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  1. Mark_Khrushchev

    Wierd looking wart on chick (has a gross image)

    Hey, I bought 6 chicks from TSC recently. I got 4 white leghorns and 2 orpingtons. It was all fine until I saw something one one of the orpingtons. I saw a weird ward coming out of the chick. It isn't pasty butt as it's not in the cloaca of the chick. It seems to be like a dark wart. I was...
  2. Pictorhens

    Help understanding illnesses?

    Hi, One of my hens has developed some find of rash around her ear, wondering if anyone has any ideas or advice for treatment?
  3. TwoChicksChix

    Difference Between Coryza and a Regular Infection?

    Hey everybody, So my friend is wondering if anybody can explain how to tell if a chicken has coryza vs a regular respiratory infection? She doesn’t want to have to cull her 6 week old D’uccle if she doesn’t have to. The reason we’re asking is because he was sneezing a bit the first day, but...
  4. FergusonCluckCluckFarm

    Please help! Raw, swollen butt hen

    So I'm currently fighting lice, I began treating everyone a few days ago and discovered some had really bad lice nits below their vents. I discovered one of my girls is extremely raw and swelled. It feels like a water balloon. I'm not sure if it's because of the lice problem she had orr? I...
  5. R

    Adult rooster foot becoming deformed now walking on wrist! What is causing this?!

    My 5 year old rooster had bumblefoot years ago and pneumonia in 2015, and made it through those, though he was left with a sneeze. I moved him to the Florida panhandle and over the past several weeks I noticed his legs/ feet seem swollen and red, but it's always kind of looked like that. Then...
  6. C

    Someone please help!!!

    Hello I am not a chicken owner, But my mother in law and father in law own chickens. Theyre not the best chicken owners and are out of town anyways do to a death in the family, But there is no time to wait till theyre back and even then I dont think anything would be done. Their Roosters foot is...
  7. PrincessLay-a

    Hen with hard vent protrusion

    Hey everyone. Just this night I saw one of my hens sitting in the corner of the coop looking sad and droopy. When I picked her up I saw that she had a hard calcified lump coming out of her vent. I soaked her greatly in warm water and pulled it out. It was hard and smelled god awful. It didn't...
  8. PrincessLay-a

    Hen with hard vent protrusion

    Hey everyone. Just this night I saw one of my hens sitting in the corner of the coop looki g sad and droopy. When I picked her up I saw that she had a hard calcified lump coming out of her vent. I soaked her greatly in warm water and pulled it out. It was hard and smelled god awful. I don't...
  9. Fairywoodducks

    Dew claw bumblefoot

    Hey all! Our drake Campbell seems to have an infected dew claw. Just notice it today and I plan on treating it like bumblefoot. What is the best way to wrap it? I have booties for bumblefoot on the bottom of feet, but the dew claw is new territory. Any advice on treatment and wrapping? First...
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  10. S

    Chicken with HOLE under wing and fishy smell

    When checking the nesting boxes tonight for eggs I noticed a fishy odor. One of my chickens who is currently broody has a “wound” under her right wing that is filled with brown hard secretion. it looks almost scabbed over, and the “hole” doesn’t look like an injury. it looks like it’s been there...
  11. Dewclaw83

    Strange infection in corner of chicken's mouth

    Photos included, kind of gross. You were warned. We have an ameraucana hen who is on the older side, though still laying. The issue first occurred while I was away at college. My mother noticed that the hen couldn't seem to close her beak anymore and had way appeared to be a growth on the side...
  12. BigMoma3

    Help asap! Sick hen with possible aspiration

    Sorry this is quite a story and I'm new to the group. Everyone I've asked in person (including a farm vet) has given me a different answer, but I'm desperate and going to try one more time so here goes... 4 days ago I noticed my 2 year old RIR hen was lethargic and not wanting to walk. I...
  13. NEgoosegirl

    Gander with an infection? Help appreciated!

    Hi everyone! My 5-yr-old Sebastopol gander started acting sick yesterday. All he wanted to do was stand in front of his water bucket and drink. As far as I know, he didn't eat anything yesterday. (He's been pooping only water.) He could walk, but was pretty unsteady. Got into (and out of) the...
  14. Age-of-Goositude

    Sinus Infection Gosling

    Don't know how it happened but I have two older Goslings with sinus infections. Lump on either side of their beak. Baytril is on it's way ordered it yesterday. I got VetRX and they had it overnight and all the swelling went down but it's coming back one boy has more labored breathing than usual...
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    • Forum: Geese
  15. Age-of-Goositude

    Sinus Infection Gosling

    Don't know how it happened but I have two older Goslings with sinus infections. Lump on either side of their beak. Baytril is on it's way ordered it yesterday. I got VetRX and they had it overnight and all the swelling went down but it's coming back one boy has more labored breathing than usual...
  16. sass.joel

    Respiratory issue with a chicken.

    hey all. I have an old barred rock hen who we really love. Her name is Chick-choo. She's done laying, probably five years old, but she's really sweet. It's spring here, and we've let our chickens out in the yard, and we noticed Chick-choo listless and gasping for air. Her comb appeared to be...
  17. abita17

    Bobcat attack

    Our orpington Brown chick was attacked by a bobcat last night. Its miraculous that she lived- I don’t think I’ve ever prayed for a chicken but I did last night! Her breathing was so labored I thought her lungs were filling with blood- but this morning- aside from seeming pretty traumatized-she...
  18. rascal66

    Help! Lethargic days old chick with infected looking naval

    Hello all, today I noticed one of my chicks I hatched late last week is very lethargic. I checked to find his abdomen coated in.. I dont know what. He seemed lethargic a few days ago, but after a nap he was up and eating and drinking, and I noticed the naval area had a scab looking thing. I...
  19. R

    Help with duck with abscess

    last spring I got several khaki Campbells. Late summer I got a Muscovy drake from a lady and introduced him to the ducks. Until recently (3wks ago) he showed no real interest in them. Now he is mounting them repeatedly to the point that the back of one of the duck’s head started to swell. I’ve...
  20. MamaPeahen

    Injured eye on hen, please help!

    I just checked on my hens and peafowl, who have been with a friend of mine in their chicken coop, and infuriated to find that one of my hens, Thelma, has a big problem with her eyes. They are both swollen, one much more than the other, and the right eye is almost completely shut, oozing with...
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