injuries

  1. puckpuck1

    Hen with broken leg

    First time I had a young chicken with a broken leg, it was limping around. She must have landed wrong on something the night or morning before. Luckily a vet I know also treated birds, so I took my hen to be checked. I was given three options; put her to sleep, have an expensive operation or...
  2. Y

    Chicken after a freeze

    So last night there was a freeze, it got really cold. And my roosters do not sleep with the chickens up the coop, because I have too many right now because of I got this bunch from a random, so they were not sexed and I have 6 roosters. They usually sleep up in the trees at night. When I came...
  3. T

    Scabs on beaks- should we treat or just let it heal?

    So, I'm not sure if this came from establishing the pecking order or if they hurt their beaks on the hardware cloth. The injuries seem completely scabbed over, so I'm wondering if we should bother trying to treat it or if it's already healing. We never had any aggression in our flock until the...
  4. crunchygranola

    How good is good enough to put my chicken with heatstroke somewhat outside?

    I had a chicken with heatstroke a few days ago and she’s been residing in my room so I can keep a close eye on her. I also don’t have a dog crate to put her in… I pick up any droppings and disinfect the area daily, have an air purifier, and keep it well ventilated. Though, I will be away for...
  5. crunchygranola

    Dealing with guilt of having a sick chicken

    I’m a first-time chicken owner and I have my first sick hen. This experience feels so overwhelming and I feel so guilty for not educating myself better illnesses and injuries.I should’ve brought by her in the moment I saw things getting weird… but for some reason, I didn’t. I can’t help but...
  6. H

    Rooster gashed my hen.

    Hi yall, my poor Brahma girl got gashed by my rooster. (he’s going, that IS my final straw.) I’ve noticed within the last 3 days she was acting very off, i feel like crap for not noticing sooner and i really don’t know how i missed it. She’s just very fluffy & by luck i seen it when i went to...
  7. F

    Injured and Shocked hen

    Hello all. I am fairly new to chicken raising and could really use some advice. The other night, Saturday, while I was getting my chickens ready to go in their coop for the night, one (or possibly two) of my hens viciously attacked another one of my hens. I have two chicken species, Rhode Island...
  8. J

    Broody Hen and Chick with ear pecked out

    My broody hen hatched out a few chicks so far and we are about half way through the hatch day. So far, 4 out of 12 hatched with 3 more pipped. All are healthy but one. The area around its ear is all missing. It looks like the skin may have been cut and peeled, but I can’t be sure. The hen...
  9. L

    Canada goose with a possibly broken joint

    Hello there, I could really use an advice from people who have geese and had experience with injuries in the ankle area. I have lots of experience with chickens but none with geese. I saw this poor little guy in a park. He hopped on one leg, raising the other. I brought him home, examined the...
    • LoveToBirds
    • Thread
    • foot injury goose goose joint injury goose leg injury injuries joint injury leg injury
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Geese
  10. A

    New Hatch, Keeps pecking at toes, other issues too with leg and wing.

    Have a chick 3 days old. Was shrink wrapped in egg and had to help it hatch after 24hrs. Much smaller than the other chicks has some leg and a wing issue. Really struggled the first 24 hrs after hatching but now trying to keep surviving even with the difficulties. It has a bulge under the skin...
  11. Blue Raptor

    I really need help with this..

    My black copper maran, Griffin, is has lost weight, stopped eating, and her abdomen is swollen. Her comb is droopy. I suspect a broken egg inside of her that got infected, but I’ve had two or three chickens pass from this. The vet is not an option. Anyone know the best way to treat this? I...
  12. avallen

    Extremely injured chick- please help me!!!

    This chick was hatched this morning. I’m thinking that the mother hen attacked it. Which really confuses me, because she loves her other chicks so much and is very protective of them. But this one appears to have been attacked. We’ve also lost 2 others but they were dead when I found them. I’m...
  13. BookThief

    Unknown Predator

    Sorry it's long. If you don't want to read, here's the very short version: 1 chicken dead with no known cause, 1 missing. Some of the live chickens and ducks have saliva on them but no injuries or broken bones. What happened? The full version: Last night, my fiance woke me up at 4:30am and...
    • BookThief
    • Thread
    • animal attack blood canine coyotes dogs feathers injuries predator unknown
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  14. 23kthistlethwaite

    Cockerel With A Wattle injury

    Hello all, I just noticed today that one of my cockerel’s wattles seems to have a pocket of something (blood, puss, idk) and was wondering if there’s anything I should do for it. There’s a spot on the wattle where it looks like it could have been scratched, it was bleeding earlier, and it got...
  15. Tmartin7711

    PLEASE HELP! hen injured leg

    Hi everyone! My lavender Orpington Spring hurt her leg on the right side. Not quite sure how she did it but she's limping and she is holding it up up to her body. Not sure what treatments to give her it's not broken to my knowledge but very warm. She is getting around and making noise But last...
  16. Lordofthegreenpeas

    Turkey can't walk

    My broad breasted turkey just started to not be able to walk. I was planning on eating him but I want to make sure this isn't some sickness. She can walk a little but than falls over. Video Video for backyard chickens. Turkey can't walk https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcZ4M4nPeW/?utm_medium=share_sheet
  17. DesertPollos

    Turkey injured from chicken

    I integrated my new broad breasted white into my chicken flock (all hens) last week. I have 10 hens. The turkey is a girl too. Getting along was great the first several days, but now they’ve turned on her. Her wing was injured yesterday and she has a few bloody peck marks on her neck. Is this...
  18. N

    Fish Hook Caught in my Bantams Thigh

    I have a bantam that has a fish hook caught in its inner thigh. All I could do was cut the shaft from the hook to give it more comfort because it seems to be caught behind the femur. I do not have the money to take it to a vet but it is still walking around and flying. Will this bird survive...
  19. Michigan Chicken

    How do you reduce swelling from flystrike?

    Older chicken with tumor like swelling, mainly due to flystrike, I think. Below vent. I have been soaking in salt water, applying vetericin and flysx spray. She is eating and seems comfortable, but this swelling needs to go down.
  20. 4

    My chickens keep pecking each other!!

    Help!! My chickens keep pecking each other and won’t stop. I’ve put on the pick no more lotion, they still peck. I put on hen healer, and they STILL peck. I have 4 chickens and I keep them in a 25 square foot run, however, we have a very large backyard and I let them out in that for most of the...
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