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  1. Ashley Benningfield

    Chick Not Lifting Head

    I'm raising a few 2-week-old chicks and I noticed tonight that one of the chicks is suddenly not acting completely normal. Today she won't totally lift her head to look forwards or up like she was just yesterday. The pics I have aren't great since she was moving around a lot, but they show how...
  2. L

    Head down, eyes closed, tail down! Help!

    Hey y’all! New to chickens here I could use your help! This chicken is less than a year old and around lunch time I noticed she was standing still head down eyes closed tail slightly pointed down, looks like she is experiencing some type of discomfort. Because of the poop (pictured) I thought it...
  3. J

    Emergency Help Needed - Peking Duck Attacked by Coyote on 4/12/2020

    Let me start with I know that this is part of having farm animals and we live a significant way from any vet that will see a duck. I am doing all I can to save her and if anyone has any suggestions my family would love to hear them. It is currently about 3pm on Tuesday and on Sunday night at...
  4. C

    Cockeral randomly dropping head, HELP!

    For the last 3 days our cockeral has been randomly dropping his head slowly, then moments later he will lift it back up and walk around as normal. He's seemingly otherwise healthy and eating normally. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas as to what could be wrong??
  5. Sundogz

    Chicken tucking its head under itself and running backwards?? Concussed?

    It's a 7 week old Golden Wyandotte chick that resides currently in a large wire crate with a dozen other chicks. I heard a big commotion this morning like a fight and found this one behaving extremely strange. She's keeping her chin tucked flat to her neck at all times and will enter spontaneous...
  6. Mtnboomer

    Duck behavior

    Hello again! I just finished a 30' x 8' flight pen for my young chicks to play in before they are big enough to free range with the rest of our flock. They share the enclosure with our 4 ducks. The ducks (2 pekin, 1 cayuga and 1 kaki camble) are approx. 3mos old. Today I noticed the KC...
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  7. K

    Questions About My Sick Chick

    hi everyone! I am brand new to the chicken-raising life. I purchased 15 chicks from a hatchery and received them yesterday morning. All of them seemed to be fine, and we’re eating and drinking normally. Today, I came out in the morning to check on them and one chick was not looking so hot. She...
  8. chickguirl

    RIR fairly young about 1.5 yo seems ill

    Hello All, I hope I am in the correct area for posting. I hope someone can help out here. This girl seems ill to me. Head down on and off, does not stay with other chicks as much as she used to. Seems to come and go on looking better one day ok next day... not so much. I have seen her eating...
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