rattling

Yesterday I saw a baby chick for sale, it was somewhat big for a baby chick (still it was definitely a baby chick, around a week old at most) and it was quite active so I thought that it'd be a healthy one. When i got the chick home, which was at night I put it to sleep and turned on a heater...

When I got home from work today to let my chickens out I noticed Lucky wheezing as she was running with the flock. She was clearly having a hard time breathing, slightly stretching her neck out with her mouth opened. Tonight I was able to grab her to look into her mouth and throat. When holding...

Hey all! New to posting on BYC, but I've been lurking for awhile. I live in Israel and have 3 new hens who all moved in 8 days ago. All the 'local' breed, about 7 months old. They are, apparently, all egglayers and were all vaccinated as chicks. We are fairly new to the backyard chicken game...

Hello, I have a Rhode Island Red hen that literally showed up on my doorstep 3 years ago. She was already full grown and laying. Seemed very healthy. She has never had any issues with health until recently. This past January (3 months ago), she became very lethargic, wouldn't eat or drink...

Hi all. So a couple of my hens have started coughing / sneezing. There is no eye or nasal discharge. They are all eating, drinking and laying normally. The one hen tonight started rattling when breathing (see video). Again, no swelling or discharge anywhere. Any ideas what this could be? I...

Hi all, We are new to chicken diseases but have had chickens for over a year now. Here’s the situation. We own three chickens and we got three more recently. They are in the same pen now but are separate from each other. All of them came from the same local farmer. There is a cream leg bar in...