I have a Female OEGB that’s a year and a half old. She has a swollen rectum with puss like spots around her rectum. Please help. She is like my baby. I tried to clean the poop around her rectum. That’s why it looks wet around her rectum.
I thought the chick was probably dead and opened the air sack end but could see what looked like a heartbeat or breathing motion in the membrane. I figured chick was breach and couldn't make internal pip so I used tweezers to make a small hole but it bled just a little so I used a wet paper...
I don’t have time for a long explanation because i’m on my way to TSC rn so i want to see if there’s anything i can purchase there by the time i get there but my cayuga’s eye looks like this. her inner eyelid the one that is like see through is fine and she seems to be acting normally. her...
I have an elderly Rouen hen duck, who was rather weak when I found her in the coop tonight.
She was also dirty, and very light.
I took her inside, washed her off, and then noticed that she wasn't breathing through her nostrils.
I wiped at them with a q-tip, which came away bloody. The nares were...
hello i got a 3-4 week old mallard duck, i realized her feet was peeling i looked it up and it said it was normal, but now the web between her toe dried up on both feet and fell off. i dont know if that is normal? she acts like her normal self. please help me i am worried i cant stop looking up...
one of my chicks has an air bubble on its neck. The skin is pretty thin and it’s kinda yellow if you look through it, kinda like it’s food. I thought of puncturing it but if it’s the crop that would be bad. Also, it’s chest skin is pretty thin and it has been opening its mouth kinda as if it was...
Hello Everyone! Does anyone happen to know if it's possible for a chicken to lay very small eggs, and then suddenly lay larger ones? I have a sweet chicken, approx. 1.5 years old, and she has been acting funny lately. A vet gave her calcium liquid, and stated that was probably the cause. Today I...
Hello everyone! Can someone please help me to understand what is going on with one of my sweet chickens? She stayed in her nesting box most of the day, so I placed food next to her so she would eat something. Then she came out, ate a little bit more, and would squawk, as if she was in pain. Is...
I’m new to having chickens and was wondering what breed the black chickens are and if my girls are looking healthy or not. We have had recent health problems with our LH (the 2 breeds are separated and never meet). I wanted to ask some experts about any tips or advice to keep my girls safe...
OK, this has been going on to long now! I have 9 2y old hens, two 20 week old pullets, and one 20 week old rooster. They have been mingling together for about 13 weeks. I have NO idea on how to get them to all sleep in one coop! The older hens chase and peck the little girls and ( sometimes )...
hi one of my male quails foot is bleeding and i belive the nail was ripped off, i went to check on them and he had started bleeding, he had a bit of poop on that foot but i did not rip it off. i put flour in a carrier with him in it to help stop bleeding and it is yet to stop as he has been...
So yesterday at about dinner time i heard the egg chipring ever so slightly. I thought wow it's finally hatching! There is no external pip yet, but it sounds strong (It's been 14 hours since i first heard it). I dont now what to do so if anybody knows what to do, or if this is normal?
Hi so I don’t have any knowledge on baby chicks or chickens in general. To the point, my baby chick swallowed a hair and my dad managed to cut some of it out but now it’s stuck in the back of its throat and we can’t get it out. It doesn’t run around like t used to and it just stands still. I...
Hi,
Before my introduction, I need HELP described further below!!
I have had chickens in my life since my brother brought home some chicks from his 1st grade class egg hatch out. Then, true to form, I brought home the chicks from my 1st grade classroom education on chicks hatching.
That was...
3 of my eggs have internal pipped yesteray at this time. they are chirping sometimes but there is NO external pip. its been 24 hours and im worried now.
would you create a safe hole ?
what should i do?
Hello I am moving to merrillville Indiana at the end of the month and can't seem to find one way or another if I am allowed to have chickens I have two amazing sweet little ones can anyone tell if I can or not
So this all begun last night... well this weekend sorta. I bought a new incubator from rural king and brought it home so I could have a “lockdown bator” and keep the ones that still needed turning in the turning bator, soooo I put my egg in the “lockdown bator” last night and the temp got...
Ok y’all I have a dilemma and project in front of me. I have a older all wooden American Lincoln incubator. Last time my dad used it (many years ago) he remembered it just needed a wafer (excuse me if I’m off on exact terms or so) it’s old I cannot find info on this gem at all. I want to fix...
I have a chick that started zipping about 6 hours ago but stopped and I’m not really sure what to do. I would open up the incubator to help it, but I have 3 other chicks that have pipped and I don’t want to “shrink wrap” them. Should I just wait till the pipped eggs hatch and then help it?
Hi there, I have a newly hatched flock of about 12 chicks, all of them are perfectly healthy except for one chick who won't stop panting. at first, I thought that it was heat stress and adjusted the heater accordingly, but even after that she is still panting and all of my other chicks seems to...