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So I am fairly new to BYC, I currently have 3 chickens and 2 Guinea Hens all about 6 months old. It has been a busy time with the holiday week so I have not been paying as much attention to my "back yard" as much as I usually do. Anyway, on Saturday I noticed one of my Guineas sitting...
About two months back, I acquired 6 chickens and 3 ducks. I originally went to purchase only 5 chickens, but after taking an interest in a chicken that seemed to be having trouble walking, the seller decided to let me throw her into the bundle too, on the logic that she might be happier with...
My 8 week old Buff Orpington chick has been limping just today. She has been reluctant to put much weight on it, but she has still been hopping around, eating, drinking, pooping all normal. She has been active with the rest of the flock and even on the low roost.
I'm not aware of any injury...
My 8-9 month old austrolorp(no eggs yet) has been limping really bad lately on her right leg, she had the same problem a few weeks ago and she fully recovered and was walking normally but I noticed her limping again a few days ago. I checked her leg and there are no signs of visable injury and...
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We had 3 chicks hatch yesterday out of 6 eggs. The hen had gone broody in one of the coop nest boxes where 2 other chickens lived. Id left her in there to hatch the 6 eggs I had ordered off the internet and then was planning on moving them all this morning to a new run to be by themselves...
My silver Wyandotte has been limping on one leg for the passed week. She is about 2 weeks old. She can barely walk and seems to be getting worse. I am worried it could be Mareks. I have 5 other seemingly healthy chicks. Please advise.
We have a year old Maran hen who started walking funny a few weeks ago (picks her left foot up in front of her really far as if she has something stuck on her foot she is trying to shake off) and we can't seem to figure out the cause.
We've looked at the foot and one of the pads on her toe is...
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One of our Mille Fleur d’Duccle bantam chicks has always had a bit of a deformed wing (the bottom half of the flight feathers on her left wing are rotated a bit)- earning her the name of Faceplant when we picked her up from a farm:) She is 10 weeks old and got around quite well until...
Hi, I have a rooster who is about 4 to 5 months old. Ever since he was young he’s always just kind of laid around and not been super active. When he did start walking around I noticed that he would walk 1 foot on top of the other. The last month or so he’s secluded himself to hiding under bushes...
My hen all of a sudden started high stepping/limping. I checked the bottom of her foot for thorns or cuts and see nothing. She will lift her foot and leg out straight and it seems like her foot isn’t very strong. What could this be? Can I give her anything, meds?
I feel sooo bad. I'm such a horrible chicken keeper!!! I have milk crates with straw in them in the coop for them to get used to them to lay in till hubby can get more permanent ones built. I found one of my chickens hanging with her foot stuck in the handle part. Her body was supported on...
Okay so I haven't been on in quite a while and I am so sorry! I have been dealing with a lot in my personal life. Vause is overall doing pretty well! HER CARUNCLES ARE STARTING TO GROW IN!! And she is now outside and has a pin and all too, she comes inside sometimes as a reward or to sleep with...
My chicken has a strange soft lump on the side of her foot, she’s limping a lot and one of her wings is hanging to the side that has the lump on her foot. I have to hand feed her or I don’t think she eats because all I see her doing is laying on the ground. Her crown is also very pale and she’s...
Hello all! New member here calling for advice on my poor Isa Brown, Henny Penny. She came out of the coop yesterday with no issues. She was walking just fine and running around the yard scratching for bugs. About an hr into it I noticed she was standing very still and panting. Tried to get her...
I'm not sure what happened to this gal but she's been limping for a week. She's still eating and drinking plus moving around during the day. Until last night she had been going up the ladder to her roost. Last night she was at the bottom of the ladder sleeping so I moved her to be with the...
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First time chicken farmer here. My husband brought home 12 ISA Browns and 1 RI Red (all 2 weeks old) last week and I've been tending them. Tonight I noticed one of the Browns is sleeping alot more than usual and limping when it tries to eat or drink. They share a large brooder...
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I have 2 Toulouse geese that I bought last year. They're about a year old now. Recently, my female, Sniper, has had a limp. It started about 3-4 days ago. She was fine that morning when I put her out in the enclosure, but when I went to put her back in the coop for the night, she had...
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Our wonderful Goose (she's a duck named Goose) is lame, and given that this is our first lame duck, we're looking for some assistance in both diagnosis and treatment. I've scanned through a bunch of threads here on bumble foot and the like, and I've consulted the duck...
Yesterday, she seemed fine, other than a little weak. Today, she's limping. I can't see anything that might be hurting her. No wounds or mites that I can tell. She was eating food off the ground, but that's all I've seen her eat or drink other than the yogurt I gave her. She just got over a...