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  1. Carolrich

    Slow or Sour Crop

    Hello friends! My sweet little 2 1/2 year old hen, Greta, has a watery squishy crop. We first saw this yesterday evening. She is lethargic and her crown is droopy. I picked her up to take her to our isolation pen and brownish but clear liquid started coming out of her beak. I tilted her head...
  2. D

    I think I have a sick duckling

    Hello...I have 12 ducklings that co-moms hatched maybe a week ago.....one of them got lost today and I went and found it. I brought it back and the moms wanted to bite my face....but anyway, it has been a little separate from the rest since. I put them back in the coop and it was still staying...
  3. D

    why did my hen lay this egg?

    Hello. I have a 1 year old hen who has been acting sick, lethargic, and has been continually pumping the tail/vent area. Two days ago I was able to extract a kind of membrane looking liquid from her vent. I thought she might be egg bound so I bathed her for 20 minutes and separated her from the...
  4. Poppylu

    Sick hens: one lethargic, one agitated, all now panting.

    One of my 1 year old bantam hens is looking like we might lose her. She became lethargic about four days ago and stopped eating and drinking. Her droppings have been a bit watery but hardly any at all over the last couple of days. (No sign of worms or blood). Only other symptom is panting...
  5. T

    My chicken just went paralyzed in one leg just after a bath. I'm worried it's mareks disease

    Hello, I'm really concerned for my chicken, she's 3 months old and out of no where after giving her a bath one of her legs just gave out and she is paralyzed in it. I've been digging around and been finding alot of people saying it's mareks disease.. but I also found other things.. does Marek's...
  6. aprilbos

    chicken sick - drastic overnight change crop

    Hello, any help would be appreciated. I've been visiting and finding useful information on this site and forums but first time posting. I have 4 layers 1 1/2 years old, 4 different breads. the black ostrolorp (Blacky) she seems to have a impacted crop. no stinky breath. i give them treats...
  7. HuskerHens18

    Very ill chickens

    I was gone for FOUR days, and in that short span of time all hell has broke loose. I'm losing chickens like crazy with no symptoms, and now today there are symptoms and I don't know what to do. I had one hen sent in to the University and nobody has called or emailed back yet. Ages range from...
  8. Borg bird

    6 week old dove vomiting formula

    Helli, I have a 6 week old dove. He is unusually small and not interested in eating seeds. I put him on formula (kaytee) and he is vomiting the formula. Despite his size he is very alert affectionate and looking like he wants to eat ( wing flapping and pecking). I am trying to figure out what I...
  9. V

    Mareks?!?

    I have a 16 week old chicken that started acting drunk, now can only lay down. Legs out every which way. Will flop around and can only flop from one side of a plastic tub to the other. Still eats and drinks a ton though. I have separated her from the rest of the flock. Lots of food, probiotics...
  10. Apatterson

    Help! Hen with eye swollen shut. Other eye is weepy with clear liquid. What should I do?

    One of my Buff hens (two years old) wouldn't come out of the hen house this morning and was looking a little unbalanced (not sure if that was because it was dark in the house or the eye was shut). When I picked her up I noticed one eye way shut (it didn't seem swollen) and the other was weepy...
  11. J

    HELP! Sick chicken!

    I have a hen that is about 2 years old. She is going bald on her head, random patches and completely red raw on her butt. She has scaly feet(parts are bloody), and I’m sure she is the culprit of the diarraha in the coop along with a egg without any shell. She is acting normal, very alert and...
  12. Boymomchickmom

    Need help sick Chicken

    About 2 weeks ago one of my BCM babies got hurt/sick. She was having trouble walking on her right leg and laying down a lot. We brought her in the house and put her in a crate. On Thursday of last week she didn' look good so we checked her poo and found worms so we wormed her and for good meaure...
  13. MothaClucker0403

    HELP!! Duck Struggling to Breathe

    I'm not sure the breed of this baby as she was a rescue, I'm thinking maybe Pekin? Either way, she is about 3-4 months old and was fine two days ago, swimming and having a grand old time. Yesterday she started with breathing like this and having diarrhea of a pale greenishy-blue color. We dipped...
  14. chickmamat

    Pullet Help! One eye closed, Constant Preening, sleepy

    i have a 11wk pullet who is notrmally very calm but I noticed today she won’t even run around with the others, she just want to sleep. And she will not stop preening. And I noticed she’s keeping one eye closed. She’ll open it if I try to pick her up or she gets nervous, but as soon as she...
  15. T

    Diesease

    Help, I have 4 barred rocks and a black copper maran. Laying rough,pale almost white eggs. Also laying what appears to be egg membrane. Not sure who but I don't think it's Maran her eggs look normal. Came home yesterday to hen screaming bloody murder. Not sure who though. Please...
  16. Sarae89

    Soft shells and diarrhea

    Hi Everyone, I have a very sweet 1 year old Astolop who has been having diarrhea and appears to be laying soft eggs (the shell isn't fully formed) for a couple weeks now. She had mites, but we got those completely under control and I've been putting diatomaceous earth in the feed, and all...
  17. B

    HELP! DUCKLING WON'T EAT

    So, my family and I rescued this little duckling 3 days ago. He's around 2 weeks old and drinking fine. He just won't eat anything we give him. He will pick up the food then spit it out while shaking his head. It's making me really nervous and I think he might be sick, but I have no idea. Any...
  18. M

    Chicken died after 4 days of illness. What could it be?

    Hi friends! I am a new chicken owner and I have gotten so much valuable info from this site already - so thank you! My chickens are 5 and a half weeks old and we just lost one last night. I'm not sure why and was hoping someone might have an idea. The chicken (barred rock) started to get...
  19. Skyla

    Constantly Sick/Eggbound Chicken

    It started about a month ago when one of my four chickens became egg bound. This was my first time dealing with this and after making sure she was we put her in an enclosure when the egg pooped out about an hour later. The next day she seemed fine and I put her back, but later that night she...
  20. Jannisol Sanchez

    HELP SICK BUTTON QUAIL

    My button has been sick for about 4 days no and shes getting weaker everyday. She can barely stand and she wont eat at all. Ive been medicating her with corrid but it doesnt seem to be helping , im also currently giving her vitasol for her vitamins but im afraid i will lose her soon. Anyone...
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