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  1. melechix

    Hot, infected mass below hen's vent

    I have a New Hampshire Red with a hot, infected moldy looking mass below her vent. She is soaking in Epsom salt but it looks very infected! Please help. I'm new to chicken keeping.
  2. slashroot

    Female Muscovy duck with eye issue

    This spring I bought 3 Muscovy ducks, two females and one male. Since the start I noticed that something was a bit different with the right eye of the white female. During the summer months it didn't seem that bothered with the eye but now that the weather is around -3C to +9C here in Norway...
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    • blind eye infection muscovy problem
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. averypls

    Eye infection? Eye worm? Help!!

    Hi everyone! So i have a d’uccle thats eye seems to be a little messed up. I noticed a couple days ago, but i thought maybe she just accidentally got pecked. I rinsed with some saline & left it alone. The next day, it looked .. foggy? That freaked me out and when i looked some things up it said...
  4. DuckDaddy29

    Oxine Question-Ducks

    I have a question about the Oxine that I have. I know you can mix 1/8 tsp per gallon of water for them to drink. Does that get into their system and help them with diseases such as respiratory when they drink? And does it have to be activated or non activated? Also, could I put a solution into a...
  5. S

    Egg Periontitis?

    Hello everyone, I am in a bit of a chicken trouble situation, and I wondered if you had any input. My Light Brahma, last Friday, started acting sick. I will list the symptoms: Tail down, not walking much, often sitting down, not eating much, barley drinking, her abdomen was really sensitive...
  6. Gonecluckingmad

    Injury? Infection? Worms? Help!

    Help! I'm at a loss on this one as I have never experienced it before. Half of my chickens face was swollen. I started with Vetericyn, then benadryl (1 dose), then Terramycin (7 days). It has been 11 days since the swelling started. It has decreased, but it's not gone. I pulled 'something'...
  7. J

    Weird, soft, puffy, egg - Need help with diagnosis

    Please help! I am wondering if this is cause for alarm. My easter egger just laid this soft egg with a puffy coating. Yolk was broken seemed to be most of the inside of the egg. Chicken didn't lay for a few days then laid this egg. - Easter Egger - 9 months old. Normal weight. usually lays...
  8. Gonecluckingmad

    Help! Injury or Illness? Swollen on one side of face.

    Help! My chickens face is swollen only on the left side. There is no discharge and she is not wheezing, or sneezing. She is still happy, eating and drinking as usual. I do see a little black dot near her beak and wonder if she was stung by something ir if this could be an injury? I have sprayed...
  9. Aliamelody

    Intestinal infection in duck

    My Friend had a 6 year male black swedish duck.this duck is not very well and dont eat well.she took him to many vets.but Drugs didnt work on him after one week.he still dont eat much and sick. Here vets dont know enough about ducks.they just care about parrots And Expensive birds. Please...
  10. fishinthewater

    Dead chickens- infection? pyrethrin poisoning?

    I have (had) four chickens in a chicken tractor that moves every few days. I came home from a weekend away to find my rhode island, who had been looking a little droopy before I left (which I attributed to molting), with what I believe was water belly. She was only three, and it never got any...
  11. M

    Foot problem with little quail... please help!!

    We have been keeping quail for just short of a year. They live on the ground with a board to prevent rats and “easy chick” bedding. Some time ago, early July we noticed one of the smallest quail (we only have 6) had a swollen foot. By mid-July we were worried enough, because she limps a lot, to...
  12. Joyze172

    Any chicken Veterinarians in central Wisconsin?

    Anyone in central Wisconsin know of anyone who I can take chickens to? We had one, Wisconsin Valley Vet, but they are never available. They will say “ there is an open appointment at 11 tomorrow but I have to check with the veterinarian and will call you back”.. then they call back and say the...
  13. JessicaJR

    Spreading respiratory/sinus/eye infection in flock - testing versus culling

    I'm a backyard breeder with about 3-4 years experience with chickens. I have over 25 years of experience with other livestock and pets, so I'm not a newbie. But I am at a loss... Background: I had about 25 adult birds in 4 coops/pens. No significant issues in the past year or so. I do...
  14. 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...
  15. 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?
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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