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  1. S

    Damaged rooster

    About 3 days ago my flock was attacked by two foxes. We have 5 left of 10. 3 are healthy 1 who is bandaged up and on her way to healing. My rooster on the other hand has one puncture wound to his crown, he cannot walk and connect stand on his own. His head hangs down like he does not have the...
  2. H

    Duck Lethargic, Shaking, and Refusing Food/Water - HELP!

    We've got a young (about 14 weeks old, not laying yet) female runner duck who is very lethargic (hiding, standing away from the flock, standing hunched up, not walking around with everyone, not foraging), shaking like she's cold (outside temp is 64 and headed towards 82), and refusing food and...
    • Humble Shack Farm
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    • antibiotics hiding lethargic duck not drinking not eating shaking sick duck voice change
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. CherryCord

    Day Old Duckling Not Eating Or Drinking

    Okay so starters this little guy had some issues hatching. I don't know what happened exactly but when it pipped externally there was blood on the membrane. A good bit of it. If I had to guess I think it tried to hatch too early. As when it did hatch it had not fully absorbed the yolk and what...
    • CherryCord
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    • #helpasap day old ducklings duckling hatching issues help not drinking not eating
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. 6

    Egg Binding Cures: Making sure I tried everything

    Yesterday one of my hens had an impacted crop. I dealt with it like I usually do, and have been able to cure them every time. That same day, around 12 pm, she began to act like herself and went into the hen house to lay...However, she did not lay. Later that evening she began to sit around. I...
    • 624444
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    • crop binding crop bulge crop impacted egg binding egg bound laying down a lot lethargic not eating sick 1+ year old hen treating
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  5. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Hen Off Feed With Swollen Crop and Small Greenish Poops

    My 2.5 y/o Barred Rock didn't come out of the coop this morning, which was a red flag. Upon coaxing her out, I found her crop to be soft and swollen, and noticed her poops were a slimy yellowish-green. Here's some more info: History: she had recently started slowing down laying this summer, and...
  6. SomeRandomGooseLady

    Please help! My goose won't eat and only drinks water

    My goose who is around 4 months old is not eating, she will try to eat but then shake her head. Even the softest of food she'll shake her head at. The good thing is that she is drinking water, but still I am very concerned for her. We've made her a mixture of lettuce and squash for her to drink...
  7. Diveks

    Day old chick don’t like starter any advice?

    Hello, in my previous thread i had an incubating issues where one of my bators had heating issues where it kept dropping in temperature. Well i also lost a lot of eggs from shipping issues and only had one hatch out. Don’t worry this week some more should hatch out from a different batch, im not...
  8. A

    Lethargic chick won’t eat

    Hi everyone, I have a chick who is 1 week old today and she has not been eating. She is very lethargic and closes her eyes if we leave her alone, though she perks up if we touch her or if she finds herself falling. She has Spraddled Legs, which we have put a bandage on her for, so she is a...
  9. phiababy87

    Sour crop & she isn’t eating!!

    My 3 year chicken “ Houdini” old developed sour crop, which I noticed almost a week now. 7/1/21- I lifted the food the night before & in the morning her crop was still full & she was lethargic. Took her out of the coop & went to administering garlic water every few hours. massages the pouch...
  10. K

    Chick is sad

    Yesterday, one of my two chicks died. I got them from a pet store and were sick when we picked them up. The male chicken has blue around his eyes and his eyes are shut with mucus. I used Q tips that were dipped in warm water to try to remove them, but its still there. I try to do it often. He is...
  11. V1P3R

    Newly aquired Goose not eating. HELP!

    Good day guys, I'm new here in the forum, but have been visiting the site for some years. I just acquired a goose, I think it's a Chinese Goose. She is 6 months old. I got her from some people who are leaving the island and cannot travel with all they backyard chickens. Since we got her on...
  12. Harun

    Hens not eating or drinking

    Sup. I'm still on the same topic of these 2 new and problematic Rhode Island Red hens. These girls will not eat their food! I give them crumbles in a bowl and evem out of my hand and they seem so disinterested. I don't understand what's wrong with them. Their crop is empty almost all day, they...
  13. W

    Lame 2 week old turkey poult with swollen throat

    (Reposted here as i posted this in turkey thread before seeing this section sorry) Hello! My 2 week old bronze turkey poult Beans has started kind of gagging and choking last night? He kept sticking his throat out with his mouth open and gurgling so I wasn’t sure if he was choking or something...
  14. P

    Chicken hasnt ever laid, not eating or pooping

    I have a hen who isn't eating much other than melons and cucumber. Doesn't show interest in dry feed, or fermented. She is only passing water and a small amount of green poo. Lost a lot of weight but still responsive and walking around but she spends a lot of time just sitting alone. I've...
  15. Goosebaby

    Albendazole dosage/ goose with progressive limp

    My 9 month old gander began limping on March 2, I didn’t think much of it because he got into a squabble with one of the other boys and I figured he just needed resting. His limp progressed, his left hock was slightly inflamed after a few days and I noticed he was losing weight so I thought he...
    • Goosebaby
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    • balance cant walk goose limp not eating nuerological sick unable to walk uncoordinated gait
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Geese
  16. N

    HELP please!

    Hi! I'm new here and to birds. I have a question about my duck. She is almost a year old and her and her sisters just started laying. I noticed Dusty was acting off so I brought her into the house. After some checking and research we came to the conclusion she was egg bound. After trying some of...
    • Nikanas
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    • egg bound not eating
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. 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...
  18. BonNuit

    Food and water amounts for sick/recovering rooster

    Looking for wisdom from those more experienced. My roo, Otis, ended up with severe frostbite on his combs (one part actually came off -- and was collapsing in the coop. When I brought him inside, he just sat motionless and only drank if I dropper hydrated or put his beak in the water. He took...
  19. E

    Help! Chook isnt walking, eating or drinking

    One of my chooks has recently stopped eating, has become more timid and lethargic and her feet seem to be having trouble walking/curling up when she sits down. I have brought food and water to her, but she doesn't eat or drink. I am unsure how old she is, as we adopted her from a friend. She was...
  20. 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...
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