neck injury

  1. S

    Silkie chick swollen featherless neck pecking wound pictures included

    4-5 week old silkie chick. Developed small wound weeks ago assumed from pecking dispute due to small brooder. Only two chicks in brooder. Both placed in very large brooder, site cleansed and Neosporin, and no pick applied. Feathers appeared to be filling back in, 3 days ago feathers spear to be...
  2. M

    Polish Bantam Chick Neck/Head Problems: What I Learned + Thank You

    This post is a post-mortem of my experience with a week-old polish bantam female chick that could not hold it’s head up and could not drink water. After 3 days of trying several tactics to keep the bird hydrated and fed, I paid $200 to a veterinarian to try to diagnose the problem, ultimately...
  3. K

    Large wound on hens neck***WARNING PHOTO***

    It’s going on 4 days now since 4 of my hens were attacked, 3 of which died. The one that survived has a large open wound on the back of her neck. I’m pretty sure I interrupted whatever animal it was that was attacking my hens because the bodies were still warm and one was still alive. I...
  4. W

    Quail chick curled toes neck twisted can't walk just flops.

    7th Quail chick curled toes neck twisted can't walk just flops. It thiss is my first batch and other ones are perfect this little guy finally broke free the moment I decided to help him cause he looked like his head was upside down in egg and he struggled in the same spot. Been when he broke...
  5. Shaycres

    Help! What's wrong with my goose?

    Yesterday my goose was perfectly normal. Today I got home from work and she seems to have a very crooked neck. What's wrong with her, and what do I do?
  6. tswanick

    Chicken head caught in solar powered door

    Greetings All, Last night, while I watched from the porch, two chickened lingered at the door at dusk. The door started coming down and one chicken seemed to feel it on her back and came out of the coop, the second chicken wasn't so lucky. The door seemed to hesitate on the back on the...
  7. J

    Injured 5 year-old rooster (neck?)

    My 5 year-old rooster is now inside of our rehab cage in the garage away from the coop. He has always been ornery and aggressive to others, and would rarely charge and try to stick me. He has calmed down over the years after being dethroned from the head of the flock after running the roost for...
  8. izzybe3

    HELP! Baby chick’s neck hurting!

    Woke up to one of my baby chicks crying and she’s very uncomfortable! We moved her to another box and I can’t tell if anything’s wrong with her neck. She’s 8 weeks old and she’s a bantam. She’s in pain and i don’t know what to do, please help!
  9. Thechickentrainer1999

    Bleeding on neck

    I just noticed that a few of my younger hens have started pecking and jumping on one of my older hens and I went to check her out and noticed that she had been scratched on the back of the neck and had some blood coming out. As far as I know it's not too serious but is there anything I can do to...
  10. FionaRose

    Behavior Change In Rooster

    Hello! I was hoping to get some insight as soon as possible on an issue I’ve noticed in my rooster. He’s always been a very good bird, watching out for his flock and keeping them healthy. A few days ago they were unfortunately attacked for the first time out in the yard. We don’t know what...
  11. MothaClucker0403

    Injured Duck Neck - Side to Side Movement

    Hey all! Thanks in advance for any help you can offer for this one! Our female Khaki Campbell, Scoot, was attacked by our puppy a week and a half ago - preventative measures have been taken to keep it from happening again! Amazingly, Scoot made it through, despite having a puncture wound on the...
  12. Fireflylane

    Injured rooster

    Hello as some of you know my rooster was almost killed by another rooster of mine. Its been 2 or 3 days now and hes still drinking not yet eating and his neck still has a s curve in it. He allows me to straighten it out with mild discomfort but he doesnt really straighten it out himself it also...
  13. N

    Infection/ feather loss on chicks neck

    My silkie Lola is a 5 weeks old and has a sibling Lolita. I got them from family, farm & home and noticed no issues but put them both in a brooder by themselves (they were bigger than the other chicks by a lot). Recently we got 3 small Rodies from the same place and put them in with Lola and...
  14. H

    Post-Predator (Dog?) Attack: Mute Chicken Survivor

    I regret to say that I attended a wedding last weekend and came back around 11pm to close my free-ranging chickens in their coop. I was horrified to come home and find: first, what I perceived to be a skunk slither out of one of the nesting boxes; second, several chicken corpses within a 20-ft...
  15. Daedalus

    Duck died from unknown cause

    Hey, I was hoping someone could give me some insight. I lost a duck hen quite traumatically the other day. Somewhere between probably one and five o clock in the evening. I found her right next to my run with her neck completely torn up. Not a certain part of her neck but everywhere from the...
  16. rusty acres

    Severe neck wound

    Today I noticed one of my Speckled Sussex was lagging behind the others off by herself. Usually she is with the other SS. She kept her distance from the others on the several occasions I observed this afternoon, so I was concerned she might be sick. Tonight I went to check on them after they'd...
  17. Motherhen93

    Raccoon attack HELP!!! Photos

    Had a break in and my super chicken Ginger got seriously injured. She is a very strong hen so before you doubt her just know she is a survivor. I need to know if i should say goodbye or keep treating. The sitch: She has been treated for 5 days With saline rinses, vetricyn, amoxicillin, aspirin...
  18. N

    Bobcat trapped in chicken coop

    My Rooster Buck was injured by a bobcat that somehow got in chicken coop but couldn't get out. He's breathing through his mouth which he keeps opened , his eyes are closed and he won't open them, I tried to put water in his mouth but it makes his breathing gurgles. I think his neck may be hurt...
  19. Red White & Belews

    Duck neck issue

    This morning my Khaki Campbell duck looked fine. This evening I found her like this. Her neck will not straighten and one of her eyes looks clogged up. Could this be wry neck? No other ducks are showing symptoms.
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