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  1. K

    Unknown infection on my hen's neck!

    Today I found my 5 month old mixed breed hen (silver laced polish + black astruloup) with a wound on her neck that appears infected with blood crusted around it and yellow discoloration which I think is puss. She has had a history of an eye injury due to it being pecked at by others in the...
  2. Nicanor

    Urgent:My chicks are injured

    Hello. We rear free-range chickens.Yesterday as our custom, we close the chicken coop for the night. The smaller chicken enters in to their own coop and the grown up into their own. However, we released new young chicks to the background.We then forgot that the newbies would not know the culture...
  3. H

    Urgent injured chicken

    I have a blue copper maran that was bit by a dog the other day, she has pretty decent wounds, but not terrible at all. But she got bit on her leg, it’s been 3 days I believe, today her leg is pretty swollen at the top of the thigh, she obviously bruised. But it’s swollen, yellow, and slightly...
  4. laritaxi93

    6month old rooster survived a bobcat attack but won’t eat or drink

    Hello, Our young rooster was attacked by a bobcat 3 days ago. Luckily he survived, but barely moves, eats or drinks. He’s has an injury under his wing close to the front of his breast but it has scabbed over. I’ve tried to force electrolyte water in his month but he barely drank anything. He...
  5. G

    Bad Opossum-Inflicted Wound. How to proceed?

    Three nights ago an opossum got into our coop and mauled one of our hens (3 year old Easter Egger) before we could respond. The wound above her tail is quite bad and there is some exposed bone. We doing the best we can for her without taking her to a vet, which is financially beyond the level of...
  6. curby

    Mysterious Leg Injury On 10month Old Drake

    Hullo All! Trying to see if anyone has any advice on what to do for my baby, he’s been limping for the past few days and it’s gotten progressively worse. He doesn’t really let it slow him down any and is still running around and playing/foraging with my other drakes, He’s not reactive to touch...
    • curby
    • Thread
    • duck health advice injury injury leg
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. H

    Hurt rooster

    I genuinely do not know what happened. Came outside to two roosters on top of one (6 month BCM) he cannot seem to hold his neck up and seems kinda lethargic. I have him in a box in a dark room and that’s all I can do right now. He was closing his eyes while I was holding him, otherwise he’s...
  8. E

    Possible mites? Not sure

    My birds have missing feathers on their backs. I think 3 of my 9 are actually missing feathers and a handfull more have odd looking feathers in the same spot on their backs. I assumed it was mites from what I looked up. I've tried treating them 3 times and they dont seem to be getting their...
  9. sillyduckz

    limpy duck!

    hi all, i hope everyone is doing well! it's been a while since i've posted here as my flock has mostly been able to keep themselves out of trouble for the past few months. unfortunately, that streak has been broken today as just this morning upon releasing my ducks from the coop, my 1 year old...
  10. G

    Chicken ripped cheek open on hook! Help?

    Came home and found her caught on a hook (one of those hanging feeders that you can put like a head of lettuce on). The hook where it attaches to the chain went in her mouth and out her cheek. Not sure how long she was stuck like that but she ripped open a huge section of her cheek. She was cold...
  11. M

    Chic just hatched- what is wrong with it?

    We’ve hatched a lot of our own chicks from broody hens. Never seen this but she doesn’t look good. Is there a known cause? Maybe another hen attacked her? The chic can’t be more than 3 days old. I’ll attach pics in comments it’s not working to attach here.
  12. L

    Lethargic Silkie 12 wk old

    Hello all, first time poster, long time reader. This forum has been so helpful in my start to raising a mini flock! To thank you all for that in advance. Now onto what finally drove me to post here… The short and sweet: My two 12 week old bantam silkies got pecking injuries from my older hens...
  13. katie9221

    Chicken not using her foot help

    Hello all! I have a ~4-5 month old Sapphire Gem hen that has stopped using her left foot. I am not aware of any accidents that she had, she just started doing it out of the blue one day but was fine beforehand. She can still retract her left leg at the "knee", but its like she no longer has...
  14. L

    Is it marecks?

    I posted last week that I found this olive egger on its side stuck behind the nesting condo. It must have been there for 4 days while I was on vacation and my animal sitter didn't see it. I brought it in and gave vitamins, scrambled eggs etc to make it strong but at this point I don't think it's...
  15. KnARanch

    Limp - but why?!

    Hello, My girl Millie has been limping today We were hoping she would come out of it - as this morning she could put weight on it. Tonight I'm sobbing 😭 because now she's limping worse and she's fanning out her wings at times. She has no sores on her feet and nothing feels out of place in her...
  16. H

    Chicken attacked by maybe a dog. Not eating or drinking.

    We were on vacation and our back gate somehow came open. We think dog attacked on July 9th. Neighbors helped her some until we got home on the 15th. I assessed and realized she is not eating or drinking on own. She is not fully extending neck all the time. But she can. She has tried to clean...
  17. H

    Chicken attacked by maybe a dog. Not eating or drinking.

    We were on vacation and our back gate somehow came open. We think dog attacked on July 9th. Neighbors helped her some until we got home on the 15th. I assessed and realized she is not eating or drinking on own. She is not fully extending neck all the time. But she can. She has tried to clean...
  18. H

    Possible canker?

    These are the best pictures I can get, she’s so skiddish and hates to be held (and she’s molting so I understand) But is this a canker? Currently Wednesday, around Saturday? I noticed her mouth was swollen, it’s getting more swollen and it’s causing her beak to become crossed/misaligned When I...
  19. A

    EMERGENCY!! Month-old chick with missing leg

    I found one of my chicks this morning with a missing leg — All other chicks and other animals are fine and there’s sign of struggling such as feathers. The injury itself is very strange; her left leg is completely gone, and there’s almost no blood. The area where the leg once was is just...
  20. JerkDrakeMomma2025

    Bumblefoot or something else

    Hoping someone can help me out with some guidance.. So I found out the problem my female had with her leg was possibly bumblefoot. So I did epsom salt soak and removed the bumble, cleaned it out, did Neosporin and bandaged her up. The next day I saw she removed the bandage. So I re-soaked but...
    • JerkDrakeMomma2025
    • Thread
    • advice and help please bumble foot care bumblefoot bumblefoot advice bumblefoot duck ducks emergency duck help injury new duck mom newbie
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
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