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  1. duckduckgose

    ducks having eye problems!

    hi all, so I'm in New Zealand I keep a largeish flock of ducks, many 20 or so, and recently I've had a couple get something wrong with their eyes the first one over a month ago, who is largely recovered now although it appears to have left her blind in one eye. and a new one in the last week or...
  2. E

    New to keeping hens - need some tips on my re-homed girls

    Hi everyone, I'm completely new here and have stumbled across this forum while trying to catch-up on my hen homework, (as it were). I'm new to keeping hens and have stumbled across a 2 main issues I'd appreciate some tips and tricks on. I've rehomed 3 hens: a buff orpington, a dominique (or...
  3. McFunnyFarm

    Sick Turkey? Need advice.

    So, I went out to feed and put away birds this evening and I noticed one of my turkeys was "coughing" upon closer look, it looks as though it's "cheeks" are swollen. I'm finding a sinus disease, (which they will forever carry) but will it spread to my other birds? Do I need to put it down, will...
  4. A

    NEED HELP ASAP COLUMBIA ILLINOIS, ST LOUIS AREA

    I had 2 female ducks about 4 months old and one or them died recently from a predator and my other duck is okay but she is alone, she seems to be fine but I'm worried like very worried for my duck because I know it will grieve and I don't want her to die because I love her and I know I can't...
  5. Ponyoandfriends

    Please help my silkie is injured!!

    Hello guys I recently made a account here so I could get some help with my silkie. I started raising chickens last year and have them as pets and earlier as I was putting the chickens away because of storm threat I noticed that my silkie hen is badly injured underneath and I didn’t find anything...
  6. V

    PLEASE HELP! MY 2 week CHICKEN IS LIMPING!

    please help me, my 2 week old Rhode Island Red chicken is limping on one foot. The foot the chick is not using is always clamped and closed and also has some kind of black dots! i can not tell if it’s a boy or a girl I think girl considering it’s fur is uneven and a little Chucky, this chick has...
  7. F

    Injured chick leg. PLEASE HELP

    Hi I’m new to raising backyard chickens. I incubated for the first time and half the eggs hatched. I have three cute polish and the rest of the eggs didn’t hatch even after 22 days and the ones that piped got shrink wrapped because I took chicks out and the last one was the polish had its leg...
  8. Randol

    Good morning,

    New here, my name is Randol. I have a question about my chickens. My chickens are about 2 years old now and I've had no problems until now. I have placed a fence around my yard and now my chickens free-range. Out of 7 hens, only 3 are laying, this is been for 3 weeks now. Can anyone help me...
  9. C

    How long can i leave it?

    Help! I have an egg who was born with its yolk unubsorbed, it detached during hatching and it seems in good health. My problem is how long can leave it In the incubator? There's one left but it only just pipped and the chicks been there for five hours. Anything helps!
  10. Puddingtheamericana

    Bloody falling apart eyeball, god help me

    update of wry neck chicken, she can walk around but still has the wry neck sometimes fumbles over. the otherday i noticed a bump like something in her eye, so i get a closer look kinding pulling at it thinking it’s like a bit of strawberry i just fed the chickens and i noticed, jeez, it’s a...
  11. Y

    3 birds died in 6 months

    Looking for advice, We had 8 laying hens but over the course of the winter have lost 3 and I fear another one soon. These are 3.5 old birds. Egg production has decreased but we assumed due to it being winter and they are indoors more. The first bird seemed rather sudden, one morning we went in...
  12. C

    My newly hatched chicks hip is displaced! What do I do???

    I set up my incubator and started up some eggs. It all went well, so far three have hatched and two more are on the way! I was moving this chick to the place where it will be raised for a little while and I noticed that the chick's leg/hip is displaced! The hip/upper leg kind of sticks out while...
  13. P

    My chicken has stopped walking :(

    My one year old orpington has always had walking difficulties for as long as i can remember, and lately its only been getting worse. She used to limp a bit, but now shes mostly sitting down, and im scared it'll get to the stage where she will just sit on the ground the entire day. She can still...
  14. CaliMom412

    8 week old chick leg problem

    I’ve been trying to figure this one out for 3 weeks! I think I’ve made it worse by the different splints I’ve tried. 😔 Here’s the FAQ’s: 1. She is marek vaccinated. 2. She gets nutridrench in her water. Trying to give it via dropper was a struggle and a mess. 🙁 She eats and drinks normally. 3...
  15. C

    Ex splay leg chick

    Hi everyone I've tried Googling this problem but it only comes up with how to treat splay leg. Basically one of my chicks- Peggy- nearly died twice as a chick, once from cold, and the other from cold hand shock i ended up giving her cpr and she came back round only a day old at that point...
  16. H

    Stringy orange poop!

    My chicken pooped this out today, I’ve heard it could be coccidiosis, but from what i’ve seen in others’ poop, was blood. Here i see no blood, just some orange stringy stuff. So i’m wondering what it could be, and what can i do. Hopefully someone reaches out, help will be much appreciated, thank...
  17. SiLkIe ChIcKeN LoVeR

    Help with broody silkie!

    Hi! I have not been here in a while. My silkie bantam, who has recently started laying, is being broody. I was fine with it at first, but she will not come down. I left her alone and she did not come down the first day at all. Neither on the second day. On the third day, I took her down to run...
  18. 6

    How Come No One Will Help?

    This has puzzled me for 10 months…Literally. In fall 2020, my hens molted. However, one of my hens didn’t grow any feathers back on her neck and shoulder area. I saw some lice and treated with DE and Manna Pro Lice Spray. She never grew those feathers back!!! Then another hen had the exact...
  19. C

    14 day old duck eggs.

    Hello, I am really upset. I'm on day 14 of hatching duck eggs and I'm taking them out to cool down for up to 30 mins a day. Earlier on I put an alarm on my phone as I always do, to put them back in incubator. The time my alarm went off I had a visitor and I completely forgot about the eggs...
  20. 6

    Depluming Mite Infestation?!

    Fall 2020 two of my hens had a hard molt, while one lost feathers around her neck. The two hens who hard molted, grew their feathers back like normal, within a few months. However, my featherless necked hen didn’t grow her feathers back. In fact, she lost a bit more around her wing shoulder...
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