I have a very small rosecomb bantam, I don't know her exact age but I estimate it to be around 3-5 years, she's always been low weight and I've never noticed her losing any weight or gaining any either, but she has had some health problems in the past and we had to take her to the vet multiple...
I have a run that is over 460 square feet. I live in the city, in Arizona, so it's pretty hot here and the amount of space isn't terrific. But my run had a pretty significant amount of grass and it's 100 percent gone. I have 12 hens, and at the minimum 4 square feet per hen, that's quite...
Here is a video of my 25-week old chicken. She only does this “gaping” toward the end of the day for around 15-20 times while sitting but then goes back to actively pecking and scratching like normal (she does not make any noise while doing it though). It started out a few days ago as a once a...
This is a new thread for a thread I posted with questions a few days ago. Im hoping more people see this with advice.
Background: male goose started "squeaking" and had diarrhea. Next day, began shaking his head as if something was lodged in his throat.
Friday Update: *****HELP****sound of...
I have four chooks. Three of them grew up together and are 12 weeks old. The other is 2 years old. They are all around each other and live together now.
One of the 12 week olds Inari was making some weird noises when cuddling for about a week now. Since she is eating, drinking, and acting...
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We have one 7 month old pullet named Gwyn, who developed a hoarse, wistle-like rasp yesterday evening. She seems energetic but has essentially lost her voice. She hadn't been exceptionally loud so I don't think it has to do with overusing her voice.
A few things that...
Hello. My Cornish Cross hen of 1 1/2 years old suddenly got a raspy voice and is being extra clingy. By that I mean she wants to be by my side all the time and normally she does her own thing, free ranging all day. She is a lone chicken so that’s partly why. Do you think that raspy voice is...
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I posted on here a few months ago explaining how my bantam was making odd sounds when breathing. Although this isn’t as bad as it was, she now seems to be panting very rapidly. It is hot here at the moment, about 25-30c but the other chickens don’t seem to be affected as much. She...
I have this goat wormer that says it’s fenbendazole which I’ve read can treat gaoeworm in chickens but wanted to ask here to be sure and if anyone knows the dosage? I have a few chickens that act like they have it and want to treat the whole flock just to be safe if I can. I can’t figure out...
When I was closing up the coop this evening, I noticed that one of my hens (a 13 month old ISA Brown) was repeatedly yawning, shaking her head, and itching her head--pretty dramatically. She kept at it for a while. I just went back out to see if it has subsided but she was still intermittently...
Merida (one of our chickens as shown in the video) has been breathing heavily (like expanding her neck) more often, sneezing/coughing, head shaking, and possibly hiccups? She doesn’t “gape” it open and she has been eating normally as far as I can tell.
Eyes have seemed clear, but she sometimes...
I have a 1.5 year old leghorn that has been acting odd and I can’t figure out what to do next.
On 6/23, I saw her extending her neck and gasping twice and then her behavior returned to normal, so I just assumed she had something stuck in her throat and she cleared it.
On 6/24, she began...
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this morning we woke up to one of our pullets making a gasping wheezing sound with her mouth sort of open (though she has always had a sort of open beak). she ocassionally shakes her head, not sure if it’s a sneeze or just a head shake with sound. She does not appear to have any...
Please help! My 3 week old australorp started stretching her neck out and opening her mouth. It almost looks like she’s going to throw up. She’s shaking her head a lot too. She’s still fairly active and eating and drinking and her poop is normal but I’m worried it could be gapeworm or something...
I just noticed one of my hens gasping? stretching their neck? (see video link below). It looks like she might have gapeworm. If so, do I have to get medication from a vet or is there something I can treat her with without spending a ton of money? Also, do I need to treat my whole flock if...
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I have 3 lovely 1 year old bantam silkie chickens and have noticed that one (my lovely Repecka) has lost a significant amount of weight, has lost her soft fluffy appearance and rather, her feathers/fur looks matted and feels rough no matter how many times I bathe her. She is also...
Hi all, we have a sick girl at the moment who we believe has gapeworm. She has been wheezy in her breathing and croaky in her voice. She has been mostly breathing normally (not opening her beak) but she has just spat up some mucus which we believe had red worms in it indicating gapeworm.
We...
My Russian Orloff rooster, about a year and three months old, developed a very loud rattling sound when he breathes. He’s had it for a bit now and I can’t seem to find any real info on what it may be. He acts fine, eats well, drinks plenty of water, chases all the hens, and crows just fine. I’ve...
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I am trying to figure out how to use Prohibit sheep and cow drench for a water bucket deworm method for my geese and chickens. Locally, there’s nothing. Online sources seem shady. I HAVE prohibit already mixed in the sheep concentrate form (I have dairy goats).
Anyone ever do this...
- 10 month old Jersey Giant hen
prognosis is gapeworm
medication has been administered already (about an hour ago) but the chicken is still responding very little, though she's still strong enough to keep her neck up
beak is open as is apparently a standard effect
What should we expect? Any...