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Our turkey (bronze, female, long legged, no idea age but not young) has been a bit wobbly the last couple of weeks. The other day she suddenly couldn't stand up, just kept rocking back and forth, overbalancing and falling over. We took her to the vet who confirmed there was no physical injury...

I recently got my three hens about five days ago. I was told that their food should last about 4 days, but they've barely touched it. I have given them one of those blocks of corn and such (called a pecking block I think?) but I can't quite tell how much they've had because it rained which...

hi, Any advice would be helpful, been to several vets, none of which seem to know anything about geese and cant even tell me the sex. I have a goose 18mths old. A few months ago became very addressive and moody (possibly indicatig a male). But over the last 8days had completely changed. Seems...

My girl Poppy who is 17 weeks old has slowly declined over the past few weeks. I had her evaluated by our vet and after feceal analysis appeared to have worms. They gave her fluids, and we dewormed her, also put her on antibiotic just in case something else was going on. Since then (It's been 2...

Once again, I look to Backyard Chickens for help. My family noticed one of our two and a half month old silkies not moving in the run, while the others were running and scratching around. He brought him/her inside in a plastic tote. I rubbed homemade salve all over the legs, because it appeared...

i have a young leghorn 4-6 months roughly not laying yet that I know of. Found her last night not moving, huddled in the coop under the nest boxes. I thought she might be cold so I picked her up and cuddled her in my jacket for about 15 minutes. She is not normally very friendly, she is usually...

I just separated my two-year old girl from the flock because she was acting lethargic, not interested in treats and had green runny/foamy poop. Her crop felt empty. It's been above 80 degrees the last few days and I was worried that she was dehydrated and stressed from the heat. She's been...

Yesterday our speckled sussex rooster (a little over a year, under 10 lbs) was attacked by the neighbors dog. All of his tail feathers were almost ripped off, he had 2 puncture wounds above his left wing (not very deep, but a puncture). Some skin loss to his back side. We cleaned him up with...

Hello! I have had 10 baby chicks who were healthy and playing a lot but over the past couple of days they just seems to die. We now have 6 left and I'm so concerned. I have 5 baby chicks that just doesn't seems to be eating and I don't know why! I have to put their beak into water for them to...

I have theee chickens that will start laying eggs in Jan 2017. The chickens have a coop with shelter and a run. I was keping the feed unde the shelter but the chickens did not touch it. I put it in the run ate some but,would not eat it all. The chickens seam to always be pecking on the...

Hello! I am new to the community, however I've been enjoying advice from BackYard Chickens for quite some time. About 5 days ago my 2 year old hen (White Ameraucana) slowed her food intake and has been drinking excessive amounts of water for 5-15 minutes at a time. For the past 2 days she has...

I'm really hoping someone can help me understand what may be going on. I noticed a week ago that my silver sussex girl's comb was flopping to one side, although a nice shade of red. Two days ago I treated the girls to raw pumpkin seeds, some still attached to the fibrous flesh of the pumpkin. My...

HELP! I have 8 chicks, about a week old. I just got home and went in to check on them. One was sleeping and I didn't note anything of it. After I changed to water and food I noticed that the chick still hasn't moved. The other chicks were pecking it and walking on it so I picked it up and it...

Hi everyone, I have a 16 month old Dominique hen purchased from MPC last year at one day old. She was a perfectly healthy chick. I have a mixed flock of now 14 chickens, thry are in a 10×10 coop with about a 20 ft run, they free range everyday with the exception of when we are away. When she...

My awesome, strong, top-of-the-flock Australorp, Matilda, has been listless on and off for a month and the last few days she seems worse. About a month ago she was not eating much and very sedate for two days. I vet I know came by and said she feels/looks ok. She took a poop sample (it looked ok...

Due to a temp increase in & outside the chickens may have inadvertently eaten some mold in their fermented feed. They haven't eaten since in two days. Did I poison my chickens? Is there anything I can do for them? Currently they seems healthy besides not eating their feed. They are still eating...

All five of my 15 week old Barred Rocks have suddenly stopped eating for the past two days. Temps have been 10-15F warmer than previously. I though maybe their fermented feed went bad due to the temp increase, so I threw it out and made a new batch. In the meantime I gave them dry feed, but they...

I'm fairly new to raising hens, I currently have 5 in my yard. One of my hens (1 year old cream legbar) has been sitting around sleeping with her head tucked in to her body for quite a while. Several days ago I picked her up an inspected her an noticed she had lice, so I dusted her with DE. The...

Hello! I currently have a white silkie chick in the brooder, about five days old. She's drinking, but is unsteady on her feet and WILL NOT EAT. There's a heat lamp, grit, and chick feed, so I can't see a problem. The three other chicks with her (all silkies) are perfectly fine and energetic, but...

I have the most beautiful, sweetest and kind little baby Welsh Harlequin duckling, Sweet Pea, who won't eat. It's so hard to watch my loving girl and not know what's wrong with her, someone please help me! We have a White Layer male whose the same age (we bought them together from Metzer...