sick bird

One of my buff duckings (5 weeks old) is acting very strangely. Seizures, neck twisting, walking in circles and not interested at all in following the others. I would say she’s acting blind. She also stands still and looks upwards for hours at a time. I have not seen her sit down in the past...

He is 2 years old.

My four week old Easter Egger does not seem to be developing properly she’s very lazy seems to be lethargic and I’m not Sure if this is just part of laziness ....she eats she drinks my three other four week old chicks All have developed their wing feathers and their tailfeathers she still hasn’t...

I'm on my last hope here. I have an Americauna who started walking really slow then not coming out of coop and preferred to sit in nesting box. That was about 4 days ago. She's had this kind of not feeling great behavior before and when we gave her Nutri-drench in water a couple days, she was...

hello fellow chicken lovers :) it’s been a while since I posted. My flock has been fantastic, although laying has been inconsistent because of extreme heat here in Aus. I noticed today after popping the girls back in their coop that one of my chooks has a big white growth on its wattle! I can’t...

This is the whole reason I joined. This morning I went and checked on my flock, making sure everyone is okay and changing waters/food. Being wintertime, it was still dark and everyone was sleepy. I have a light set up to encourage egg laying and keep everyone on a normal scheduale. My ladies...

my chicken today I noticed has been sitting in the coop puffed out neck tucked in obviously not feeling good when I picked her up I noticed by her tail she’s lost lots of feathers as well as under her vent area has lost lots of feathers and the skin looked quit irratated any advice would be...

So I got a trio of chicks (EE, barred rock, RIR) in November and the RIR developed what I thought was coccidiosis (runny stool but no blood, lethargic, matted poop on butt, loosing feathers, just not doing well). I separated her and treated with Corid based on the dosages found on here, she...

Hello everyone! I have a pullet named Tooki who just turned 4 months old. I am told that she will start laying by the 5th or 6th month. Tooki has been very sick for more than 2 months. I have started giving her water through dropper to keep her properly hydrated in the past week as she flaps...

I have 3 australorp hens who are 5 months old and have just started laying.... One has a huge bright red comb, the second has a decent sized bright red comb and the third has a dull, small-ish light-rose colored comb. Her face seems dull as well...... Do you think something is wrong or that she...

Long story short after 3 years I got my silkie back from my friend. She not looking to well, she was fine the first week but now her breathing is off. If she’s take a few step she fall down flap wings gasp for air (in my many year owing birds, this is normally the sign they are going to die) but...

Hi everyone! I posted this a few hours ago but haven’t really gotten many answers and I’m getting desperate. I recently just bought 2 lavender cuckoo orpingtons from a show about 2 months ago. Turned out they had coccidiosis, but I brought them to the vet and they were treated with antibiotics...

Hi everyone! I recently just bought 2 lavender cuckoo orpingtons from a show about 2 months ago. Turned out they had coccidiosis, but I brought them to the vet and they were treated with antibiotics. Anyway, the rooster has a healthy appetite and loves grain and corn. The hen, however, does not...

hi. So I have a little buff bantam hen who is probably about 4 or 5 years old. We noticed today that she is acting weird. She is breathing fast and heavy but her mouth is closed. She keeps her eyes shut, seems off balance. She didn’t make a sound at all when I picked her up when usually she...

Hi all. First off. I just want to say how amazing of a community this is. Everyone's advise and support has made the care and eventual culling of my chicken much easier on me. The issues started a few months back. I noticed a larger than normal crop on one of my BA chickens (age unknown, got...

Hi everyone! This is one of my first posts, but here goes. So, I just got 2 youngish Lavender Cuckoo Orpingtons from a show up here in Massachusetts. I think they're both hens, but it's hard to tell. Anyway, I brought them home thinking they were completely healthy, since they were coming...

i have a Sussex chick that’s about 7 weeks old. I got her with a group of other chicks and one of them was sick with respiratory issues and eventually developed swollen eyes. The Sussex doesn’t have the respiratory issues like the other bird but she’s been lethargic for a week and all of the...

I’m a new chicken keeper and our chickens had seemed fine. Later on we got two more (well summers) one of the well summers died unexpectedly. We also got two of the same birds which one of them was disabled and passed away while the other got sick mysteriously and passed away recently. We got...

this is my pullet . white tailed she was ok yesterday but today she likes to sit and close her eyes she can run as always and eat normally but i guess there is problem with her she never layed an egg before The temperature here is 19 degrees Celsius. I do not know if this temperature is cold for...

Okay so I have had our chickens since spring and have noticed one of our hens was slow, lethargic, watery poop... Finally brought her inside our entryway. She’s been drinking water but not eating. Only pooped 3 times in a day and a half, and it’s very watery. I turned on the light tonight to...