hi. So I have a little buff bantam hen who is probably about 4 or 5 years old. We noticed today that she is acting weird. She is breathing fast and heavy but her mouth is closed. She keeps her eyes shut, seems off balance. She didn’t make a sound at all when I picked her up when usually she...
I have a bantam that stays mostly inside. She goes out daily in warmer months and stays in our home in the winter (we have other strictly-outdoor chickens, she is a special case). Over the past month or two, I noticed her gait change to a waddle and she feels bigger in her bum and sometimes...
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Unfortunately one of our hens died almost a month ago, she was a hybrid about 3 and a half years old. Her comb was very pale and she would just stand with her eyes closed not joining in with the other chickens and not eating or drinking.
Another one of our hens of the...
Smeagol and Gollum have finished their course of antibiotics and I have seen no consistent results. I have NO idea what this could be. Gollum seems fine 99% of the time except for bouts of panting heavily. No other signs that anything is wrong. Smeagol on the other hand is a mess. I have no idea...
Hello everyone. This is my very first post because I bought my very first chicks 2 days ago. I have noticed some very obviously different behavior from one of the chicks.
1) What type of bird: It is a week old female Black Australorp. She does seem to be a little bit thinner than the rest...
We recently picked up some pullets from a farm nearby. One of the pullets looked like it was breathing hard (her tail was going up and down with each breath).
We separated her and now she has started wheezing with each breath. She has been breathing with her mouth open off and on too. She is...
hello there I have a pet mallard duck (female) who has started breathing very heavily. I noticed it earlier today and maybe thought it was just from her being active but I have her in the house right now with my other duck (I give them nightly baths) and she's still breathing heavily? Even just...