One of my girls has been sitting between the fence and a branch these past two days and has only really moved to get inside at night, she's still pretty aware and she's not showing many signs of illness that I could make out. She's been vocal and her feet are okay, legs are okay, I couldn't find...
Hello. We have had chickens about a year. All ex battery except the one im talking about who was given to me.i dont know age.
5 days ago i came home from work and all chickens bit my hand off for corn. As i looked back this chicken seemed browner and had head buried down and didnt move a lot...
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Just a few days ago I noticed one of my silkie hens whom is 5 months old started walking abnormally and was dragging one foot and today she can barely walk and is slipping and sliding both legs to the sides and it's so bad she even got one foot stuck twice...
I had 3 chickens die suddenly yesterday just out of the blue. They looked healthy in the morning and by afternoon I found 3 dead.... can anyone suggest as to what happened? They all had bloody butts so idk if that had something to do with it. Any suggestions would be a great help. Thank you
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Hi one of our barred rock chicks is very sick. We got her from tractor supply. This is the first time we have raised chicks so I am very new at this. She is about 7-8 weeks old and a couple days of ago my husband just found her laying in the coop unable to stand up. Just before this they were...
Hi, one one my hens who is almost laying is sick. She is sneezing, breathing heavy, has watery eyes, and is very lethargic. She eats and drinks still. I was wondering if this is fatal or not. Please let me know.
My poor Frizzle Bantam (who is named chicken)!
Recently quite broody but no longer. I noticed was starting to have a hard time walking or standing. She did lay one egg after I noticed the beginning of this behavior but has stopped laying since it has gotten really bad.
Now she is more often...
Hi BYC peeps,
I have what appears to be a fluey juvenile (4m) cemani rooster raised from chick age.
He's been isolated now from rest of flock - found him to be v underweight on Friday while dusting the flock for mites.
He has very distinct rattle/gurgle now - get the impression he's on the way...
Hello frnds.
I have a flock of 12 birds out of which a pullet seems a little lethargic.
She is not so active and its feathers seem a little puffy.
I had given them amprolium 3 weeks back and again today.
She eats and drinks fine also I assume that she is down at the pecking order.
Attaching a...
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Any advice would be helpful, been to several vets, none of which seem to know anything about geese and cant even tell me the sex.
I have a goose 18mths old. A few months ago became very addressive and moody (possibly indicatig a male). But over the last 8days had completely changed. Seems...
I'm new to raising chickens, like I got my first ones a week ago and they are about 3 weeks old. I've spent a ton of time online to try and get a decent handle on when I'm doing but one thing I wasn't prepared for was one getting sick. It's a rhode island red and has been acting strange. Falling...
Hi Helpful Chicken Folks,
My Matilda (who was super hearty and at the top of the heap) started acting listless in June. A vet visited and did stool sample tests and found nothing unusual. I gave her electrolytes with a dropper and she got much better. She's been ok all summer though never...
My 3 year old Ameraucana hen won't stand or walk. When I went to the coop I found her just sitting in a corner of the run. She has green and yellow/white diarrhea on the feathers under her vent. Her crop felt empty. I brought her in and put her in warm water for about 15 minutes. I felt as far...
One of my hens was sick and we found her dead this morning. We are not sure where to send her to figure out what disease she had or how she died. I live in South Carolina. Please let me know!
One of my Americaunas is sneezing, wheezing and is coughing. I picked her up and it sounded like there was a slight gurgle. I watched her today and she seems to be acting fine, such as eating and drinking normally. I know that it has been raining a lot here in Georgia and I'm wondering if it's...
Help! So recently my flock seemed to come down whith RI they were all medicated and treated and seemed to get better, but suddenly my leghorn hen appears to have fallen into a already sever case of ascites? Shes fluffed up as if cold and Her come has turned almost like a dark violet there seems...
I have 6 backyard chickens. It started with with just one who began sneezing, then she got a raspy voice. She then started mouth breathing. This has subsided some, but not fully. A week later another of our chickens started sneezing too. We bought vetrx for them, but there has been no major...
Hi, my favorite bird who is more of my freind than a my chicken is sick and I don't know what's wrong. She won't eat, even when I offer her her favorite treat. When I offered her the treat she put her beak to it as if she wanted it then just layed her head in my hand. I did see her drink a...