sick chicken

  1. gardenerds

    My favorite chicken has a puffy face!!

    The first picture is from today and the second (outside) is from yesterday. I have her separated from the flock since yesterday, she's in the downstairs bathroom with towels on the floor, food and water. I have washed her face with soap and water and used anti-biotic ointment. She's still eating...
  2. K

    Bloody poop?!

    One of my silkies has started pooping blood, caught it yesterday but I’m not sure how long they’ve been doing it. They get fresh water 24/7 and chick starter crumble. They are the only one with bloody stool. It’s been 93°- 97° Here so I’m not sure if heat has to do anything with it. Here is a...
  3. sziemba

    Chickens Having Breathing Problems Over Last Few Weeks, new symptoms, please help!

    Over the past month it seems my flock has been having a lot of health problems. My fat hen(2yo Barred rock), sorry sweetie, started having breathing problems, showing some of the signs of gapeworm. So, I the did the first round of treatment for both my hens and chicks(14 weeks) for gapeworm...
  4. T

    15 wk legbar wheezing hasn’t eaten or drank

    My daughter pointed out one of our leg bars “Rona“ was making a wheezing sound this morning and not leaving the coop. I went out to look and she indeed was wheezing slightly and acting sluggish. I removed her from the other chickens and gave her freshwater and feed in a separate cage. I’m going...
  5. D

    Hen has blue comb and respiratory probs!

    I have a 1.5 year old leghorn that has been acting odd and I can’t figure out what to do next. On 6/23, I saw her extending her neck and gasping twice and then her behavior returned to normal, so I just assumed she had something stuck in her throat and she cleared it. On 6/24, she began...
  6. Phillisy

    Coccidiosis?

    We finally found a few chicks to keep my lone Brahma chick company (the guy the batch was hatched for didn’t want it because it ended up being splash); 4 2-3 week old buff Orpington chicks that are just a little younger than my Brahma, 3 of which look to be hens :fl. We brought them home, they...
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  7. ShrekDawg

    Broody or sick?? Please tell me I’m doing the right thing here!!!

    Okay so about a month and a half ago I had a cockerel come down Mareks and had to put him down. Now I have a pullet showing the same symptoms and seems to be progressing much faster (she only started showing signs the other day) and I want to put her down but am now second guessing myself. I...
  8. Warrior1

    can a chicken have sour crop and canker at the same time?

    I noticed one of our hens not eating and lethargic after going through a broody spell. I kept an eye on her and noticed that she would come running when I gave the other girls a treat, but she would just look at the food and would pick at the food but not pick it up. A chicken farmer in my...
  9. filmcmahon

    chicken acting tired on hot day

    hello all! so we live in southern ontario and it is our first very hot day this year. well anyways, one of my 11 month old columbian rocks is acting very strange today. (for reference, she has dwarfism and doesn’t lay eggs, gets picked on sometimes) when i went to let them out of the run to free...
  10. M

    I believe my hen has a respiratory illness

    I have an older hen (10 yrs) and for the past few weeks she has been exhibiting signs of what I would think is a mild respiratory illness or sinus infection (I say mild because she's doing great apart from her symptoms and is very alert and active for her age). Her symptoms include: occasional...
  11. DiveyChickens

    Possible Infection?

    As a disclaimer to any dumb statements/questions I may pose, I'll say: We are brand new to keeping chickens. Everything we know has been learned online and/or from a few friends we know who "grew up" with chickens. So, we started with a small flock of only 3 birds. Today marks one full week that...
  12. Thebantyhenhomestead

    Help sick young rooster! Antibiotics arnt helping!

    Hello! I have a 4-5ish month old small rooster that started sneezing and sounding gurgly, so I have been giving one 250mg Fish Mox in water (large cup amount) everyday for 4 days now and I haven’t noticed any improvements. I’ve also applied vet rx. He has very soft stool with a lot of liquid...
  13. B

    Sick Hen :(

    Recently, I noticed that one of our chickens was acting very strangely. Over the past two days she's been randomly lying on the ground and sleeping. The other chickens were not picking on her, but it still alarmed me. I checked up on her and I couldn't feel anything strange about her, so I let...
  14. LittleBird123

    Sour Crop Death?

    Yesterday morning when I went out to my chicken's coop I found one of them laying on the floor. I picked her up and she was breathing with her mouth slightly open and her crop was very large and squishy, it felt like it was filled with fluid or gas. I thought she might have sour crop and I had...
  15. K

    Sick chicken, swollen under vent - how to diagnose/treat?

    Looking for help for a Rhode Island Red hen (2.5 years old) who we found laying in the bushes today for much longer than usual. We noticed her comb had become pale and the area under her vent felt very swollen, her crop normal but on the empty side. I put on a glove with vaseline and put my...
  16. N

    Silkie chicken with gapeworm ???

    Hey everyone! I have 3 lovely 1 year old bantam silkie chickens and have noticed that one (my lovely Repecka) has lost a significant amount of weight, has lost her soft fluffy appearance and rather, her feathers/fur looks matted and feels rough no matter how many times I bathe her. She is also...
  17. S

    Suddenly Sick 4-month old Silkie

    Hello, I am a first year silkie Mom and I have a terribly sick chick. She had no signs or symptoms until Monday afternoon I found her laying down in the straw. I picked her up and her head was drooping, eyes shut, could not balance, her mouth was also full of crumbles. I pulled the crumbles out...
  18. MistyDF

    Chicken Breathing Issue

    👋 I have a 3y RIR that has been fine until this evening. There is nothing I can find or see or hear but she is fluffed up and has some odd breathing going on. *My flock is small 7 *They are more pets that anything *There are no vets here *In Indiana any thoughts? video...
  19. filmcmahon

    tired hen

    hello byc! we have 6 hens that are all about 30 ish weeks old and laying. one of our colombians, ellie, has been having a rough winter. first, she caught her comb on a fence while free ranging then healed (she was at the top of the pecking order now she’s probably somewhere at the bottom) then...
  20. chickstagram

    Disoriented, crouch-walking Pullet. What's wrong with Pippa?

    Hello BYC fam! We are first time chicken tenders and sometimes have no idea what's happening when things go wrong. Earlier today I noticed Pippa, our 3 month old black maran pullet, crouch-walking. My first search advised to check her feet for swells or bumblefoot, and in her raw, dirty...
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