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what is this & what should I do? -She is about 5-6 days old -the area is red and swollen/has a lump but not hot -she’s eating, drinking, and active I’m a 1st time chicken mama and I bought 3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 “Rainbows” (this one being a “rainbow”) from tractor supply 3 days ago...

It's been nearly a month since the bear attack that got our rooster & 2 of our older hens, along with taking a good chunk out of this girl's back. I'm really happy with how it's been healing. I see no inflamed or infected area, and no strange odor. Here's a pic of what her wound currently looks...

I discovered bumblefoot on one of my hens after seeing some swelling between her toes while foraging (3 weeks ago). Thanks to all the help on byc I was able to successfully remove the bumble and have been cleaning/rewrapping the foot every 2-3 days. My question is, how long do I keep a bandage...

One of my girls got a minor cut on her foot in the end of February, it became slightly inflamed but no black. I treated it with polysporin, preparation H and a neoprene duck shoe changed before bed every night for 3 weeks. Pretty much all of the swelling went down and and the scab was super tiny...

Hey all, this poor dude has had a rough few days. First, he seemed to be having circulation issue to tips and back of comb (getting purple-ish). This had happened in warmer weather but it ended up being very extreme two days of cold and bluster. I also noticed the tips going white. Then he...

I found this chick looking like he got scalped by one of our turkeys about 2 weeks ago and have been keeping him inside since. I have been putting neosporin on his head and it seems to keep it moist and he is super active, but noticed last night his eye looks like it’s being pulled upwards. He...

so on friday (it’s monday) my duck mushu was found in the evening injured and covered in fly eggs. i used a lice comb to get most of the eggs off, but a few straggling maggots made their way into her head wound, which seems to go down to the bone. it is located right between her eyes and right...

Hello! My chicken has an injured leg. I’ve had this happen before with another chicken and the solution I did was put it in the grass pile to heal since it’s a soft surface and gave it food and water. That other chicken healed fine. This is the second time I’m doing this method. I just wanted to...

Hello, I need some help with what to do with my quail. She had a head injury and had half her scalp pecked off. It was hanging on barely as a flap and I cleaned her up and gave her a bandaid hat to keep it clean and everything in place. I expected that as she healed it would re-attach (I had...

She’s a day and some time old. I’m new to all this and can’t tell if she’s Spraddled. I know she has curly toes but what do you think?? If so what should I do. She can’t stand on her feet. And walks around like that. (Third picture)

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Hello there! I’m new, but have kept backyard chickens for 5 years now. Yesterday night we had an attack. I think it was raccoons. One chicken was taken and another was injured. The injured chicken had a large patch of skin hanging down from the breast down to the leg. A surgeon friend of mine...

So yesterday my neighbour turns up at my door with an injured, skinny, sorry looking hen.. she’d been for a walk in the forest and found her (it’s England and raining and 11 degrees in the day) so she was pretty beat up.. she looked like she’d been out there a while, boney and flat crop.. and...

Thanks for stopping to read this. One of our BYC family is going through some tough times, and needs some support. I've spoken to her on the phone, and she could sure use us! OP is here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/been-very-emotional-since-wednesday-evening.1312388/ All I'm...

Hello good chicken people! So one of our gals got her leg swiped at by some critter (probably a raccoon? but it was in the middle of the day?) almost 2 weeks ago. Tore off a chunk of skin, but didn't seem to get any leg meat, she got away and ended up back in the coop, not much blood, but...

We have had a relatively mild winter (WV) with temps in the 20s and 30s at night or higher. The temps have dropped into single digits the past two nights, wind chill below zero. Two of the chickens ended up with frost bite. I have had a heat lamp in the house, i use it ehen it drops below 30. I...

One of my bantam hens recently suffered a head injury (it looks like she was descalped). I have moved her inside. She is acting normal, eating and drinking regularly. I have switched her diet from pelleted laying mix to feeding her eggs and yogurt sprinkled with mealworms (high protein for...

Hello everyone, So I posted a previous thread about one of my chickens with a prolapsed vent. Since I’m new at this I didn’t think what I was doing for her was working so I took her to get looked at by a vet. The vet gave me some medication for her since she has a lot of inflammation and some...

Hello to all I'm Liz, a new/old chicken lover :frow (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had chickens as pets when growing up, my grandma had chickens and ducks as a homesteader. I've been wanting to get chickens since years and finally got them last month, best...

Last Friday I returned home to a decimated flock. 7 Hens at 11mos old, 6 of whom were gone, only a few feathers here and there. One was healthy, as when the attack happened she was in the coop, laying. As I called for them one other lone survivor hobbled out of the woods. She was injured in...