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  1. Hopethehen

    Help! Hen breathing weird...

    I have four hens, two a year old, but for the other two it’s their first summer! One of them seems fine, but my other (chocolate orpington) seems to be breathing really badly!! She’s panting nonstop, and I gave her grass and she ‘ate’ it but it came back up and she started coughing... she’s...
  2. Walkbarefoot

    Hen or Roo?

    thoughts??? I have a gut feeling... but really hoping hen!!
  3. barksy

    Tylan powder help and dosage

    Hello everyone, I have a sneeze going around the coop and I can’t get Tylan injectables here. I do have Tylan powder. Can someone help with the dosage for -Average size bird -silkie -8 week old chicks Thank you
  4. Peyton3498

    Are our baby ducks OK?

    Hi, I am new to the community as we just got two baby ISA browns and two white pekin ducks. All between one and two weeks old, they are currently inside under a heat lamp. they have a constant supply of water and are being feed Purina start and grow feed. Whenever the ducks eat they shake there...
    • Peyton3498
    • Thread
    • duck emergancy isa brown pekin duck please help
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. LoveDatChickenLife

    Help! Hens in danger

    My full size rooster is too big to hold. I don’t want him anymore! He pulls out the other hens feathers, he attacks me and my family, and everyone is scared to go out there because of him. How do I stop him from hurting them until I get rid of him? How do I make him stop attacking me? ....and...
  6. JillMicheleDavis

    Hamilton Twp, New Jersey

    Hi everyone, I was recently told by my township that I have to “get rid of” my 9 beautiful hens. Apparently there’s a setback issue that we were not aware of and my family is heartbroken. When I asked what I should do, the township zoning officer Michael Cosma told me to “cook em”... which is...
  7. A

    please help now one duckling hatched early

    i read about it and about egg wrapping, i however dont have a fancy humidifer or incubator i do have a duckling i have to save and a heat blanket and small heat lamp led i have wrapped him or her up and i need specifics, should it be completely enclosed or hve na opening? ets please ive a broen...
  8. TheChicksinc

    HELP ME PLEASE!!!

    I just got a Some chicks at the local feed store yesterday they were all fine peeping like normal and doing normal chick things but today (the next day) one of them a crested polish is suddenly not doing to hot. It won’t stand like normal and had its eyes closed all the time aside from once in a...
  9. Dumpling&chicken-nugget

    Noisy and lonely baby chick

    I have been letting my broody hens sit on some of the eggs and so far 2 have hatched but they were a week apart. I had 3 broody hens at the time and they LOVE the first chick that hatched. They all think they are the mothers of it but never fight over it. When the second chick hatched the hens...
  10. Liv_loves_chickens

    Heat Lamp for silkies Yes/No?

    Hi everyone! I was wondering what your guys thoughts were on Heat lamps? I currently have a coop of two silkie bantams and two Australorps.If you have ever seen a silkie chicken you know that that their feathers are Very different and I am afraid that my silkies will get to cold during this...
  11. J

    Worried About my Pheasant Hen~

    I have about a 6 1/2 to 7th month old ring necked pheasant hen who has had issues defecating, as awkward as it is to post. The pheasant, Frisk, first had this issue when she was still a chick but it went away for a while yet now it has sprung back up. Whenever she defecates, she has basically...
  12. M

    Advice please... Splayed leg chick

    Hi there! You lovely chicken people are going to be sick of all of my questions this past few days, but I think that I have managed to learn a crazy amount in this past weekends about incubating/raising chicks that I ever thought possible! So, Saturday morning we had a chick hatch who had a...
  13. Tapioca

    Any Veterinarians or Vet Techs on here? Do you mind taking a quick survey for me?

    Hi! My name is Margaret and I'm currently enrolled in the agriculture program at my local community college. For my animal science class, I'm required to interview someone in an animal science career. If you're a veterinarian or a veterinary technician (or know one that would take my survey)...
    • Tapioca
    • Thread
    • agriculture animal science college interview please help school survey vet tech veterinarian veterinary technician
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Hobbies
  14. M

    Puffy/Inflated chest/breast/belly

    Hello there! People of the chicken world... I have a rather odd question for you. I have a 4 week old Sussex chick who is acting completely normal, eating, drinking, pooping, etc... However, last night I was having my nightly 'cuddle' and noticed a rather squishy large coverage of the...
  15. Liv's chickens

    Chicken with a bad limp

    Hello everyone, I noticed today that my black Easter egger was not coming out of the coop, then later today I noticed that she was limping really bad from what I could see out of the window. I went down there and was limping a lot so I took a sock in made it into a long strip that I wrapped...
  16. kris1990

    A roo can't stand on his foot

    Hey,guys,we need a little help. We have a roo that few weeks back couldn't move one of his legs and couldn't stand and he was extremely skinny. We separated him from the rest because we thought it was Mereks. For 2 weeks we were giving him vitamins and doing massages every day. We deworm our...
  17. L

    Cortnix quail

    Hello everyone! I recently was gifted three cortnix quail. I raised them for a while but it's just not working out. I live in the Minnesota twin cities area and would be willing to give them up for free. It's been fun but it's not working out. I'd be really sad to do it but I was thinking of...
    • Lcharlsen
    • Thread
    • cortnix quail for sale free minnesota please help please help! quail quail chicks
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Quail
  18. C

    Please help!

    My uncle gifted us a little tamed black chick (Googoo) a while back and I got really attached to it, I never thought about caring for a chick before it started to follow me around. Unfortunately, this morning my father discovered that it had passed away :( It got tangled in a hook from the heat...
  19. Birb Mom

    Lethargic Young Hen, Please Help!

    I am new to chicken keeping, so I am rather stressed when it comes to any possibility my chickens are sick. They are all about 4 months and relatively new to laying. Today, I let my flock out to free range like usual and all was well, but one of my Easter egger gals has suddenly fallen...
  20. H

    Chicken very ill, need urgent advice

    Hi, my family are new chicken owners. We have 2 white Sussex hens. Recently we came back from holiday and found one of the hens incredibly ill. Whilst we were away we left her with relatives (I regret this greatly now!) And I think they told us that the hens coop would leak and get wet during...
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