Hi so my older silkie hen is 5 or 6 years old, (breeder didn't know if she was 1 or 2 when we got her) has been getting red in her brow and wattle, but otherwise is fine, eating drinking and pooping. I don't know when it started because the past few weeks has been rough with a sick, then dying...
Hi, I'm a longtime member but finally probably a first time poster. I work in waterfowl rehab but separately run my own mini rescue for domestic ducks, geese, and pigeons that somehow people drop off at the rehab. I have one duck that is a temporary stay I'm caring for as a favor for my boss, so...
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So I have a flock of 20 chickens 2 roosters 14 weeks in that flock. Then I have a separate flock of 10 roosters. My flock ranges from 20 weeks to 14 weeks with 1 hen a year old. All came from hatching eggs except I bought 9 deathlayer roos as day old to three day old chicks. 4...
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I'm ordering chicks from a small farm that doesn't vaccinate their birds. They go to great lengths to keep their flocks isolated and free of disease, including making sure they don't come in contact with wild birds. However, the...
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Today I noticed a large wound on my hen, Ede (6YO). My chickens are free range and don't have a ton of contact with us outside of feeding/picking up eggs so I'm not sure how long this has been going on. She was eating and drinking normally. All other chickens appear fine. I'll be putting...
One of my geese recently became pretty ill over the past few days. A month ago both of my geese had a respiratory infection and was treated with Baytril. The symptoms mostly cleared up and after the 5 days I stopped medicating them. 2 days ago I noticed my 2 month old goose (Gilly) was breathing...
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As a fairly new chicken mom I’ve come across various bumps along the road. As these bump come along I’ve acquired a small kit of remedies (tylan, metronidazole, Vetrx) but I’m wondering what are your must haves to keep on hand at all times in case of an emergency?
I’m trying to...
I “rescued” some silkies and one black (supposed) Astrolop. We aren’t sure what all is wrong. I have them isolated away from my main flock, with an electric fence buffer to keep a 6 ft DMZ type zone).
They aren’t as active as my normal flock but they aren’t lethargic either. Their legs have...
Suggestions needed. Found my chicken out in the yard. Not really eating or drinking. Lethargic not moving around much. Found the abdomen to be swollen and figured it was water belly or egg bound. Check the vent there’s no egg I’ve dealt with water belly before drained everything with no issue...
Hey y’all, I got a 2 year old Pekin duck recently from someone who was getting rid of all their birds. I checked her feet today just making sure there’s no bumblefoot going on, to my surprise I saw on the ends of some of her toes were big and were missing toenails, could she have froze some toes...
Hey y’all! I just recently purchased my first Cayuga ducks from someone who is downsizing their flock for winter, I bought 2 hens and a drake they are about 2 years old. When I purchased them, the person said that one of the hens had a bit of a limp, and she still has the limp right now, I went...
We have a small flock of Cornish Cross due to be processed by the end of this month. However when tending to them, we noticed on one of our roosters this skin issue? Maybe? We aren't entirely sure what it could be and Google has come up empty. Thought maybe someone here could help photos...
So I may just be over anxious being a new duck mom, but I’ve had my girl (almost 2 weeks old) for 4-5 days now, and today she started pooping straight water, and then it was water with a tiny slight soft brown poo in it, then it turned to this??? They had strawberries and tomatoes today, so I’m...
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Some of my fluffy butts are poopy butts, so I took a sample in to the vet today for a fecal exam. They found some coccidia (not a crazy amount). So I picked up some medicated feed today - thinking it would treated with amprolium but it's actually monensin. Can I use this an adult...
I’m buying a home that comes with a large coop and about 30 chickens. My wife and I choose to take over the previous owners flock as we didn’t want the birds to be possibly butchered. We currently have three 1 year old Australorps that are quite healthy. However we’ve moved three states this...
I would suggest that we in this forum have a sticky thread that serves as a digital ER - at least the best we can. It should be a sticky because I have seen too many emergency threads not get the attention they need simply because, in their distress, folks can't verbalize and be descriptive...
Recently a fox got into our backyard and killed one of our ducks and injured the other, a little over a year old khaki Campbell. We originally thought most of the wounds were surface level and a broken wing and we thought in her distress after the incident that she was better left alone than us...
Our poor Red Orpington "Scarlett" was severely injured on her side, while we was away. She was badly over mated by our Rhode Island Red rooster. It is a very deep and gruesome wound. If anyone has any good medical advice for this, Please Share.
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I have this lone duckling who will be staying with me for a few weeks. It’s a long story, but so far he has been doing excellent! Great eater, great pooper!
I just took him out of his bath and noticed his eye like this. I haven’t heard any sort of congestion or wheezing and he is...