heart disease

  1. Emrosenagel

    Possible liver disease? Please help

    Hello! I can never seem to catch a break with my hens, and this will be the last time I ever purchase chicks from tractor supply because of it. Anyway, I have a 9 month old Blue Andalusian who has not been acting her normal self today. Normally, she is a piggy and spends the entire day...
  2. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    My Rooster Is Succumbing to Heart Failure

    A couple weeks back, I posted about my 2.5 y/o bantam salmon faverolle roo, Oz, who had been vaguely "off." I'd since taken him to the vet, who concluded he had a heart murmur and would likely deteriorate over time. As a hail mary, I tried antibiotics, since I know some heart issues can be...
  3. D

    Organic Feed Issues

    Hi. I am brand new to BackYard Chickens but am just wondering if anyone has had any issues feeding their ducks organic feed? We recently lost a duck due to an enlarged heart. The vet mentioned it could be genetic but then went into a long spiel about how ducks raised on organic feed...
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  4. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Heart Murmur - 17 wk. old ISA Brown Pullet

    Hello. Yesterday I posted a thread about our ISA brown, "Buffy," who was suddenly showing signs of heat stress at the peak of the afternoon (here is the OG post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/please-help-possible-heat-stroke-or-sick.1327905/). Well, we took her to the vet today and...
  5. annaBsChick

    Did you know Chickens can get heart murmurs too?

    Thought this was interesting.. http://www.poultrydvm.com/cases/chance
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