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We’ve been taking care of our rooster for about a week now who his very lethargic and won’t open his eyes.
7 days ago, we introduced him to our flock and one of our hens ripped part of his ear lobe off, we cleaned it and put ointment on it. We’ve been flushing his eye and...
This is my girl Kiesha. She’s a Blue Australorp and a little over 4 months old.
Yesterday I noticed her withdrawn from the others and not eating breakfast (their usual starter feed mixed with layer feed to start integrating them to adult food). This was unusual but I dismissed it as the pecking...
My olive egger is about a year old and has been losing / missing feathers on one wing for the last 4-6 weeks. She's acting a bit lethargic and has stopped laying eggs.
She isn't molting or being picked on, and I don't see lice or mites. No other chickens in my flock are exhibiting similar...
Hello all!
I'm dealing with my first ill chicken and I'm hoping for advice. I've looked through the forums but I'm not finding much info.
My almost 2 yr old Buff Orp is acting ill -
Laying in one spot for very long periods,
Head tucked,
Not eating or drinking even when offered wet food with...
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My 4-year-old Easter Egger Bessy laid a very dark (crazy vibrant/saturated) blue egg yesterday. Her eggs are normally pale blue (you can see the difference in the pics). Today, she's very lethargic, standing around like she's zoned out, and her comb is suddenly very pale. She's...
First off, one of my chickens got sick last week. I saw her one day sitting on the floor of the run in the corner and breathing heavy. Her comb was very purple. When I picked her she has light as a feather. I brought her inside and she wasn’t eating at all or drinking any water, she wasn’t...
Hello! :) I have a pair of Show Silkies about 8 mths old. They are very lethargic, coughing and snoting🤧. Won't open eyes all the way. I can feel how bad they feel. Started with Corvid 5 day treatment. Didn't help, picked up VetRx added to water for 5 days no corvid. Poor things are getting...
Yesterday, 9/13/2023, my hen Mary went into the nesting box at around 7 o'clock am, and stayed for about an hour but did not lay her egg. For the rest of the day she acted as if she had no eggs to lay, but at around 7 in the evening, about thirty minutes before my three hens, Bertha, Percy, and...
This is Petra and Cammi, my two cream legbars.
Recently, over the past month or two, Petra has been developing some odd symptoms. I hope you can help me figure it out.
First, she was laying down all the time, tail tucked, and we noticed she was not laying eggs. She also had some build up...
Found my poor Hazy Little Thing, lethargic and breathing heavy this morning, but she was fine yesterday. Brought her inside and I’m isolating and administering water with electrolytes, ACV, and vitamins. Noticed this redness around her eyes. Can anyone advise what this is and how to treat...
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This morning I found one of my hens laying the their run area and she didn't get up to come over and get treats. She seemed a bit out of it, so I went in. All the chickens ran by her and she still didn't move. I picked her up, and she felt very limp in a tired way as if she didn't care...
My Brahma that I just cleaned off yesterday is not well. She had caked on poop, and now feathers are trimmed. Her poop is watery, and now some reddish pink staining, urate threads. She isn't interested in eating. Has drank water. I have her inside. She is lethargic, separated herself from...
I have a 11 month old RIR that has been lethargic today. Comb and waddles seem pale and cooler temp than usual, tail is droopy. We've brought her inside to help keep her warm, calm, and away from the flock. She is panting, but seems more to be when she is warm and not because she is struggling...
Hi friends! Hoping you can help me diagnose my beloved backyard pet's illness.
For the last week, I've noticed she's been sitting by herself, facing away, and thought it strange...but she looks perfectly fine. Red comb, nice feathers, clean butt, bright eyes. She makes it up to her perch in the...
Leaving my local park I had passed by a younger chicken of unknown breed and gender for a bit. After a while I noticed how it didn’t mind if I got too close and I caught it and brought it home to quarantine. My brother has named them Cutie.
Cutie has no physical issues or abnormalities but is...
My little silkied serama has been showing concerning signs. I found her today with her head tucked into her wing and not responding when I called out to her. I grabbed her and brought her inside.
The symptoms she's showing currently:
- shaking head tilted to one side
- hunched over
-fluffed up...
Brownie is a 1.5 yr old Buckeye who has always had pasty butt issues. She looks terrible in general right now because she is dead smack in the middle of a full molt, which makes this extra worse because I have to handle her.
She is not standing well, and is very lethargic. Usually she is the...
I noticed something off about one of my hens this morning when she was super hesitant to go out of the coop. Eventually she did go out after 4 minutes of just standing there and staring, and ate and drank and did her mostly normal morning routine. One of my other hens was being super aggressive...
My chicken is about two years old and has been acting weird since yesterday. She was slow and laying down most of the day (lethargic) and seemed to be trying to push something out. Upon further inspection, she has a bulge right under her vent which I suspect after watching some videos is the...