emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

Hello, my quail chick has a swollen foot, it doesn’t seem to be bumblefoot because it is swelling on the top of the foot rather the bottom. Could it possibly be a form of gout? This is my first time hatching and raising quail. I also have a chick with wry neck and I purchased the 80ml vitamin E...

Hi All, . This girl just started this in the past two hour or so. She's obviously in discomfort open mouth gulping for air and wheezing. I have spoken to our vet and will take her in this arvo but he really doesn't have much idea whats going on and other than administering some ABs or PTSing...

This is Alligator Bob. He is brave, smart, handsome, a doer of valorous deeds and much more interesting than Boo, the World’s Cutest Dog. At any rate, poor Bobbie has had a relatively slight penis prolapse for about a month. For a while, I was just keeping an eye on it, applying hydrocortisone...

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...

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...

This baby chicken was born 9 hours ago, it is unable to walk and it has a large lump on its neck/head. It will only lay down on it's back or sides, also it's feet do not open up and sometimes it's legs will kick around. What is this and is there anyway to save my baby chicken?

Hey, I have a chicken who isn't laying. She stopped laying 4 weeks ago when she became egg bound. Today she looked very dazed and confused. She is eating. Not sure if she is drinking and pooping.

Hey all. I have a red star hen who went egg bound three weeks ago. She is perfectly happy now running around eating and drinking fine. Would anyone know when she would start laying again as she was our main layer.

Hey guys. I am new to chicken raising but long story short... I have 3 egg laying hens and 2 baby chicks (about 3 weeks old) raised them since they were days old. One of my adult hens seems to be very territorial, and has plucked the feathers out of one of my other adult ones. They've been...

My roosters comb has been changing colors lately from red to black and back and forth, but it has never really looked as black or as big as it has right now.Is there something possibly wrong with him or is this normal, the other day I saw his comb was healthy red, then moments later it had...

Hey guys! I just joined, and I'm happy to meet you all! This is my first post here, I recently had to put down my laying hen because of her condition. She was an easter egger chicken from freedom ranger hatchery, vaccinated for Mareks, and was medicated for coccidiosis from a chick, she was...

I need help with my approx. 8-9 month old red sex link hen. She is normally a great layer but has not laid in at least a few days. I first noticed something was wrong when I saw her standing in the same position yesterday with her eyes closed, opening and closing her beak as if she was crowing...

hello everyone sad night as i have found one of my quails with severe injury to the head he is bleed i don’t know if he will make it through the night what would i do please help in desperate need

I have 2 two-week old baby quail, when they hatched the hen who hatched them would drag them by the toes (she only did for a very short time but the damage had already been done at that point) and now the toes are beginning to fall off, one has already fallen off and is super inflamed and...

Can anyone please provide a list of essential items to have on hand for both general Muscovy health maintenance and emergency intervention such as vitamins, apple cider vinegar, calcium for egg-laying females, dewormer, charcoal, correct size tubing, etc. with appropriate dosing and anything...

Please help what do I do I dropped a hatching egg pretty hard I was moving them to another incubator they are due today should I leave him alone or get him out fast. I do have experience hatching eggs and have had to assist many only lost 2. I’ll attach a pic this just happened 5 min ago please...

My 5-month-old Polish Bantam Rooster has suddenly started limping. At first, I thought he would trip because he couldn't see (His head feathers are very big), but I've been observing him more closely. He walks around normally but sometimes stumbles while walking and he sits down when he eats. He...

While doing my online classes I heard a pained squak outside and found out my chicken had somehow got to the next door neighbors and was being attacked by the dogs. I got him back and looked at the injury and it was pretty bad. His skin was torn away to right of his butt. Muscles and bone were...

(Pictures provided below.) One of my 7 laying hens has been extremely lethargic and listless for the past couple of days. I first noticed it when I let them out the other day to roam while supervised (I have a large caged in run I keep them in, adequate feed and water). After they all ran out...

Hello! I live in a residential neighborhood with a decent sized lake in the backyard. Well someone decided it was a good idea to dump 3 Peking ducks with clipped wings in the lake to fend for themselves. I enjoy sitting on the dock and feeding the fish, so naturally they took to me. I have...