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  1. A

    Help/advice ASAPP

    Is anybody able to tell me what these bumps on my chicken are and how I’m able to treat it?I recently noticed that she had these bumps around her face and she’s been loosing a lot of feathers which I’m assuming its because she’s older than a year but she’s my only chicken with these weird bumps
  2. backyard chicken kid

    I need help quick!! Baby bantom with red eye and awkward eyelid!!

    So i have this chick , his name is baby and he didn’t get a red eye just until this night when i checked on him. This is what both eyes look like currently.. One of his siblings had the same thing and died the following week.. Could be coincidence but he’s the only one of his flock i have left...
  3. ChickenKeeper43

    HELP - Chicken Sneezing / Coughing

    I posted the question with the video on reddit, please help: https://www.reddit.com/r/chickens/s/ZRRQIacGPh Chicken is 10 months old, lays an egg usually every day. She free ranges an acre and has high protein chicken feed along with broken egg shells for calcium. Description of the symptoms...
  4. H

    HELP URGENT

    Hello one of my roosters is very sick he is lethargic won’t stand eat or open his eyes really he was perfectly fine 2 hours ago he is a frizzled auracana exactly 25 weeks he is sort of a social outcast and never mounts or goes near the girls we have 4 other roosters and one of them bullies him...
  5. D

    Can someone tell my what breed and gender my ducks are?

    Hello All! I was given three ducks, and the told me they were Khaki Campbell, but I think only 1 of the 3 are Khaki and I am not sure what breed the other 2 ducks are, amd whether they are male or female? Can someone please help me!!
  6. MrsSchuylersChix

    (4) 9 Weeks Old, Hatched and Hand Raised at Home

    Please help me save the babies! We hatched 8 chicks (6/27/24). We have been hand raising them since. 4 of the 8 are confirmed cockerels (just began crowing). We are located in Ventura County (SoCal), and hoping to find them new homes before my husband processes them!
  7. R

    bumble foot that isn't getting better

    I took my older (about 4-4.5 years) hen to the vet for bumble foot a couple months ago. She had swelling in both feet but only had a scab on one (that I removed), they did some wound debridement, dressed the foot and gave me an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory. I gave her the medications for...
  8. W

    Ducks need to be rehomed until unknown future :(

    If your interested in the story, read below, otherwise here is what I'm looking for: a hen only, or well balanced flock to take in my female khaki cambell. this would be a permanent situation. her name is Perry (the platypus) and she's a great egg layer and produces sizeable eggs. so good for...
  9. G

    1 out of 30 eggs hatched

    Hi guys! This was my first try at starting my own covey of quail for eggs and meat. I got 30 eggs, 15 from a local farm and another 15 from a farm a bit further away. Didn’t mean to get two different batches but they’re about 2 days apart. Out of the first batch, only 1 hatched, on day 19. None...
  10. GingerGremlin

    Help protecting my flock (Mareks, Leuokosis)

    I posted a thread last week on my Easter Egger hen Arthur who we thought had an eye infection, unfortunately we were wrong. Within four days she was completely paralyzed. We took her to an avian vet and had to have her euthanized, they sent her off for a necropsy. The necropsy pointed towards...
  11. L

    What’s going on here???

    I’m on day 2 of lockdown (all eggs have pipped🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻) and I noticed something odd on one. The egg pipped on the wrong side to start off. A few hours after it pipped, is started oozing this yellowish-green liquid. Upon looking closer, there is a quarter size puddle of it in the water tray under...
  12. crunchygranola

    Is my hen sick or injured?

    I have a hen that is exhibiting some odd behavior. She used to be one of my most active and busy hens, but now, all she does is lay around. When she gets up, she kind of stumbles a bit and her wings go out— when she walks, she’s a little slow and almost waddles kind of wide-legged. Any ideas...
  13. H

    HELP! I assisted a duckling before internal pipping!

    Hello! I have been incubating duck eggs for the first time. I placed 6 eggs in the incubator, 4 were fertilized and 2 were not, and then later one of the 4 died, so I am currently left with three eggs. Yesterday was day 28, and all the eggs still didn't do internal pipping yet. I also realized...
  14. WildLemmens

    UPDATED WITH PHOTOS: Hunched, Ruffled Feathers, Excessive Quacking, Weird Yolks. Whats happening?

    Hello. I have a 1 year 3 month old Cayuga Hen. Since April (it's almost July now), she has been ruffling her feathers, hunching her neck, and quacking excessively every time she sees or even just hears us in the yard. In the last 2 weeks, her eggshells have gotten gray (which is exciting), but...
  15. S

    Help! Chickens too hot and mouths open!

    Help!! Chickens are hot!! I have 6 Orpington chickens 3 micro chickens. It’s hitting the 90s here today and this week. The chickens are panting and I’m super worried they will die. I keep putting out cool water for them to drink. I have frozen bottles wrapped in a towel in their coop so they can...
  16. B

    Had an accident with my turkey this morning

    Hi, new member here. I’m about two years ago my uncle passed leaving behind his flock and two turkeys. Most of the flock didn’t make it with the raccoon/and or hawks on our we have one asshole rooster, one hen and my precious Pheobe the turkey that I never thought I would bond with but she is my...
  17. A

    need advice/help asap !!

    I have a baby pigeon that I’ve rescued along with some other but this one in particular started acting off yesterday it can’t move that much and it doesn’t eat or drink water which is strange because it was eating/drinking a few days ago,I’ve moved it into my house and tried giving it sugar...
  18. Chapmangc1

    Very sick chicken who’s lost weight, has a crop the size of a softball, and has thrown-up. Help!

    My family and I went on a vacation for Three weeks and I had a church friend watching my chickens while I was gone. Before I left, one of my chickens was not acting 100% right, but there were no obvious symptoms other than mildly lethargic. I got home today and she was not doing well. She...
  19. PuddlesandWaddles

    HELP duck egg wobbling day 24!

    One of my duck eggs is wobbling! Should I go ahead and lockdown?
  20. K

    Duck will not stand

    Please help. My daughter got her way and added 3 babies to our flock. Everything has been wonderful with them all pekings. A couple of days ago they were playing around and one got tangled where its feet became discombobulated around one of the water hoses as their pool was being filled. The...
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