My 3 year old Cayuga Drake just had a seizure, possibly a stroke. He was in his back yard cage while my husband was cleaning and he noticed he was in the corner kind of frozen. He then kind of twitched out of the stance and started walking in a circle, "stargazing". His steps are very wide as if...
this is my first time with chicks. On 7/13 I brought home 4, 2 day old chicks from a local farm store-don't know where chicks came from. I set up a brooder in an oversized clear plastic storage container, with pine shaving, water, and food (just chick starter they gave me in unmarked bag at farm...
A friend of mine found 3 ducklings wandering around her yard with no mother. She happened to bring one to my dads work, where he thought it belonged with another nest of ducklings outside his work. After placing it there he realized it didn't belong because it would run away from it rather than...
Update #1, July 6, 2017:
I contacted our State Veterinarian's office to report this issue and am expecting to hear back from our regional inspector some time today or tomorrow to further discuss and determine whether/when they will come out and assess and see what recommendations they may have...
So to start off with, the chicken in question in question is a 4 year old Americuana, slightly underweight, she's been separated from the rest of the flock for a while so we could treat a torn ligament that had prevented her from walking and abscess on the bottom of her foot. She got better...
On Wednesday night my Rouen chick (I'm not sure how old she is maybe around 11-10 weeks?) had a seizure at around 9:30 pm. I was letting her stay in a cardboard box with her mate and I heard a loud thump from inside as I let them sleep in my room for just that reason in case anything goes wrong...