I posted elsewhere a few days ago, but no luck.
I have a 2 year old cream legbar hen who has been gasping for about 5 days now. I noticed it when I let them out in the morning and brought her inside immediately because it was very hot and humid. I had a dream that night that I came home from...
I discovered one of my chicken gasping for air a few weeks ago. At first I suspected it was a respiratory problem. I isolated her and first off noticed her crop was hard. I then suspected an impacted crop. She's been on a diet of wet pets and I've been giving her lots of grit with the occasional...
When I got chickens no one I knew had the knowledge I have now and I didn’t know about BYC. This community has been invaluable to me.
I’ve been through a lot of chicken crisis and I’m still learning. However, one thing that I wish I’d had was the following diagnostic information.
Chicken...
I have been hatching chicks and geese. Twice now, I have had entire broods suddenly up and die. They'll be fine until I come back and they will be peeping loudly and gasping for breath. Almost immediately all of them will lie down, gasp for breath, peep, and die. Does anyone know what this is...