My 2 year old Amber-link hen has been showing weird symptoms for the last 2 weeks. One day I noticed she had dried blood on her beak and would occasionally stand around, then when I would let her out to free range its as if her beak hurt to peck at stuff and she couldn’t really swallow. So I...
Hey! New to BYC, not really sure how to work this but I’m figuring it out!
My top hen is suddenly super skittish and she’s running from the other chickens (they’re not doing anything to her).
She’s a little Serama, we have a Serama rooster and before she started acting like this she would even...
I’m buying a second hand coop that is currently set up on concrete pavers, and had the entire run floor also made of concrete pavers. My partner has never had chickens before and he’s worried about mess, and it got my thinking, maybe I should also put pavers down for their run floor?? I’d put...
I have a 1 year old cream legbar chicken exhibiting concerning symptoms. She is pretty small compared to my other legbars of the same age. Unsure of weight but hasn’t decreased in size since symptoms appeared. She is very lethargic. Walks around a little but mostly just laying down. Isolating...
Hello my name is Siara and I’m located in Wichita, Kansas. I have 13 ducks. I am unfortunately needing to rehome one of them. I have a drake named Homer who I’ve had since he was a baby. He will now be 4 years old in June. The last few years since reaching maturity, he has tormented one of my...
I have a week old female gosling that suddenly isn't able to walk or stand. Feels like she's running a fever, her beak and her feet are hot to the touch she is acting like she's shivering, she is cleaning herself and talking but she hops like a frog instead of walks.
This is my first time...
hi all! once again im writing in to seek health advice for my Reptar, a 1 year old female runner duck.
just recently within the past couple of weeks i have noticed a bit of a change in her body composition with her keel bone feeling more pronounced and her neck looking more thin as compared to...
How much egg is too much in a day? For reference I’m meaning a quail egg not chicken. Is it okay if I were to feed one quail an egg per day or this that far too much? :)
We have two Easter egger hens (mix of amaurcana, australorp, and possibly buff orpington) with a lot of fecal matter below their vent (not on). I think their feathers are catching it. Is this normal or something to worry about? Should I trim their butt feathers?
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We recently received two female coturnix quail from someone who couldn’t keep them anymore. But we feel like they should be in a flock and we have a set up and everything so we are looking for 4-6 more but most sites we have looked out only offer 10+. If we could have any advice on how to...
I have a 1 week old brahma that got stuck for about 6 hours without a heat source. As soon as I noticed it I put him on the heat mat but after a few minutes he was laying in the middle of the cage on his side. I immediately put him in the incubator where he is wobbly and keeps falling asleep and...
Hi!! I recently got some jumbo pékin ducks about 4 weeks ago now and they have had on goinf WATERY diarrhea. It’s so bad and just keeps getting worse. I’m super worried for them:(. I’ve got three! They also tend to be drooling a little, is that normal? Please help :(
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we have one Americauna that is 5.5 weeks. We bought her straight run. Can anyone help identify if roo or hen?
name is Mary Ellen Carter, and s(he) is really turning out to be a pretty chicken.
One of our hens was standing in the corner of the run and staring off into the distance so we brought her inside and gave her a salt bath, some water, and a scrambled egg with a crushed up calcium citrate pill in it. We put her in a basket lined with a towel and after maybe 30 minutes, she...
This has been happening for a few days. My chicken sally has been limping. Her left leg is kind of not working. She is pretty chill as she is kind of old and she doesn’t do much but everytime she tries to walk she starts limping and flapping her wings. Her left leg is still responsive to some...
Chick has been hatching for almost 24 hours. It did not zip, rather it got most of the side of the egg gone. It has one leg out, but not the other and doesn't seem to me able to move the head. It's still vigorous and will chirp in response to chirping noises. Should I help out or leave ot put...
My 5-6 week old black australorp started twitching a week ago. This one is the first one that started twitching and occasionally sneezing. Despite separating them, the whole flock is now. They’ll even twitch while asleep or resting.
Treating with - vetrx, nutri drench, and poultry cell in...
Help!! I got these babies from my local farm store, Family Farm and Home. 99% sure that they were labeled as Speckled Sussex, but I didn't take the paper home that marked their breed. From my research, they don't look much like SS chicks? They are two weeks old now, one is all black with a red...
I've been assisting one of my call ducklings that internally pipped. He's doing great. The other two eggs hadn't and as it's day 26 I was afraid they were shrink wrapped. I opened up a hole (they were shrink wrapped) and added coconut oil to soften the membrane. One of them is in the wrong...
Hello everyone, this morning I noticed this chick's odd behavior and I'm not really sure what it is.
They don't seem off balance and they're eating and drinking. I added some vitamins to their water but I'm just a little worried about what it could be.
The video can't be posted here for some...