emergency care

One of my chickens got attacked by a visiting dog yesterday. She looked dead but jumped up once someone touched her leg. Her beak is open and she can’t fully close it. Her head and eye look very swollen. The dog injured her side under the wing. She is unable to eat and drink maybe because of the...

My barred rock is suffering from the following: Chickens butt is covered in wet feces, white secretions, blood, and a clump of maggots gathered around her vent, that also happens to be bulging when she strains to poop, blood, feces and maggots fall. First noticed her droppings, with watery...

Hey guys. When we went outside tonight to do a final chicken check we found our rooster face down in the dirt. Thinking he was dead we went to pick him up and he moved. We have been trying to get him GRADUALLY warmed up with water. I just need to know if there’s anything else I can do ow...

MY BABY CHICK IS ABOUT 4 WEEKS OLD, ITS NOT THAT BIG. IT WAS FINE YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY WHEN I CHECKED ON IT ITS SLUMPING OVER, IT LOOKS LIKE ITS STRUGGLING AND WONT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING. IM TRYING EVERYTHING I CAN, I TRIED TO FEED IT WATER WITH SYRINGE BUT ITS NOT DRINKING. PLEASE SEND HELP HE...

It's still warm, I've been massaging it to give back circulation. I've got the wire out unfortunately I'm not able to post any videos or pictures. The nearest vet that could help me is an hour away and I can't make the trip. She's acting fine and has some mobility in the wing, as she pulled it...

It's still warm, I've been massaging it to give back circulation. I've got the wire out unfortunately I'm not able to post any videos or pictures. The nearest vet that could help me is an hour away and I can't make the trip. She's acting fine and has some mobility in the wing, as she pulled it...

Hello. I have a year old Easter Egger hen who I noticed yesterday has these raised white spots on her comb. They almost look like calcium deposits that are stuck to the comb. When I researched this, most results that pop up are about it being early signs of fowl pox. I have not noticed any...

Im a small backyard flock owner of 7 happy birds of various breeds. I am still a student, and im known for being a chicken lady. I get a call from another student whos mom recently got more chickens from one of their friends to add to their flock... which they added to their flock WITHOUT...

My 3 yr old hen has been I’ll for the past week. She was barely moving, walking like a penguin. So I brought her inside and gave her an epsom salt soak. No egg. Then noticed she has horrible smelling poops and keeps getting it all over her butt. I couldn’t find a vet to see her so I got advice...

I just got home and found my dog trying to eat/play with the chickens. I found one (Dottie) that I thought was dead. She's still breathing. I don't think any organs are punctured. She's not gasping for air. Her crop is punctured, and food was slowly coming out. I stitched the hole closed (not...

So our chicken managed to reach a shelf that had blister packs of antidepressants in them. She managed to peck through and eat one before I was able to pull her away from the packaging. This was about 2 hours ago and I'm concerned if it'll be serious enough to kill her or harm her. its about...

I think an owl attacked my chickens last night. My younger birds are smart and like to sleep on top of the coop, which is surrounded by fencing and netting. If something crawled up there from the ground it would have been loud and the birds would have gotten away. I had 27 chickens. But only my...

For a few days now my girl Loretta has not been feeling well, I first noticed this when I saw her walking like a penguin, my first thought was egg bound however after doing everything for that it ended up not being that, then a group online said she had the classic symptoms for water belly, so I...

Hi everyone, I came out this morning to see my Azure Blue (20-22wks old) not looking well. (We got her from Frey’s as a ready-to-lay, but she has never laid and came injured and bullied-so she’s had a rough go from the start) I think she has an impacted crop as it was hard and swollen, she’s...

For context: I have a flock of 18 Pekin ducks. It’s been over 100 degrees F or around that for the last week or so. I have a large open pond in my backyard that is connected to other ponds in my area, including my neighbors pond. The neighbors teen hates me and I would not put it past her to try...

I’m really concerned and I don’t quite know what to do. Please any sort of help will be appreciated. My hen (spotted sussex) recently hasn’t been active. Tonight I found her laying in the middle of the yard, while all the other hens were settled in the coop for “bed time” and it caused me to be...

I have a chicken that had a manageable wound that was almost healed. I checked on her this morning and she was fine then just before dinner my husband noticed the flock was chasing her. I went out and grabbed her and the wound is now massive and down to the bone. It's a good 2-3 inches wide on...

Everyone was fine yesterday. Husband went in to take care of chickens this AM and the hen was laying on the floor with her head turned totally upside down and seemed unable to turn it back right. She has one eye closed and seems unwilling/unable to open it. Her breathing seems labored. Her...

Hey! I just noticed today that my hen had a poopy butt. I gave her a warm bath cleaned her up and dried her off. She was very active while I had her inside so I put her back with her friends when she dried. I went to check on her a few minutes ago and she has pooped again. Runny, darkish lime...