My beautiful and sweet sapphire gem hen - who is 18 weeks old, has been loosing function in her legs. It started with one foot and has moved to the other. She was walking on her toes when it was just one.
She is eating and drinking fine. Her poops are normal. She is the first in our flock to...
Hello, I'm quite worried about one of our roosters that we hatched out last August. He's very weak and sits hunched over and droopy. A few days ago it had snowed, so was very cold, and the day after we found him like this, as well as dragging his wings on the ground. I immediately isolated him...
Good morning everyone, I am at a loss right now as to what to do. I have some kind of upper respiratory in my flock. I have no idea where it came from. It starts out as a sneeze, then wheezing, then swollen sinuses and eyes with discharge, a coughing sound, clear-ish discharge from the mouth if...
I have a 21 week opal Legbar that I’ve noticed over the past several days was not moving around like usual, more lethargic. I noticed yesterday that she was unbalanced and not standing/walking normally so I separated her and started giving vitamins. This morning she’s even worse and can’t stand...
Hello, Yesterday I noticed that one of my hens couldn't move her legs properly. The weather has been very hot (around 100 Degrees) , so I assumed that she was just dehydrated. Today I walked in the coop and found another chicken with very slight issues with standing normal. I did some research...
I’m a first-time backyard chicken lady, and one of my black sex links has fallen ill. I noticed a few days ago she looked like a drunk chicken kind of falling over and unsure of her steps. Two days ago I picked her up at night and tried to put her on her perch and she kept falling off unable to...