sick 1+ year old hen

  1. PileatedFarms

    Patricia the sad Wyandotte

    Patricia is a Wyandotte just over a year old. We saved her from a not great living situation in June where her issue had developed and now has set in. She is losing feathers, but definitely not molting as there are no follicles left on the skin. It's just seems to be bare skin below. And the...
  2. F

    EE gasping 24 hrs- help, please!

    Would please love your help for our poor 1.5 year old Easter Egger! She has been making a gasping motion since yesterday (about 24 hours ago). Here is a VIDEO. When we first noticed she was breathing funny, she was hunched in the corner of the run by herself. We have had high temperatures in the...
  3. A-Chicken-Person

    Sick chicken

    My sweet girl Dixie was sluggish and sat down when she ate she also had this really bad poopy butt. She is getting better, she is still slow but not waddling by feeling her keel she seems to have lost weight compared to other chickens. She still has the bad diarrhea and I wash her behind with...
  4. D

    Extremely swollen feet/bumblefoot?

    Hello! I've never written on this forum before but my family and I could really use some help on determining what is wrong with one of our chickens. Here are some photos: (let me know if you can't see them) Her feet have been getting worse over some time. We didn't think it was bumblefoot...
  5. L

    Chicken very sick and ill, other one had same symptoms and died

    We bought our chicken not too long ago, we bought 2 and not too long after we bought them Rosey (out of nowhere) died. She was very up and going the day before, and then out of the blue she just laid down and wouldn’t move and closed her eyes and couldnt hold her head up. I tried feeding her...
  6. F

    Sleepy & Green!

    Hey all - - I’ve got a 4YO hen who started acting strangely the last day or so: -laying in the run alone instead of free-ranging with sisters -pretty poopy, it seems a bit green as well When I go near her she just gets up and slowly walks a few feet away and lays back down.
  7. K

    Recurring Symptoms of Vent Gleet

    One of my chickens has been getting sick with the same symptoms every few months and I’m unable to see a vet. The symptoms she has is lethargy, lack of appetite, gurgling sounds from her stomach, red, swollen and sore vent with discharge. I think this time there’s been small bits of blood? I...
  8. P

    Sick Barred Rock Hen

    I have an approximately 2-year old Plymouth Barred Rock hen. She has been, up til now, a perfectly healthy bird and a good layer. Earlier this month, I noticed she was laying down a lot in the coop - I figured she was simply broody. However, her bottom was somewhat messy and she seemed...
  9. evisell

    Sick chicken!! new chicken owner! please help!!

    A couple of weeks ago my lavender orpington hen started showing symptoms of illness. I’ve decided to make a post displaying her exact symptoms. Her poop is yellow and gets stuck to her feathers often (i have to clean it off every couple of days). She is not eating or drinking. She has gotten...
  10. C

    Trouble with sour crop

    One of my chickens, Caramel, has had sour crop for couple of days. I have isolated her from the rest of the flocki order to treat her. I fed her only water for nearly a day but and in morning her crop is mostly empty, though a small amount of food refuses to leave the crop. I know making her...
  11. H

    Maybe vent gleet? Help needed!

    Hi everyone, I am having some issues with my hen and need some help. A while back I realized there was water getting into my chicken’s food and they unfortunately got sick. I was pretty sure it was coxi and treated it with the recommended medicine and also some apple cider vinegar afterwards...
  12. AChickenBoi

    Hen from before is displaying worrying symptoms. I don’t know what’s wrong with her.

    I thought I knew what was wrong with Rocky, and found a solution, but she doesn’t seem to be getting better. I suspect that she has sour crop, and just needs a lot more attention, but I’ve never seen these symptoms that she’s showing. -A brown/orangish fluid leaks out of her beak whenever she...
  13. A

    What’s wrong with my Hen?????

    Hi my hen is a Rhode Island Red and is only just over a year old. Yesterday she stood around the garden and wouldn’t move but I didn’t think much of it. She usually has a problem laying every so often because she lays double yolks and is always fine. But today was worse. She has stood in the...
  14. ilovemyfowl

    Help! my chicken is sick

    My speckled Sussex is acting strange. she is not laying but is just sitting on the eggs the other girls lay, she is not eating much unless I hand feed her and even then she won't eat much, and she isn't aware of her surroundings. I really worried.:barnie I wanted to call a vet and see what...
  15. Moophii

    Honking??

    Hello! I’m new here and I’ve noticed that one of my hens has started honking?? I will attach a video https://share.icloud.com/photos/02fBpcE9P5GPjyrPyfIAdlEBg https://share.icloud.com/photos/0da2h886b5kgh9aQEl6tkQNag i hate to ask for help but I’m pretty worried 😰
  16. C

    2 Very sick chickens possible Mareks disease - please help!!

    Hi. I have two very sick chickens at the moment. It started yesterday with one of them, we came home and she was lethargic, unable to walk and was struggling to lift her head. Came home again today and found the same thing with her (half) sister. The first one was able to drink from a dropper on...
  17. I

    Raspy Breath, Aspirated?

    Hello, I’m new to chicken keeping and need your help!! I purchased a 13 month old Salmon Faverolle on Friday the 15th along with 4 other 12-14 month birds. I’ve had her for exactly one week. The man I got her from brought her to me hanging upside down by her feet. While he had her upside down...
  18. SmaldenJoveson

    Hen not active; comb floppier than normal; sick?

    My cuckoo maran hen is not feeling her best. Her comb is extra floppy and her feathers are unkempt. She walks around with the flock, but doesn't dig or peck, just watches the other hens intently. When I go to pick her up, she doesn't flap her wings or resist like she usually does. It has only...
  19. R

    Help! Dying hens

    Hello everyone, please help if you can. I have some sick chickens and there is no experienced vet in the area. About 3 weeks ago we found our 4 month old seemingly healthy hen dead in the run. There were no outward signs of cause. Then 4 days ago our 1.5 year old lavender started acting very...
  20. 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...
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