marecks

Hi everyone today i’m absolutely devastated. Another one of my hens is acting sick and lethargic and I have no idea what’s wrong with my flock. For some backstory, two months ago I had two chickens die from an unknown illness. They were both acting lethargic and got worse as the days passed...

I just spent more than I intended on a big batch of birds at auction. The first thing I noticed after getting them home was that one bird had gray eyes. Is she doomed? What about the other birds in her cage and the other birds at auction in the other cages/boxes? Her cage had all open air sides...

Hi everybody. I have a 6-7 month old Black Australorp hen, she is really sweet and friendly with us and got sick suddenly. She gets bullied a lot by the other hens and a few days ago when we saw her a little weak, we brought her inside to eat and drink. Right now she is inside in a cage. She...

I had a broody hen hatch 10 chicks about 10 weeks ago. Yesterday I found one of the chicks sitting in the corner and it’s feathers were all puffed up and it couldn’t walk. I left it in the coop, thinking it might be dead the next morning, but when I went to the coop in the morning it was sitting...

Last night I discovered my Easter Egg hen (approximately 6 months old) on the floor of the coop lying on her side. My rooster was standing beside her. When I came into the coop she didn’t get up - just moved her head to look at me - I thought this was odd so I went over to check on her and she...

Hi there, I have a dark brahma, about 20 weeks old, that is displaying some very bad signs of illness. I’ve done my online research of what I think it is.... but would love to hear from some of y’all and your opinions. Here is what’s going on; She is unable to walk, she is sitting on her...

We have been raising chickens for about 10 years. we have 30 adult birds. I was going to stop but with the quarantine, I thought we should get some more. We rushed to get chicks last weekend before our state, Washington, went to shelter in place. Everyone was getting them we got what we could...

I have a 6 month Roo who I noticed today and a milky eye, he keeps it closed, so it must be painful. Otherwise he seems “okay” he is still walking fine, although slowly. He however is not eating or drinking. Is more docile than usual. Could it be mareks? Or just an injury and the pain is...

I have a 16 week old chicken that started acting drunk, now can only lay down. Legs out every which way. Will flop around and can only flop from one side of a plastic tub to the other. Still eats and drinks a ton though. I have separated her from the rest of the flock. Lots of food, probiotics...

We are new to Chickens and EVERYTHING that comes with it. My Polish has been "suffering" for the last 2 weeks. He started with a "March walk" , now it toes are curled, if he stands us he is wobbly, he can barley walk and more so than not, his legs slide from him. My husband took him to the...