illness

  1. BarelyBirding

    Sick hen, paleness, lethargic and spot on tongue

    One of my year and a half old black sexlink hens is sick. There is definitely something going on but I’m not sure what. She has been a bit lethargic lately, but still eats and drinks and gets around fine. Her comb and wattles are pale, and when I looked inside her mouth she had a nasty red spot...
  2. M

    Help! My baby duck has a discolored section of feathers! Is it sick?

    Hi, my husband and I are new to raising poultry, but both are from livestock families and have grown up with cattle, pigs, sheep, etc. Last fall, we got many baby chicks from a hatchery and had no trouble with them at all! We purchased 5 ducks from Tractor Supply 2 weeks ago. This morning, one...
  3. C

    Please Help!!! She is going to die!!!

    Hi All! My sweet frizzle hen is sick. A few weeks ago she had a swollen eye. I cleaned the coop and put drops in her eye which later cleared up. Now she is unable to stand or walk and will not eat. She is also very skinny. I need help! I have given her vitamin B , boiled eggs, rooster...
  4. Chickenlicken444

    Stuffy chick and weird poop

    Hello everyone! I was doing my daily chick check today and I noticed one of my 5 week chicks sounded a bit different than normal. When she peeps, she almost sounds congested and I noticed a few sneezes as well. When she pooped, it looked pale yellow and foamy. Does anyone know what might be...
  5. B

    Ill chicken-shaking head sometimes, sounds a little wheezy, mostly urine only output

    Hi all. I have an ISA Brown- almost 3 years old who I originally thought might have a prolapsed vent from how she was acting. She was roosting on floor of coop-first night thought maybe she had straggled in too late and didn't get up when she had enough light left. I have brought her in- no...
  6. meltedcow

    Clogged Nose?

    Hello Friends. My Pam girl has had a clogged nose with sneezing for the past month. I have not quarantined her and none of my other girls are ill. I've tried using a syringe with distilled water to shoot the clog out. I've use Q-tips to try and moisten the clog. Nothing seems to be working...
  7. C

    Chickens keep dying

    I'm having a problem losing chickens lately and quickly. It started off with a buff orphington hen acting lethargic and dying overnight. Then silkie cockerel not lifting his head up and backing up until he ran into something and laid down. Treated with nutridrench and selenium paste but would...
  8. D

    Favus in silkie bantam rooster? Or another disease?

    I have a 10/11 month old silkie bantam rooster and noticed over the past week or two white chalky and flaky developing on his comb. In some areas there is little black specs but no raised lesions. He seems normal with the same amount of energy and the only thing wrong we noticed was this...
  9. The_Chicken_Dude

    Chicken Constantly Breathing Heavy

    My chicken, about 2 years of age, has been constantly breathing heavily for a few months. I have tried all the home remedies that I can find or think of such as vinegar in her water or diatomaceous earth and wood ash. She is extending her neck often and opening her beak every time she breathes...
  10. rebeccasl

    Ruffled Feathers, Head Shaking

    I have a 10 month old Dominique hen who is currently living in our house after a bad bout with mites (based on our vet's assessment). After the vet gave her a dose of revolution for the mites, she has grown back her lost feathers, gained her lost weight, and is almost back to normal. However...
  11. S

    Silkie Hen with Respitory Issues SOS

    Hi there, So I have a beautiful silkie hen who is my main paint breeder. She has recently had a sneeze but I assumed it was because of the cold weather and it’s off and on temperature (warm cold warm cold). Today I noticed she has begun to get foamy/bubbly eyes and I immediately brought her...
  12. Raptorchick

    Mites spreading disease?

    Hi all :) I've had this slow spreading disease in my flock since I brought some girls home in September, I'll try to keep the story short. I've been keeping chickens a number of years now, never had a pest or disease problem... I also don't usually buy hens elsewhere, sorta have a hatching...
  13. Shmegel

    Help- Adult Female Suddenly Can’t Walk

    Two days ago, my adult female coturnix quail stopped being able to walk. She just keeps falling over onto her side and kicking her legs in circles on the ground. I’m not sure what’s going on- what can cause this? She hasn’t laid an egg in two or three days. I thought maybe she was egg bound...
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  14. L

    Help! First time trying to diagnose a sick chicken (photos attached)

    Hello everyone! I've always been a lurker, reading posts and gather information, but at the moment I'm stumped and worried I may or may not be doing the right things. I have a 6mo. Australorp hen who we found on November 30th acting pretty unusual in the coop the other day. We brought her...
  15. Tlco

    Is something wrong or do I have a rooster?

    These 2 hens are the same age and as far as I know same hatch, they came from a local Chicken hatchery bought at 5mo of age aprx 8mo old now. The comb and wattles are completely different. Do I have a rooster? Could something be wrong? Or is this a common thing?
  16. Amirabbas

    Chicken breathing hardly and laying down her head and slobber coming out of her mouth **EMERGENCY**

    Hey I have chicken having a hard time breathing, and there are some noises when she's breathing She has put her head down and there is slobber coming out of her mouth and nose She doesn't eat anything I think it is some kind of lung infection so I fed her some tetracycline She's getting worth...
  17. Barredrocker99

    What’s wrong with my hen?

    This is all regarding my last couple of posts about a sick(?) BR: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/botulism-marek%E2%80%99s-disease.1426247/post-23474571 I still have no idea what’s wrong with my hen, and I’m afraid of not finding out until it’s too late. She’s been relatively lethargic...
  18. Beverrlly

    Hen with suspected impacted crop, swelling between legs, no appetite

    Hello! I've had chickens for many years on and off but I've been (fortunate?) enough to never have a sick bird, just a suddenly dead bird. Here's what I'm dealing with: About the bird: Speckled Sussex, 1.5 years old. Purchased from MyPetChicken as a 6 week old to replace a racoon loss...
  19. Qualien

    Respiratory illness

    I've got a strange respiratory illness moving through my flock. So far none of my chickens have died from it. it started with one of my roosters. He was fine that morning, running around picking as usual. 20 min. Later he was falling over, couldn't stand up, he was wheezing, and had thick ropy...
  20. C

    Goose sudden illness/ seizure help

    I have 7 four month old African geese. Today one goose suddenly started to have neck spasms and twisting. She stopped before I could reach her, as they are free range, and walked off normally. She just did it again while I was changing their waters. So I was able to get a better look. She lays...
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