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  1. C

    VENT GLEET???? help!

    Hello everybody! I have an Americana chicken and I think she might have vent gleet... She does isolate herself in the coop during the day but I take her out to be with everybody and eat lots of yummy grass but it just bothers me. I want to get it taken care of as soon as possible but I'm not so...
  2. CreativeChicken08

    Too many roosters? Need help!

    So, we have at least three roosters right now, a year old bantam, a few month old beilefelder, and a two month old frizzle bantam. We currently have around 25 hens, not all of which are laying age, though. I have a question, though. Is it a hard rule that you need at least ten hens for one roo...
  3. M

    Alarming Chicken Behavior After Dust-bathing

    Hello there! I suppose this is not an emergency, and I don't know if this is a disease or injury, but something definitely isn't right and this seemed like the best category to post this under. I have an adorable year-old Mille Fleur D'Uccle bantam hen. She is the sweetest little thing, so...
  4. Skipper Carnes

    HELP!!! A DOG ATTACKED MY CHICKEN!

    Hey everybody. Just a matter of minutes ago, we assume a dog attacked my hen. We were short of white leghorn hen, and called them to come and feed hoping they were all there after we heard an giant amount of squawking and screaming. About 5 minutes later, out of the same direction, the missing...
  5. A

    free-range chicks dying randomly?

    I have 5 - 10 week old egyptian fayoumis and brown leghorns chicks who free-range. I've heard these breeds are suppose to be great free-rangers but some have died without any sign of sickness, attack, or anything. I let them roam around when I'm outside but if I turn my back for a few minutes...
  6. C

    Why is my broody (or previously broody) hen following me?

    My hen, Tiffany, who I had a very close bond with prior to her becoming broody, is now following me around my yard. She still pecks me when I try to pet her, but she’s following me everywhere. She recently had a clutch of 7 eggs from which I only 1 chick survived hatching. I pulled this chick...
  7. Sparkzthechickenkeeper

    Help! Chick diarrhea but no other symptoms

    So I recently got chicks, 4 initially and I had only regular chick feed (un-medicated) but then I was getting five new chicks from a local farm, and I was concerned about spreading illness so I got the medicated feed and I gave that to them, my 4 chicks always had healthy poops, but now some are...
  8. SummerTheAnimalGirl

    Bobcat attack, please help!

    Long story short a bobcat attacked one of my hens. He grabbed onto her neck but my dad jumped out of the window and was able to get the bobcat to drop her and run off. There are no bad wounds, just some missing feathers and a little bit of blood but that is the extent of it. She is not acting...
  9. SummerTheAnimalGirl

    Chicken missing and other chickens in danger

    Hello friends. 😊 I own 12 free ranging hens, and recently one did not come home. I looked everywhere and only found a pile of feathers, so I am assuming she was taken by a predator. 😔 my poor Lily. Now I know that since my hens have been discovered they are in danger also. I read that you need...
  10. F

    Missing chicken!!! Need help

    My fully grown hen dissapeared last night and I have no idea if she’s alive or not. I found feathers and a tiny bit of blood near the coop and some more a little further but no body and no body parts. I’ve dealt with raccoons before and usually they leave a mess! But it’s like she disappeared...
  11. R

    Newbie in need of chicken ID help!

    I have been wanting to have backyard chickens for over a year now. I did a lot of research and followed local laws to obtain my “Backyard Chicken” license. Once approved, I went back to the drawing board to decide which chickens I wanted among the 6 chicks I was permitted to now own. I watch my...
  12. A

    Help! Chicks lethargic, curled foot, dying?

    I just got some chicks Saturday; three 1-week olds and one 4-week old. I found the smallest one (silkie) dead yesterday morning, I’m not sure if she was trampled. But she wasn’t under the heater, just right outside of it. But now one of the others is weird. She was exploring like the others and...
  13. picklestheduck

    Duck with ripped up wings and possible illness in flock (Warning: Bloody feather pictures)

    Hey yall I have an Indian runner duck who has stopped laying recently and I think she might be molting, but this morning she came out with her back all bloody. I know its mating season, but this seems like a bit much! I brought her in and cleaned her up, and then put her back, only to find her...
  14. B

    HELP! My chicks ate layer feed & are in kidney/liver failure!

    I was out of town when my chicks hatched and my husband fed our new chicks LAYER FEED rather than starter feed!!! All but one died by the time I got home. I came home and noticed the large grains and freaked out!! I swapped out the feed and gave this little gal electrolytes/probiotics by...
  15. Gearhead846

    Sick day-old duckling HELP!!!!

    We just got some ducklings from a hatchery but this one is s all l lethargic and barely moving and when she stands up she just falls back over please help I don't know what to do !! Here is a photo
  16. Gearhead846

    Sick day-old duckling HELP!!!!

    We just got some ducklings from a hatchery but this one is s all l lethargic and barely moving and when she stands up she just falls back over please help I don't know what to do !! Here is a photo
  17. Gearhead846

    Pekin duckling sudden death HELP!! PLEASE

    We just got some new ducklings from a hatchery and some of then were dead when they got here, but I've had them for about 2 weeks and one of the pekin ducks I had died last night. It was our biggest and what seemed like our healthiest duck but when I went in there it was dead. Please help I...
  18. S

    Ducks Dying Randomly. Please help!!

    Two months ago I owned 17 healthy, happy 2-year-old ducks. Today I own only 11 ducks. So about 3 weeks ago, one morning I found one of females dead. Since then I've had 5 other ducks die. And, it's all been 6 females, I've lost no drakes. I'm so confused and sad. I don't know what to do. They...
  19. F

    Possible sick baby quail?? Help please!

    My baby quail was tiny and weak the moment i got him. (bought him and his sister from wilco) i was scared he wasn’t going to make it but he got stronger day by day and started growing very slowly. he has always been smaller than his sister and has noticeably messier feathers than her. I believe...
  20. H

    My chick has pipped towards the floor of my incubator. Help!! Should I turn the egg??

    I have attached a picture of the egg in my incubator. I’m worried she won’t be able to get out because the pip is at the bottom. I’m so scared because this is my first time hatching eggs. Should I turn the egg? Will it be ok?? (Also this is a bantam egg) you can barely see the little hole it...
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