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  1. OliviaSmith123

    Is my chicken ill?!

    Hello, I am a new chicken owner and this chicken is 35 weeks old, she is laying( or was I’m not sure whether she still is) however her attitude has changed dramatically, such as when I try and pick her up she will run away and will panic when I hold her, when I do hold her about 10 feathers fall...
  2. chickenchicklady

    Coccidiosis?

    Hello! I have 25 broiler birds in a mobile chicken tractor that gets fresh bedding daily, and moved 1 time every 2-3 days. I noticed this this morning, is this bloody stool? I don’t notice any other symptoms other than it sounds like there is one bird that is wheezing when it breathes. I’m...
  3. B

    Hen with a swollen face

    Hi everyone, My hen Ginny has had a swollen face on both sides for a few days, sometimes looking very pale. She's around 10 months old and we were assured she'd had all her vaccinations when we got her. She's had no change in diet since we got her. Recently the pen has been infested with red...
  4. B

    Lethargic hen with runny nose

    One of my hens is acting lethargic and has a runny nose. She is not coughing, sneezing, wheezing, or gasping for air. She also has swollen eyes and stands with her eyes closed or rapidly blinking them. She doesn't want to move around, she has been standing in the same place for about 3 hours...
  5. chicksonline

    help my baby rj is i’ll!!

    she’s 2 years old transylvania naked neck x leghorn she’s lethargic got a solid crop and breathing weirdly i don’t think it’s impacted as it’s not big enough but i can feel all the food in it i’m not sure what to do i’ve tried massaging her crop but i can’t find the blockage!
  6. 3

    Mystery Diagnosis: Chicken Edition - HELP ! ! !

    Greetings Backyard Chickens Community, This is my first time posting on here and reaching out directly for help, though I’ve read dozens of threads over the past little over a year of keeping hens in our small suburban backyard and all the minor follies that have accompanied that endeavor. I’m...
  7. Suep666

    Slow girl

    Hey folks.. been a chicken keeper for some years and I’ve seen many different illnesses and injuries... and you guys here have been the saviour of many of my girls with your advice.. anyway.. Our Cream Legbar.. Newt.. she’s 3 years old but recently she’s gone a little slow.. her wings have...
  8. P

    Mucus buildup

    Hi, my gold laced orpington started laying two days ago. The problem started well before that but that’s just an age perspective. The last week or so she has been opening her mouth a lot like she’s chocking on something and trying to get it out. I’ve looked in her beak and there is nothing stuck...
  9. N

    Dark waddles, shaking and won’t stop drinking

    I have a 2.5 year old wyandotte girl who I found lying in the corner of my run, she’s now in a cage inside. She has a dark comb and waddles, will only walk a meter at most, and she won’t stop drinking. I mixed up some water with a vitamin solution made for chickens that I give the girls every...
  10. karenmragan

    Please Help

    I have a 4 month old legbar pullet who is ill and I can't figure out what it is. She has been this way for approximately five days. The poor coordination is accompanied by sneezing. This video should explain: I should add there has not been any nasal or ocular discharge.
  11. My Pretty Pekins

    URGENT! Cockerel Problems

    Hey, We have a young cockerel (about 17 months) who is moulting and is rather raggedy around the neck and for some reason has over the past 2 days become very weak. He hardly crows, and has stopped calling for hens to come and get food, he eats it himself. He hardly has anything in his crop but...
  12. S

    Help!

    My chicken who is quite old, has just come out of her coop with a large lump on the side of her neck. I picked her up as recently she had hurt her feet so I check on her regularly, and the lump moves from side to side. My mum helped and gently messaged her neck to see if it was a knot in her...
  13. FeatheredFriends&Horses2

    Chickens sick, very strange symptoms

    Okay, this is probably going to be the longest post ever, but here we go. This past summer we had to put down a chicken named Goldie. Her symptoms could basically fit nearly every common chicken disease. We had baby chicks, but not in the coop. Goldie (roughly 5yr. old hen): -lethargy -severe...
  14. emmagat

    Sick Chickens

    Hi everyone! This is one of my first posts, but here goes. So, I just got 2 youngish Lavender Cuckoo Orpingtons from a show up here in Massachusetts. I think they're both hens, but it's hard to tell. Anyway, I brought them home thinking they were completely healthy, since they were coming...
  15. B

    Chicken has diarrhea, lethargic, and laying eggs without shells

    Hi All, I have been looking through the forum but my chickens illness doesnt seem to match up.. I have four isa browns, under 3 years old. One girl is very unwell for the past 4-5 days. She laid an egg with no shell (just membrane and yolk) about 5 days ago, and then another one two days...
  16. Laurmullen87

    My first poorly Hen

    Please Help, I am having a hard time trying to help my poorly hen. She is an Araucana And about 2 years old but I have only had her for 3 months. When I got her, all the feathers were missing from her back (her previous owner told me she was picked on by one of his roosters) but she was full of...
  17. Rebecca dean

    Young hen and worried owner

    Hello all, I am still fairly new to owning bantams and I posted roughly about a year ago regarding my two bantams but I know if they are unwell and can catch it in time. But I have a new girl which I got in July. She’s only been laying for roughly about 4 months but she’s not laid for about 2...
  18. L

    Chicken Standing Still...not eating much

    Good morning, I have a 2 year old Golden Sex-Link hen who has fallen ill. I can't quite figure how to help her. She is standing still the last few days and walking slowly around the yard. She is not scratching too much and eating very little. She is drinking water though. Her crop is soft, no...
  19. B

    Help! Is this Marek's disease?

    We got a couple of new pullets two days ago, and one of them seems odd. She nods her head up and down a lot when sleeping, but not when she's awake. She also has very laboured breathing when sleeping. I googled the symptoms and I am now terrified she could have Marek's disease. She has light...
  20. L

    Pekin Bantam with swollen crop feels like jelly?

    Hello, my pekin bantam Raven was absolutely fine yesterday however today she has been extremely lethargic, struggling to keep her eyes open and letting me pick her up when she normally runs off as out of my hens she's the only one who steers away from me. She appears to have some sort of limp...
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