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  1. K

    Chick emergency!

    I have a chick that's about 2 days old. She can't stand up and she just face-plants and scoots around. The other chicks were trampling her so we took her inside with a heat lamp. She can walk, but only with assistance. She also won't eat or drink by herself, we put a little bit of yolk or water...
  2. V

    Not Eating or Drinking After Swallowing Latex Glove... Please Help

    Hi. Our 3 months old hen Vader stopped eating and drinking almost two days ago. She had a warm little coop in the patio but recently we moved her inside the house as it got rainy and colder. We noticed a glove was missing yesterday and suspected that she had swallowed an entire latex glove and...
  3. Hiyaherc

    Sick Hen

    Hello Everyone and Happy New Year, I have a sick 7 year old hen. Suzie in the fall went through a full molt. After she came out of the molt she went broody for the first time which we ended up disrupting since the eggs were not fertile. She was separated from the rest of the flock until she...
  4. Z

    My girl is lethargic, molting and not eating or drinking

    I raise all of my chickens as pets, eggs are secondary. Anyway, Skye is about four now, an Orpington. She's my favorite and my oldest girl since her sisters have passed. She is normally quite rambunctious and picks on the others but has always been gentle and cuddlier to me. She's going through...
  5. pepparaaraa

    Dark green poop, lethargic and not eating/drinking... HELP!

    Hi, I noticed at the end of last week one of my hens drinking but not eating, she was standing on her own puffed up and tail down. I brought her in on Sunday as she had stayed in the coop with the water and food within reach as I was away for a night... when I returned she hadn’t even moved or...
  6. S

    Pale Comb and Not Eating..What Should I Do?

    My hen is around a year old, and I have her in a pen with four other hens of varioud breeds. She’s the smallest hen and recently she’s been stuck on her laying spot, and I haven’t seen her eating or drinking when I’m around. She also hasn’t been laying any eggs for over two weeks and has a...
  7. T

    Hen suddenly ill - staggering, not eating, not drinking, very sleepy

    Hello - we rescued 4 commercial barn hens 3 weeks ago (our first ever). 1 has been bullied badly (ironic as she is the largest, with most feathers - but is also the most timid and very sweet) and we have had to intervene a couple of times. The last 2 nights we’ve gone to lock them in the coop...
  8. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    SOS! Hen Suddenly Lethargic

    This morning my normally bossy, loudmouthed, super hungry, energetic hen (who happens to be the boss of the flock) was standing very still with pale combs and wattles. She wasn't interested in me coming out which was a red flag, nor was she responsive to treats--another HUGE red flag. Just last...
  9. R

    New chicken - is she sick?? Help!

    Hi all, Three days ago I bought a new silkie and araucana from a local breeder. We have a flock of 10 other birds (bantams, silkies, polish, rhode island reds). The araucana appears to have settled in fine, although still getting pecked a bit, however I am really worried about the new silkie...
  10. LunaMarieWolf

    Help with baby chick! Please help!!

    Last night I had something get in and kill 7 of my 10 baby chicks. I moved them inside and have been giving them some TLC but one of the chicks doesn't want to move. It just sits on the ground while its sisters walk right over it. I have been trying for the past 14 hours to get this chick to...
  11. B

    1y.o. RIR not eating or drinking, her sis died

    Hello - So had 1 of 5 RIR die about a week ago. Only 1y.o. in good health as far as I know. Suspected gander had killed her as he is obnoxious during mating season and he sleeps separate from hens at night because of this. Dunno if was him though. Found her at dusk by coop when went out...
  12. T

    Olive egger chicks

    Hi! So I got two baby chicks, olive Eggers mixed with a maran. They're about 7days old? One is older and I think it's the black one... The grey/white one is energetic, healthy, eats, drinks, poops, squeaks, etc. But the black one which we got just yesteeday and brought home doesn't seem All...
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    • baby chick baby chick 0-1 week old and up help asap not drinking not eating not moving not normal not walking please advise what can i do
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  13. Chewbagawk

    Pale, Very Tired/Lethargic Chicken

    UPDATE: My hen has since passed. Feel free to post what you think it could have been, and any steps you think I should take for my other two hens (who aren't currently exhibiting any symptoms). This is the third member of my original flock (which I'll now probably add to; yay?) that's died in...
  14. toriyr

    New flock | one chicken not moving, eating or drinking

    Hi there everyone, I know similar threads have been started here about the same subject, but I'm a very new backyard chicken enthusiast so any help would be much appreciated! I went out and got four chickens from a reputable breeder on the weekend just passed, all wormed and vaccinated. Have...
  15. EKemper1

    Emergency! RIR Age 3 yrs Hard lump on chest, and losing weight.

    My Rhode Island Red, Chocobo, has developed a lump on her chest. It is soft on the bottom but hard at the top. She went into molt a week ago, since then she has been exhausted and not eating. I thought it was a combination of the molt and the heat, and treated her for such. Vitamins, protein...
  16. Eggs82

    Rooster not himself

    So yesterday afternoon I noticed my rooster put himself to bed early. He went into the coop a couple hours before all my hens, before that he had been acting fine all day. So this morning When I let the hens out he stayed inside, he’s usually the first one out. He hasn’t crowed all morning, he’s...
  17. T

    No egg shell and mildly lethargic

    Today I had an egg without a shell. I know this happens when the hen doesn't have enough calcium. I've added more oyster shells in the coop to rectify the issue and provided some plain yoghurt. My concern is that one hen was milfky lethargic. Not eating her favourite food (corn) and not too...
  18. Bougiechicks

    Yellow Poop After Eating Yolk?

    Hello! My chick was fed egg yolk yesterday and this morning had a normal looking, but yellow poop with some liquid. Is this normal? It has only happened once so far. She hasn’t been drinking a ton of water so I keep bringing it to her, but eats fine and acts normal. Thank you. 1) What type of...
  19. HuskerHens18

    Why do chickens stop drinking after it rains?

    This is simply a curious question. This summer it's been super hot, 105° even after the sun is down, yet we've gotten lots of rain (thankfully). I have noticed, that the day AFTER it rains, my chickens don't drink anything. There's no puddles in their run so I know they aren't drinking off...
  20. H

    1 of my chickens have died and the next is looking ill. Please Help

    Thank you for reading, Unfortunately one of our hens died almost a month ago, she was a hybrid about 3 and a half years old. Her comb was very pale and she would just stand with her eyes closed not joining in with the other chickens and not eating or drinking. Another one of our hens of the...
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