lethargic

hi everyone! we recently had a bunch of eggs hatch but one of the little guys was stuck in its shell. my boyfriend carefully picked the shell apart and got him out. at first he was stuck in a position where his legs were folded but eventually he was able to walk and hold himself up. we are now...

I have 6 chickens that have always been in perfect health. I raised 5 of the chickens myself and 1 I got after she was a year old. Out of the 5 babies (they’re actually about 5 months old now) one has grown the fastest. She is a BEAST. She’s always been 3x as big as the others. She has always...

We have 6, 11 week old silkies. One of them (Lizzie) last night was not pecking/scratching. She was standing still making a cooing sound. It was close to " bedtime" so I didn't think anything of it... But this morning she was still acting the same (worse even). Last night I had looked up a few...

Hey there, I'm wondering if anyone can help with some info? I had 8 chickens yesterday. Now sadly I have 4. Another might also die soon. The first one died last night, the next 3 today. I purchased them about 5 days ago and I think they were under 1 week old. So they'd be max 2 weeks now. I...

For context, we have free roam chickens (we are far away from any roads, big property, but they stick around cause we feed em). One of our newer hatches (she's about 2 weeks old) isn't doing too well. We don't know the breed, but she keeps nodding off while walking, and then waking up to see...

Please HELP......Flower is a 1 year old Lavender Orphington. I acquired her a little over a week ago. She has been good since arrival but noted yesterday she was acting lethargic. She was sleeping under the coop even when I tossed out their garden grains and meal worms. I was able to rouse her...

My California white hen is about 1 year old as of this spring. She was laying eggs really good last fall but then winter came and they all slowed production way down. I never do anything to make them lay over winter. I like to give them a break for all their hard work. Now that it’s peak egg...

My hen is about 4-6 years old and recently she has gotten increasingly disheveled and lethargic. This has been going on for about 3 days, her main symptoms are as follows --- Lethargy, muscle weakness, falling over, pale. I performed a vent exam and didn't find an egg stuck in her, I also took...

tldr at bottom So I got some chicks in the mail yesterday (after 3 days in the mail and a slightly squashed box) and so far 7 of them have died, one was DOA, one died right after getting her home another died shortly after that and one more later that day. That whole day I checked on them...

Hi fellow Chicken People 😊 My orphington, Big Booty Judy, isn't feeling her best. She's lethargic and pale. I offered her electrolytes and probiotics, she drank it earlier but not now. I have looked for lice/mites but didn't see any (are they visible to the eye?). I also cleaned put the coop...

(Reposted here as i posted this in turkey thread before seeing this section sorry) Hello! My 2 week old bronze turkey poult Beans has started kind of gagging and choking last night? He kept sticking his throat out with his mouth open and gurgling so I wasn’t sure if he was choking or something...

Morning all, Noticed yesterday that one of my 3 hens was slightly lethargic towards the end of yesterday; lots of standing around aimlessly, but her tail was still pointed up. Her crop seemed fine, and I couldn’t feel anything that felt like an egg around her abdomen. This morning my dad let...

Hey everybody, I posted yesterday about my chicken being sick and we came to the consensus that she was suffering from ascites. I just performed the liquid withdrawal procedure with a syringe and got 105ml(3.5 fl oz) out of her(well within the safe range). Unfortunately, I had to stick her 3...

Hi ! One of my female quails has stopped laying for a week and she seems lethargic. Today she keeps pooping watery droppings. They are so liquid like almost water. Some of them are yellowish and a little bit slimy and some of them has long lines that i assume intestinal linings. I don't see...

I've had 4 chicks for about a week now(don't know the species.) They're very active and pretty healthy, only 2 have minore pasty butt problems but I've kept it under control. Today visited Rural King with my dad and picked up 4 barred rock chicks, and introduced them to my already 4 chicks. They...

Hello! I have lost 4 Cornish cross in the last 3 days. They are 5 weeks old, outside in tractor. Water, move and feed every day. 24/7 food. In Michigan where temps are fluctuating right now. Removed heat a weeks ago. found two dead 3 days ago, another the following day and another this morning...

Hello, A lifetime of raising chickens and I’ve never had so many issues! My mom’s chicken became lethargic and had her tail down. She had no signs of being egg bound. We separated her and gave her electrolytes and protein. She sadly died. Now two days later another chicken is starting to...

One of my year and a half old black sexlink hens is sick. There is definitely something going on but I’m not sure what. She has been a bit lethargic lately, but still eats and drinks and gets around fine. Her comb and wattles are pale, and when I looked inside her mouth she had a nasty red spot...

Hello everyone. Our 2-year-old female Welsh Harlequin, Churro, appears to be ill and hasn't been acting herself lately (for about the past 2-3 days). She has been quiet, lethargic, has ruffled feathers, and isn't eating or drinking too much. She seems to be a bit more active today and yesterday...

I am a new chicken owner. Past few days, the weather has been unpredictable. (80 degrees down to 45 degrees) I normally keep the chicks in the shed with a heat lamp but this time I left them in their coop. The heat lamp was on but the chicks did not go to that level of their coop. The next...