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  1. M

    Please help! Duck has a difficult time breathing through mouth, and is making wheezing and hiccuping sounds

    Please help! For the past week or so, my Cayuga (7 months old) has been breathing through her mouth. She hasn't been lethargic, and she doesn't stray away from the other ducks like she would if she were sick, so we thought it would go away in time. Today, her wheezing has gotten worse, and she's...
    • Maggielee
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    • difficulties swallowing difficulty breathing duck breathing ducks help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 help appreciated please advise please don't die please help me please help!
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. M

    Any clue what breed this baby is?

    We’ve now had this baby for a little over a week.. guessing age is about 3-4 weeks old. Found abandoned with no mother or babies in sight and wouldn’t leave us. Was very human attached and wasn’t foraging or drinking any water that was nearby…but devoured when given by human..Based on behavior...
    • Misswitty88
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    • black duckling breed please help!
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. C

    First time hatcher 29 days no external pips help!

    I have four mix duck eggs on day 29 in my incubator. They have all been internally pipped or 24 hrs and a couple are rocking an tapping. When candeled you can see them moving and trying. But everything I've read say if they have externally pipped after 24 hrs of had internally pipped I should...
    • Cr8zybirbl8dy
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    • ducks hatch first time hatch please help!
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. The chicken Hatcher

    Duckling with an abnormal beak and underbite

    Hello. I have a hen who decided to hatch a duck but only one made it. A day after he hatched, a good portion of the top of his bill was ripped off. No Idea what happened. Its healed now and is filled in, but now the bill is growing invery strange position. He has an under bite Is this going...
  5. T

    Small problem...

    I have worked hard for about a week to prepare a small makeshift coop inside of a larger coop and run that is unsafe. I have. A wire dog crate that I made sides for and a small hardware cloth run coming off of it. Well, I put the final touches on it thus afternoon and planned on moving my broody...
    • T-R-O-U-B-L-E
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    • ants in coop broodie hen chicks on the way cochin bantam day 16 permithrin please help!
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  6. A

    Weird growth/infection on hen lower/mid back

    My chicken, Lagertha, who is a true whiting, has a weird bump on her back kinda behind her left wing. I've done some research and at first thought, it was her oil gland but now not so sure because it is a bit redder and swollen than the other photos I saw. Another thing I read it might be was an...
  7. FunClucks

    Have the chickens, now I need a coop. Please help!!!

    I have 8 baby chicks, maybe a week or two old (got them from Rural King right after birth). I had a pre-fab coop with run picked out, and was planning on adding another big run to give me 80 ft of ground space, but reading on here realized that there wouldn't be enough space in the coop area...
  8. R

    Avian pox or respiratory illness

    Hi, I've had a respiratory illness running through my flock. I'm based in asia. Symptoms watery nose, sneezing coughing. A couple have developed one eye closed. A couple smelt a little off. Some have had thick mucus. I have about 22 chickens. A couple have also developed black spots on their...
  9. Meganblairbare

    Hi I hope this is ok to post here.

  10. A

    HELP! Rooster with swollen face

    I noticed my roosters face was swollen yesterday. It gets pale sometimes too. He eats and drinks just fine, but he is a little slower or tired more. Like he falls asleep standing up. He also sinks he’s neck into his chest. He’s not doing it as much as yesterday though. I should mention that he...
  11. S

    Suddenly Sick 4-month old Silkie

    Hello, I am a first year silkie Mom and I have a terribly sick chick. She had no signs or symptoms until Monday afternoon I found her laying down in the straw. I picked her up and her head was drooping, eyes shut, could not balance, her mouth was also full of crumbles. I pulled the crumbles out...
  12. Z

    Chicken Salpingectomy:help!

    Hi all! My sweet hen has been having recurring problems with laying eggs and our vet recommended that she get a Salpingectomy(chicken hysterectomy). Unfortunately I don’t have the money($3500) to get this surgery for her right now:( I am posting on here because I wonder if maybe someone has had...
  13. MasterOfAllChickens111

    What gender is this chick?

  14. faylinnc

    Duck won't open eye?!

    Hello, I have a female pekin duck. One of her eyes is sealed shut and she won't open it. There's no signs of it being irritated, besides a little blob of puss that I gently removed earlier. I don't know what happened to her, maybe something got into her eye? Please help me out and figure out...
  15. blackandtan

    URGENT!! Broilers not thriving

    After always reading about other folks troubles, it’s finally my turn! I’ve had many batches of chicks over the years and I’ve only rarely lost one when they’re small; I buy from a reputable hatchery, they all arrived seemingly healthy, I have 20 broilers and 6 poults in the brooder, they’re 6...
  16. lil bird lady1

    Lethargic chicks please help

    Silkie chicks, 10 weeks old, runny diarrhea, acting extremely lethargic, losing balance and falling over, dry eye and reluctant to open eyes, wings drooping when they walk, staring at the ground and reluctant to look up. One chick has already died from this, when they dies they were vomiting...
  17. lil bird lady1

    Hen with beak/jaw broken but still attached

    It's a blue silkie hen who has had crooked beak her whole life and has been just fine. Shes almost a year old. I woke up this morning and went out to go let the birds out and somehow her bottom beak looked like it was missing I took a closer look and her beak isnt gone, it looks like her jaw...
  18. Mwitt34

    Strange sickness need help ASAP.

    Hi everyone! We have a super sick hen here and we desperately need the community’s help to help figure out what’s wrong with her. She’s 4 1/2 year buff Orpington. Absolutely the sweetest cuddliest Most loving hen ever. So we’re doing all we can to keep her with us. Short version/ her symptoms...
  19. M

    Please Help! my duck is injured and i have no idea what is wrong with him

    My duck was recently was injured when a few raccoons go into my chicken coop and killed all of my chickens he was the only one left alive and as of now he is still eating and drinking consistently. He had a few puncture wounds in his chest but they have since healed. My main concern is that he...
  20. I

    Please help will my chicks die?

    I gave my mixture of 21 3-4 week old chicks un pitted cherries about 10 of them without thinking then i looked it up that the pits were toxic so I went in the pen and only found 4 Cherrie pits will the chicks be okay I'm so scared
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