Hello,
We have a 4 year old Buff Orpington hen who has a massively swollen crop. It was hard yesterday but is soft and squishy today, which makes me think perhaps it is sour crop? Her other symptoms are:
- self-isolating
- lethargy
- pale green watery poop
She is drinking water with ACV...
This past weekend (last friday night) a raccoon got into my chicken yard and injured one of my male guineas. From what I can tell it only ripped out some feathers and possibly cut him on his neck however I only saw blood on his neck but no wound. I ended up bringing him inside that night as it...
Recently I’ve been noticing some unusual poop in my coop. It’s runny and yellow/green and a few of my hens bottoms have been getting dirty. One of my hens has completely stopped laying and her face is looking a bit pale. Is it possible that she has worms? How do you tell if that is the issues...
Hello, I’m new to chicken keeping and need your help!!
I purchased a 13 month old Salmon Faverolle on Friday the 15th along with 4 other 12-14 month birds. I’ve had her for exactly one week. The man I got her from brought her to me hanging upside down by her feet. While he had her upside down...
Advice appreciated! My chicken seemed fine then suddenly I noticed today her crop and under her vent were bulging. Either I didn’t notice anything sooner or it came on suddenly.
It looks like her feathers are missing or just spread out a bit from the bulging, she has green/yellow diarrhea and...
I have a 1 year old Brahma hen who is very skinny, not eating a lot, and generally lethargic and constantly tired. She doesn't move around much and chooses to lay down in random spots. It doesn't seem like she's eating a lot since I don't see her crop very full when I'm down there. She's in...
Hello, my rooster hasn't been himself lately. I've been keeping an eye on him, but I'm worried I haven't taken this as seriously as I should have.
Symptoms:
He seems to be a bit lethargic: He isn't crowing nearly as much as he used to. He seems "down".
Green poop: I've noticed in his...
I read lots of helpful info here, but don't post much. I have a small flock of laying hens 19. Have noticed green diarrhea in one of the older, 3 years old, original hen. Lost her this week. We recently got some new pullets at an auction and they appear very healthy looking. We kept them...
My muscovy drake just stopped - all of a sudden eating yesterday. He drinks a lot of water, I mean (a lot), more than ever. Sometimes moves his head left and right like something bothers him. He seems depressed and don't want to be bother by anyone. He moves his mouth like if he's drinking water...
After coming from vacation I have noticed a few changes with my pet rooster
1# he only eats his feed (used to eat almost everything)
2# his feet are very red
I put 1ml of ACV in his drinking water and feed him only pellets
during morning he roams my varanda (made of tiles)
and sleeps in his...
Help! I'm about at my wit's end. Several months ago I went out to the coop and found my 1 year old barred rock hen acting sick. She was having trouble standing up, watery bright green poop, pale comb and wattles, and just generally lethargic. I did some searching on here and immediately...
We have had a run of bad luck lately. A fox has been killing off my flock. He killed my rooster and three hens two weeks ago but didn't make off with them. He came back yesterday, when I thought he'd moved on, to kill one of my geese and take off with a hen and a duck. Now I have one chicken...
Hey all, my 10 month old easter egger is losing a lot of feathers and having a lot of green poo with a lot of unprocessed food coming out. She was laying soft-shell eggs for a little while 2 weeks ago, but now she's completely stopped laying.
We thought it was just the winter season stopping...
Hello, ive wanted chickens for years and my parents finally got me some. I started with 5 baby chickens but we had to give one away because he was a rooster so then we we were left with 4 hens, unfortunately one is sick!! Her name is Pretty Girl and she has always been a smaller chicken than the...
I have reviewed the many BYC posts about chickens with similar symptoms, but none seem to quite match.
We have a 2.5 year Barred Rock who started showing slight lethargy and bright green liquid diarrhea about 8 days ago (not mint green, a dark kelley green - but very green). We isolated...
Back story
We have had chickens for a while, long story short, we have about 25, mixed breeds and ages. We had a roo about three months old die after having trouble walking, no injury, just sort of stumbled around, almost looked drunk. I brought him in the house and within 24 hrs he was gone...