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  1. Josie670

    Lethargic chicken please help!

    My chicken is sleepy and unresponsive, since I have come home from work I have managed to get her to drink LOADS but she has had hardly any food compared to the other girls. I felt her crop and it feels full and squishy but I can't feel any food in there. What can I do? She has taken herself to...
  2. HuskerHens18

    Very ill chickens

    I was gone for FOUR days, and in that short span of time all hell has broke loose. I'm losing chickens like crazy with no symptoms, and now today there are symptoms and I don't know what to do. I had one hen sent in to the University and nobody has called or emailed back yet. Ages range from...
  3. L

    Odd post-laying behaviour in Hen could it be sign of trauma/illness? Droopy and pale comb.

    Hi everyone, My 30 week old leghorn girl has been exhibiting some odd behaviour after her last few lays and this paired with her droopy and paler than normal comb has me worried it might be an underlying problem. She'll come out from laying (normally 10-15 minutes after being in the nest) and...
  4. wvasseur

    soft mass right neck

    Hi, I'm Wendy; I'm new. We have a year old Americauna hen that has developed a large soft mass on the right side of her neck. She randomly makes odd jerking motions of her head and neck to the right and this morning she's keeping her right eye closed a lot of the time. She has always been a...
  5. chickenmom22

    Chick losing weight

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) This is about a cochin chick, about three or four weeks old. This chick is MUCH lighter and thinner than the other chicks it's age. It's a big difference. This chick looks less than 1/2 the...
  6. carlatomasko

    Help please!!! Chicken face looks blueish and swallen

    Yesterday I notice she had that blueish on her face. And a little swallen. I gave her some food and water. She eat a little. She seems to be walking ok. What could this be????
  7. KelseyCochin

    HELP! Dying (?) Frizzle Bantam Cochin Hen.

    Earlier this evening, I checked on my babies as always. I immediately noticed my gorgeous frizzle was barely moving. I thoroughly inspected her. I brought her inside to dropper-feed her electrolyte-infused water (made just for chickens). She is eating and drinking, but she’s quite...
  8. GoatDragonFarms

    Tragedy - Sickness and Loss

    Its a sad day on our little farm. Our Wyandotte Hen passed away during the night. I found her sitting in the coop fluffed up and legatharic. I moved her to the "hospital in" and began working on her. At first Virginia and I thought she was hypothermic and treated her for that. Doing...
  9. Rebecca dean

    Sick hen

    I need some advice. My girl Has moulted a few times in the past three months and now she's sounding little hoarse and cannot fully her usual shout to her little friend it sounds like deeper and breaky. She's eating drinking and doing her normal behaviour. I have separated her and brought her in...
  10. B

    Please help! Hen with very big crop...

    My seven-and-a-half month old hen, Dorothy, has a crop that has grown to an alarming size. When I felt it a few weeks ago it felt soft, squishy and full of water like a balloon. It had been sticking quite far out of her chest, wobbling about and growing in size for quite a few weeks, but I...
  11. Muhammad Ahtisham Ali

    Baby chickens sneezing

    Hello everyone. I just bought 15 baby chickens ( about one week old ). I have kept them in a cardboard carton which is apparently warm enough. I have used a 100-watt bulb to keep them warm. But I noticed they all are sneezing and one of them just died. So I am really concerned about them. Any...
  12. Goldnmine

    Ruffled feathers and diarrhea

    My 3 year old hen started yesterday ruffling her feathers and just kinda sitting there. She just got done molting last month. She has poop on her feathers. Her abdomen feels not hard or extra soft and squishy. She did eat some yogurt but doesn’t seem to want feed. I brought her in and gave her a...
  13. P

    My chicken is walking funny, is this serious?

    Hi, I noticed that one of my chickens was walking strangely this morning. I dropped some corn into the run and my other two hens went immediately to pick it up but the third one was leaning over, crossing her legs and moving sideways with her neck stretched out. I have not been keeping chickens...
  14. Contolini6

    Can you give human (or dog) antibiotics to chickens?

    We have a pullet who has been sick for a while with what we think is a respiratory infection. She stopped making noise about a month ago, and started craning her head forward with her beak open a lot, which kind of looks like she's struggling to breathe. She has a good appetite though, and is...
  15. Carrie Irwin

    Suspected Clostridium in my chicken

    Hi, I have noticed for about a week a lot of soupy looking chicken poo on the poop board in the morning, and for the last couple of days the same poop had undigested food in it. I have pinpointed which chicken it is, my Ameraucauna, and she while she is eating she doesn't seem herself. I have...
  16. H

    My chicken is ill

    Hi, my family are new chicken owners. We have 2 white Sussex hens. Recently we came back from holiday and found one of the hens incredibly ill. Whilst we were away we left her with relatives (I regret this greatly now!) And I think they told us that the hens coop would leak and get wet during...
  17. bwokbwarrk

    A few chooks not able to get up

    Hi backyard chicken gang, i just have a quick question... I have 16 hyline browns all just starting to lay, everything's been great so far, lots of yard to run in, a nice coop to lay in and always plenty of water and food, a shade house and perches galore, it's really a chooks paradise! But...
  18. Ash_lie

    Lack of Appetite

    My girl Poppy who is 17 weeks old has slowly declined over the past few weeks. I had her evaluated by our vet and after feceal analysis appeared to have worms. They gave her fluids, and we dewormed her, also put her on antibiotic just in case something else was going on. Since then (It's been 2...
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