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Hello all, I’m back, though unfortunately not under better circumstances. Another one of my hens, 3 year old Barred Rock Luela, seemed to contract a mysterious illness. Over the course of last week, she seemed to slow down and not keep up with the flock as usual. I didn’t think much of it...

Hi! I just got 6 ducklings yesterday morning in the mail from Metzer hatchery, they hatched Tuesday morning. All were doing well yesterday, then today I noticed one of my Welsh Harlequins acting off. She’s the smallest out of the bunch, too small it seems. She’s constantly chirping, it’s pretty...

One of my hens was dealing with impacted crop she isn’t anymore. But she doesn’t have much of an appetite and it’s concerning me because shes underweight. I’m not sure what’s going on or what can be wrong. I believe it’s a crop issue more than impacted/sour crop. She isn’t really eating feed...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Cream Crested Legbar, 14/15 week old pullet, very under weight (judged by prominence of keel bone) 2) What is the behaviour, exactly. Lethargic, puffed up, tail droopy, wings away from body...

Hi all, I have a 15 week old pullet. Noticed some watery poop from her yesterday, and today she seemed a little less active/slightly lethargic so I separated her and brought her into the house. Outside she was standing around, head tucked down and in. Her stool is watery, and the occasional one...

I recently posted about my 2.5 y/o bantam rooster, who had de-spurred himself. That all has healed up well but something more is off about him and I can't figure out what. A few days before that incident I noticed him slowing down--ex. being slower to leave the run when I let everyone out to...

We bought our chicken not too long ago, we bought 2 and not too long after we bought them Rosey (out of nowhere) died. She was very up and going the day before, and then out of the blue she just laid down and wouldn’t move and closed her eyes and couldnt hold her head up. I tried feeding her...

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...

My little Barred Rock, Betty, was acting strange Sunday afternoon. She was walking but a little wobbly and I noticed her neck tucked down, she was a little puffed up, and her comb, wattles, & face were very pale. So I brought her inside and put her in a pet carrier with food and water which she...

2 weeks ago, my favorite hen--a tiny 17-month old EE named "Easter" (creative, I know)--was diagnosed with EYP. She didn't have the classic presentation: swollen belly, fluffed up behavior, weight loss, etc., but was diagnosed via x-ray. Initially, I brought her to the vet because a soft-shell...

My black australorp has been acting off for the last 10 days. She skipped laying eggs for 3 days straight which is not normal, then the 4th and 5th day laid soft shell eggs (not in the nesting box). She has not laid since for 5 days now. She has been acting very lethargic sitting most of the...

I recently noticed that our 1 year old GLD--one of our sassiest/most vibrant--started going to bed with an empty crop. She was always on of the ones with almost a tennis ball-sized crop at night so I knew something was amiss. I monitored her for a few days and she was showing signs of some...

Good morning, My little Easter Egger has been acting weird for the past 10 days. I noticed she had started losing weight and wasn’t as interested in her food as she usually was. There was some unusual pecking behavior , but she had been laying consistently and drinking tons of water. I have 5...

our 6 month old jersey giant has been hiding out on her own for three days. We had another hen get sick a month or two ago and recover after a day so we weren’t too worried at first. But now her normally bright red comb seems to be darkening and she’s really low energy. I thought it looked...

Help. My 2-week-old golden penciled hamburg was listless and sleeping standing up for 24 hours or so. She also didn't grow at the same rate as her flock. She was not drinking unless I spoon-fed her. She died 48 hrs later. All my chickens were vaccinated from Coccidiosis and Marek's. I read...

Pearl barely eats if at all for the past few days. She even stopped eating treats. I checked her abdomen for any hard lumps (eggs) and felt nothing. Her crop isn't swollen or gurgling. I gave her antibiotics yesterday and today her poop is akin to tar. I did put a chicken near her at one point...

I have this 2 year old silkie hen that, until now, I was pretty sure she was egg bound. She has never had a problem laying eggs until recently when the cold weather really hit. I figured it was stress from the cold and set up the heat lamps for the pens. Well, 2 days ago at about 7:15, I went...

Hi All, I have been looking through the forum but my chickens illness doesnt seem to match up.. I have four isa browns, under 3 years old. One girl is very unwell for the past 4-5 days. She laid an egg with no shell (just membrane and yolk) about 5 days ago, and then another one two days...

Help! I'm new to owning and caring for backyard chickens...my lavender orpington is 10 weeks old. This morning we went to the coop and she was very puffed up and her feathers looked very unkempt. She has had a couple loose stools, little to no appetite, not moving around much. She will drink a...

Hi everyone, so 10/27 I took Nani to the vet and sadly received an EYP diagnosis, exactly 3 weeks after I discovered something was off with her and along the way I've treated her for many different things trying to rule it all out. (She is a 2.5 y/o RIR who free ranges 24/7 and I don't even see...