sick chicken

Hello! I made a post yesterday about my hen (9 month old blue andulusian) who suddenly started acting weird, not herself, lethargic. Things got even stranger at night when she decided to sleep in the nesting box and then, at 12am, starting doing the egg song/distress call for about ten minutes...

Hello everyone, I could use some guidance/advice. I have one hen, about 9 months old, that isn’t doing great. A few weeks ago, I noticed her one eye was super swollen/crusty and looked severely infected. She also had diarrhea. I took her to the vet, they prescribed an antibiotic, an...

I have a chicken that I noticed yesterday acting sick. I brought her in to separate from other chickens. She ate a little yougart last night nothing today. She will take water from a dropper. Yesterday she pooped several times clear,white, with green it was watery. Today she pooped once creamy...

My chicken all of a sudden started drunk walking and so we brought her inside and two days later she has not moved, isn’t eating, or drinking. I thought it could be signs of Marek’s disease but it’s all happening so quickly. do the symptoms usually take affect like this, one day fine the next...

Hi! I'm worried about one of my chickens. She is acting lethargic and standing by herself. She is looking rather puffy, but I did a vent check but she doesn't seem to be egg bound. She also has poop on her tail feathers. She is starting to stand like a penguin. When I go over to her, she starts...

Good morning, I have been checking this blog the lat few days but cant find any situation that seems to fit. My one lady is just under a year old, she will be 1 in June. On Friday (5 days ago) we noticed she had a badly poop covered butt and was being lathargic out in the yard. Saturday, we...

Alright guys I've been raising chickens for 10 years and I've never had this issues.. Crusty eyes and nose like you would see a human have if they had pink eye. I know if it's running eyes and nose it's respiratory and contagious. I don't want this to be the end of all my chickens....and I have...

Hello, I need some help with my chicken. She has been laying some pretty weird eggs for about 4 months. They are wrinkly but hard (I will post pictures). But today I noticed that when she was pooping there was this white thing hanging out of her vent. I tried to investigate but it got sucked...

hello, so yesterday i noticed my hen was limping on one leg and i thought maybe she sprained a muscle. The next day she couldn't walk AT ALL. She also doesn’t eat much and sleeps a lot. I thought she had leg mite infestation so i dunked her in vegetable oil and put vaseline on her feet. but now...

Good afternoon everyone, I have a very sick hen that is about 9 months old, and I can't figure out what is wrong with her or what I need to do to help her. She has been panting very hard since Sunday (02/25/2024) and seems to have a fever. Her feet stay very hot and her comb is pale. She doesn't...

Chicken head twitching She’s a 8 month old hen She has no other symptoms Her ears look fine Is functional and not lethargic or anything A little more cautious with quick movements like jumping off or on things Is it just a vitamin deficiency I see no external injury The picture below is...

Hi, We have a 1 ½ yr old Silkie, 1074g who has gone downhill really quickly in the last day. We noticed 4 days ago she was sleeping more than usual, but otherwise eating as normal and not showing any signs of illness until yesterday evening when she failed to join the others in the coop and...

Hi! My hen/rooster (I am unsure of the gender since she is only four months old, but it may be a hen), who is a Silkie-Turken-Showgirl, has been acting rather strange. When I opened up the chickens, I found her laying down in the middle of the coop. She usually sleeps on a roost with another...

I’m sorry I realize that I can’t out of it was just a picture so I posted a video on YouTube and share the link. I would’ve just posted a video if I could have.

I want to thank BYC for all of the YouTube video's of chickens, especially the ones that are 6-9 hours long. For my handicap birds, when I cannot be with them, they have been a lifesaver. I put my ipad in the large crate and they love to watch the chickens. If they have not been monetized...

My 4 year old Sussex has this weird fleshy growth, I think it’s on the side of her neck or just above her wing area. I noticed it last month but she ran away from me (she’s never taken a liking to humans) and it seemed to disappear so I just thought it was perhaps a bit of meat that fell on her...

i dont know whats happening she was fine yesterday shes just laying down and it looks like an egg or something is coming out of her shes all bloody and theres maggots too i dont know what to do please fast tw for image bc its graphic also edit shes 3 years old and hasnt laid eggs in a while...

It’s been 95* in San Diego for the last week. I found my 3yr old rhode island red wobbling and eventually dropping to the floor by the water. I brought her in the house and fed her food and water with electrolytes. After a few hours, she stood up and did the penguin stance. She was either...

Background: it will be day 7 of me noticing the fluffed feather area tomorrow (Thursday). At first I thought it was respiratory issues as all of my chickens have sneezing and some sound raspy. They all got the sneeze one after the other. But never had any snotty noses or lethargy. I started them...

I have a group of Belgian Liege fighter chicks about 5 weeks old. Yesterday, suddenly, two of them looked like they had scabby cheeks and seemed a bit tired and hunched. I also noticed the skin beneath their beaks was a little swollen and felt warm to the touch. The next day, one of them was...