Hi all! Long-time member of the Backyard flock and I want to take a moment to thank you all for your posts in the past because I have solved almost every chicken problem I've had with this site. However, I haven't found one pertaining to my situation this time so I have to make my own.
I have a...
Hi guys, so I need help. One of my hens was acting strangely this morning, so i brought her inside because I thought it was cold, and she is doing better. BUT, she still isn't eating or drinking much, and is lethargic. She isn't pooping much either. Her stomach area seems somewhat swollen and...
She is a 1 1/2 yr old Orpington/sikie/sussex mixed breed from my flock and she has been a sweet girl. She has been separating herself away from the flock for last couple weeks. About a week ago she went into the smaller coop where I keep the 6 rescued chickens from my neighbor to get them...
I am in North AL. I have a 14 week old Silkie. I noticed yesterday when I got scratch out for the flock, she didn’t run over like she usually does. I actually only saw her eat 3 pieces. She was just sitting all fluffed up later, so I brought her to the basement thinking she was cold. Her crop...
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My dove is 3 years old male. He is usually a bit heavy and round around the breast. However, today he feels very light. I weighed him and he's about 109 grams. He definitely lost weight and I noticed that he is not eating, but is activie and cooing.
I'd like to add that he got a new mate...
My female goose lost her mate about a week ago at first she was swimming eating and drinking but now she just sits and refuses to eat or drink she is starting to get weak I brought her inside because I live in Ohio and the temperatures are at freezing can anyone give me advice on what to do for...
One of my approx 2 year old hens has become very lethargic in the past couple of hours.
She seemed fine earlier today, running, eating, drinking,etc.
In the past couple of hours she has become very lethargic, just sitting, not eating or drinking, barely enthused or strong enough to even eat a...
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This is my first year having chickens. We have 8 white leghorns, all females, under a year old and they started laying early summer, this year. One is definitely not acting normal and I want to try and find out what's wrong with her / what I can do to help. We can't go to the vet. I'll try...
I have six hens but one is not eating the feed. I don't believe this is a new phenomenon as she is the smallest. I am feeding all six grower pellets because she is not laying yet.
She will eat everything (watermelon, corn cobs, scratch, grapes, etc..) but not the feed. This morning I even...
Hello, ive wanted chickens for years and my parents finally got me some. I started with 5 baby chickens but we had to give one away because he was a rooster so then we we were left with 4 hens, unfortunately one is sick!! Her name is Pretty Girl and she has always been a smaller chicken than the...
So our friends brought their dog over and let her off of the leash because she stays pretty close to them. Our hens are free range and weren’t anywhere nearby at the time so we didn’t think much of it. A little while later we heard chickens screaming on the other side of the house. Murphy (the...
I got two hens Sunday both 6-7 months old. One has definitely taken the role of dominant and been aggressive towards the other although I didn't work too much about it since I know they need to establish a pecking order. But now the submissive one has taken refugee in the coop and refuses to...
Okay, my neighbor has a turkey under a year old. A little over a week ago, I was informed that he had Black head disease (diagnosed by my neighbor). He said he had yellow poop and he had stopped eating, but still drinking and still up and around.
Some background: he has one small pen and he...
Hi one of our barred rock chicks is very sick. We got her from tractor supply. This is the first time we have raised chicks so I am very new at this. She is about 7-8 weeks old and a couple days of ago my husband just found her laying in the coop unable to stand up. Just before this they were...
A couple days ago I noticed my EE was lethargic. She also had runny poops that were green and sometimes yellow. I brought her inside yesterday along with her sister that never leaves her side. She wasn't eating but was drinking.
During the night she would just cluck every once and a while...
i bought 25 day olds, will be 2 weeks on Tuesday and they seem sick this morning.
They have been doing so well, eating and drinking and growing but this morning several of them seem lacklustre and just laying around sleeping runny, watery poop. Is this coccidiosis?
They are on medicated turkey...
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My silkie is roughly 8 months old. She is usually very lively, running around and playing with the other chickens. However, she has not eaten for 3 days, is always last out of the coop in the morning and when she's out she usually sits alone and doesn't move around much. I have checked her...
Hi all, sorry for the long post but some details might be important!
My flock of chickens were attacked by a dog on Monday, my boyfriend was able to pull the dog off one of the hens and scare it away just in time, however a different one of the young Ameraucana hens (born late April 2017) went...
Hi I have had my 3 Cayuga Muscovy mules for 48 hrs. They have a large pen, shade, a dog kennel and a pool. They seem settled and are drinking and swimming. They haven't eaten though! I have tried duck pellets, they didn't eat them so I soaked them. Nope. Soaked wheat. Nope. Chopped fruit. Nope...
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...