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  1. adriane5798

    Bumble foot or something else?

    This is my 2 year old free range rooster..I noticed him limping about 5 days ago just managed to catch him this evening. His toe appears to be broken also has the black spots at an injured toe nail. I don’t know if he fell and injured his foot/feet or what is going on. I did isolate him and...
  2. ElGoose

    Devastating bird flu culling

    I’m uk based and live in a beautiful area where I was lucky to be able to watch and interact with many wild geese for years living here. I’ve watched many of them grow up from goslings - however just today I realise that there isn’t a wild goose in sight, I’ve come to find out that they have...
    • ElGoose
    • Thread
    • avian influenza bird flu help
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Geese
  3. M

    The naked hen and the one who might be confused.

    Hello! I wasn’t sure where to put this thread. So here it is. I have a little Frizzle hen she is sebright frizzle mix so she is teeny. And she is loosing her feathers. Molting? Maybe. however this has been a slow and steady process and she is still laying. I’m posting this to get to the...
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • chicken acting like a rooster chicken acting strangely chicken behavior chicken help help hen help losing feathers what is going on
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  4. G

    Sick Chick

    One of my thirty 8 week old chicks has diarrhea and has for the past 5-6weeks. I started giving it electrolytes as soon as I noticed it was sick but it hasn’t improved. It doesn’t seem to be lethargic and eats and drinks regularly as far as I can tell. Any diagnosis or suggested treatment...
  5. K

    SOS SICK 14 WEEK OLD CHICKEN

    I walked out to the coop to see one of my cream leg bars just nestled up on the coop floor. They like to do that sometimes so I didn’t think much of it until she didn’t get up when I came next to her and touched her. I tried to get her to stand and she was weak and wobbly. She just seems SO...
  6. R

    HELP!!! Gasping Chicken with Foamy Mouth

    I suddenly noticed my teenage bantam gasping with vomit looking foam coming from her mouth. She’s now rocking back a fourth open mouth breathing. She was healthy yesterday. It’s summer. No one else appears to have issues. I’m thinking she’s got a large food pellet lodged in her throat… should I...
  7. N

    Question about Incubating Bantam Eggs

    Hey I have a maticcoopx (20 egg) incubator, I have currently been using it just as a backup for if a broody hen abandons the nest (or leaves some eggs after the first chicks hatch). I want to attempt to incubate my bantam eggs in it now but before I do I wanted to get some information on what...
  8. M

    9 already dead not sure why

    Hello, I will start this off by saying this is NOT my flock, but a friends. I told her I would reach out here to get some opinions. She started off by telling me that she had a hen that she thought had sour crop and she gave it ACV and it died in the process. A few days later she was...
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • chicken help dying birds emercency emergencies emergencies / diseases / injuries and cures help ill chicken sickness droopy wings sickness help sos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  9. N

    HELP Chick Not Absorbing Veins and Yolk

    I found this chick pipped under the broody hen 26 hours ago. His beak was not at the pip location so I picked the egg up to investigate and the membrane was dry, there was no movement, and I didn’t hear any pips. I placed him in the incubator for a few hours while I did some research. I read...
  10. N

    Help please!

    My 2 year old kahki Campbell has been acting off. Today she still was: not really going out with her sister, staying nested in their enclosure, even going back into their hut. I was wondering if she was just struggling with an egg but even her sister seemed concerned and came to get us and bring...
  11. H

    Wry Neck

    I have a 4wk old polish chick and she has developed a case of wry neck. I got the selenium, administered it 2x yesterday and 1x this morning. I’ve been dripping her water from a syringe with poultry cell mixed in. She gets random spirts of energy and will try to eat her food like normal, but...
  12. R

    What is wrong with my chicken and what should I do??

    I posted on here a few days ago worried about my chicken Red. Turns out she is molting. I thought good I have nothing to worry about. But now, her preen gland is EXTREMELY swollen, she seems very lethargic, walks sideways when she trys to go straight, and her skin has turned very dark. What the...
  13. PeeppeepXO

    Please help injured chick got swollen again😭

    I’ve been using neosporin without pain reliever, and spraying BANNIXX for CHIXX all around her neck. She tries to get the neosporin off, probably swallows some, BUT … I’m concerned that she had a swollen side last week, I posted and asked about it, I’m brand new to raising chickens, and adult...
  14. Nervous_mama

    My chick passed away, was it my fault? Please help

    For the past few days one of my chicks has had a very fast heart beat and was making a strange noise..today I noticed she hadn't moved much at all, so I picked her up to check on her and she started screaming, I got scared and (carefully) put her back down but when I did she couldn't move her...
  15. S

    Leg Mites? What do I do?

    My chickens have raised scales on their feet and I’m worried about mites. How do I 1. confidently diagnose mites and 2. treat them? The easier the treatment, the better please!
  16. PeeppeepXO

    Please lmk if I got this correct. Injured last Sunday, first pics are the injured, middle pics...

    So the adults held the 3week old chick down and pecked her neck until she was almost without her head. I was so happy she was alive but bleeding. Seems like it happen late late Saturday morning like 2-4am. Bloody, 8am I saw and grabbed her and the rest and noticed DUH the chicks will continue...
  17. Nervous_mama

    Chick breathing very fast and making weird noise

    Hey! I'm not sure what's happening but one of my chicks has been breathing quickly all day, it's heart is beating very fast and It makes this little beeping noise (posted a video of it below). It was perfectly fine up until yesterday.. What should I do? It's 2 weeks old and a turken chick.
  18. K

    please help!!!

    Hi everyone I really need advice/ help. I have a call duckling who’s only 4 days old. After hatching and fluffing out I noticed it struggled to walk as it’s shaking uncontrollably. She is able to eat and drink when I hold her still but if I don’t she falls on her back from the violent shaking...
    • katiezajac124
    • Thread
    • call duck baby call ducks duckling duckling advice help
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. Jojociita

    Early incorrect pip with some blood and a toe out? Lawd - Suggestions?

    I’ve not opened the incubator as hatch day is tomorrow. This little one pipped at 3am this morning EDT (It’s 2:30PM same day) she definitely missed her air cell and is absorbing her yolk still because I can see her “eating” with her beak and she just done stuc a whole toe out. I know it’s WAY TO...
  20. PeeppeepXO

    Help, this chick got attacked&one side is now swollen, please look!

    This 3 week old chick got attacked by the adults and the first 3 pictures are when it happened, the rest are from last night. Happened on Sunday early early morning possibly the night before. seems to have gotten better but one side of her is extremely swollen. She’s eating, drinking and...
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