    Dog tried to kill hen she's hurt please help

    😢 I just got back from the store to find my Germin Sheppard/Marrema on top of Roadie 1 of my 2 pet road island red hen sisters, the other one dead!!. So I grabbed up my chicken wrapped her in my coat and now sitting in front of the heater with her. She's in shock. She's hurt and very quiet and...
  11. A

    Sick chick, hurt chick, what the heck??

    My chicks are about 5+weeks old. (A first timer with chickens, but I have ducks) We live in Florida and since they have 99% of their feathers, we’ve been letting them sleep outside. It’s been warm! If it’s cold we bring them in. ANYWAYS, I went to put them away tonight, a little later than...
  12. R

    Chicken suddenly stopped walking and lays down on side 24/7

    Hello! I’m posting this for a friend of mine, his chicken Bonnie (red sex link, 2-3 months), suddenly stopped walking. At first it was limping but now she just lays down unmoving. Sometimes she wakes up and is active but others she is very lethargic (like in the picture attached). He’s very...
  13. chickens87216

    *EMERGENCY* INTERNAL LAYING

    Internal laying is when a chicken’s oviduct throws the egg of the tract. There is tons of egg yolks inside of my chicken from this. This is an emergency and I need advice quickly. She is huge, she walks like a penguin, and she is wheezing. What should I do? In the picture there is a bright...
  14. R

    My chicken is limping and cant walk after hurting her leg but we dont know what to do or what it is

    My chicken is a 2 year old rhode island red, shes always been the smallest of the flock and recently we noticed she hasnt been walking. We found an injury on her leg. Its not appearing to improve. Please help, im attaching an image of her leg.
  15. Z

    Does my chicken has cancer? Cyst? Abcess? Doesn’t move

    Help!! We adopted this lady about 3 months ago and from the start she didnt have any interest to roam in the garden like other ladies and she very didnt move around if its not necessary and looked a bit depressed. We noticed she didnt take care of her rear feathers and that they were poopy from...
  16. blasttribe

    Help- Is my chicken egg bound?

    I have a hen who was kind of walking hunched over and was trying to eat and drink. She was successful in eating and drinking but she kept walking around the coop hunched over and slower than normal. Her comb and eyes are normal and she's not breathing heavily. But her entire backside under her...
  17. HOW TO CURE FLYSTRIKE!

    HOW TO CURE FLYSTRIKE!

    Hello everyone! This is a guide about how to save your chickie or duckie from flystrike! I'm going to put the how to first, just in case you’re in dire need of this information. At the end of this article I will write about my story and how I came to find this. *Epsom...
    • Mother_of_the_WIld
    • Article
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    • #flystrike article chickens cures disease cures ducks emergencies / diseases / injuries and cures flystrike how to cure flystrike
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Injuries, Diseases, & Cures
  18. B

    3.5 Week old chick's bottom beak is misaligned with her upper beak and is leaking saliva. Not sure what to do PLEASE HELP

    Hello, it's my first time signing up on this forum, and I came here hoping to get help. My 5 week old reed flower chick was always super lively and had a normal beak. After we let them run around with the other chicks outside today, my dad noticed that its beak seemed to not be aligning as it...
  19. M

    Lethargic waddling Chicken

    I have chicken that I noticed would leave the perch today. I took her out and noticed she was waddling. She was able to run, but then she would fall to her side and catch herself with her wing, as if she lost balance. Whenever she was at a stand still she began to bob her head and go to sleep. I...
  20. Countryhippie

    Strange Breathing Tonight - Please Help

    I was hanging out with my girls right before bed and they were all running around playing and I gave them a dish of their feed with water mixed in (so mash). Then I put them to bed and all was normal. I then looked on my camera to see if they had all settled down and then I see they are all like...
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