Hey all!
Have a question for you all. I need some help identifying strange blue/black lesions on an all of our chickens faces. And treatment options. I’m not sure if it’s fowl pox or not so if you have any suggestions I’d be grateful!
Recently I bought 3 Silver laced Orpingtons, all 7 weeks old. Originally talking to the owner she never mentioned any issues with the bird. When we met to pick them up though, she said one of the birds had a 'lazy eye' so she wouldn't charge me for it. I paid for the other two which seem to be...
This is one of the new goslings, they’ve had a few issues ever since they came such as being quite tired and sitting down a lot, but getting more active as now they’re eating a lot of grass and peas and lettuce alongside waterfowl feed… though when I look closer it looks like Walter has a sore...
This is Snowball a special breed of roo who had some problems as a chick. All seemed well until yesterday he was moving a little slow-today he was found laying in the run, alive, but very out of it. Obviously the other chickens beat him up a bit. He feels a little skinny. His large pupil does...
I have a young lavender ameraucana (sp?) Cockerel with lighter eyes than the rest of my flock. He seems to be okay, other than he is very sensitive to light changes, and doesn't seem to have peripheral vision. He follows movent in the front, but doesn't react to anything beside him, unless it...
Hi All,
live had backyard chickens for 10 years. I keep no more than 4 girls at a time.
I currently have two. Camilla is a partridge bantam Cochin and Fancy-Pants is a black Cochin.
A couple days ago Camilla was keeping her left eye closed and it looked a bit swollen. Today it’s not closed s...
The first picture is from today and the second (outside) is from yesterday. I have her separated from the flock since yesterday, she's in the downstairs bathroom with towels on the floor, food and water. I have washed her face with soap and water and used anti-biotic ointment. She's still eating...
Hey! So as I was checking on my birds this morning, I noticed Ellie’s (my female duck) eye is watery. Only one of her eyes is like this. It appears that some of the feathers around her eye are falling out as well (pictured). What could be the cause of this? Flies or bugs? Dirty pool water? She...
hello! i have four 1 1/2 yr old hens, and i noticed about 5 months ago that 2 had swollen/inflamed eyes & cheeks and a slight foamy discharge in the eyes (1 on each chick) i tried to get them treatment at the time, but couldnt find any vets in my area that treat chickens. i helped them eat and...
Hi Friends,
This is difficult (because I want the answer to be NO), but I have 27 birds. In my mature laying hens (2 years old) one of the Buff Orphington's has a strange eye. It's pupil is tiny, while on the other side, the pupil is normal. She eats, drinks, lays normally. Comb is slightly...
I have a few buttonquail, one of which is a silver male.
Back in April, when I was inexperienced, I kept my pair (silver male, brown female) with their offspring (brown male, brown female) in the same cage. The brown roo attacked my silver male and I thought he lost his eyes. The blood dried...
About 10 days ago our Koekoek chicks hatched! One was very slow to pip, and eventually a day after all the rest were out, this one started cracking the shell. It cheeped weakly, so I zipped the shell to help it along. It was very weak and cold, but survived the first day.
It struggled to keep...
Yesterday I noticed the left eye of my 5 week old Bielfelder, “Tender” wasn’t looking right. It appeared a bit red like it was irritated & she closed it when I was holding her. I administered drops of sterile artificial tears last night & twice so far today. However, I just noticed some bubbles...
I first noticed that her eye was just closed and she has been staying up in the coop all day. She has barely been eating and drinking. I noticed this morning, her eye is bulging out and really goopy.
I now have her moved away from our other chickens and she is actually drinking and eating more...