sick chicken

  1. A

    I need help! Very Sick Hen!

    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...
  2. Saltymiso

    Chicken looks dizzy, twitching head

    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...
  3. C

    Sick Silkie

    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...
  4. dialuann

    Please help my Silkie Showgirl. She can’t walk.

    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...
  5. Hen Pecked Wolves

    Any help is appreciated! I’m adding a video to explain my problem!

    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.
  6. triciayoung

    Thank you - A Great Help for Handicap Birds

    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...
  7. rasberrysoda

    Fleshy growth on left side of chicken above wing area

    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...
  8. K

    my chicken looks like her organs are falling out urgent please help

    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...
  9. M

    My chicken is egg bound for 4 days

    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...
  10. C

    Not sure what is ailing my 20 week old chicken?

    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...
  11. Farmlymatters

    Pullet with scabby cheek and swollen throat

    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...
  12. C

    Sick?

    This is JJ. I found her tonight knocked off of her perch and laying with her neck in her back. Her butt was a little bit pasty so I cleaned it best I could, acting normal (eating, drinking, peeping) besides being lethargic. I cleaned her butt and put her back in the coop. Shes been acting like...
  13. B

    Sick chickens

    On Saturday morning, one of our silkies was extremely lethargic. She wad off the roost pole earlier than usual, was laying on the ground and had her head and wings down. We spoon fed her water and we were able to get her to eat some of her regular food and some banana. She seemed more alert as...
  14. B

    suddenly lethargic chicken

    My 5 month old hen, Margo, suddenly became very ill. She was her normal, energetic, happy self just a few hours ago but I found her laying in the ferns on top of her her own diarrhea. She had her head down with her eyes closed and woke up but didn’t fight me picking her up which was very...
  15. V

    Chicken with silent open-mouthed breathing (video)

    This chicken open-mouthed silent breathing and has less pep in her step than the others. Last night we had a raccoon outside the coop. He didn't get in, but they're all stressed about it since we had a bad raccoon attack about a month ago. This morning, my husband said one chicken was...
  16. C

    Chicken water diarrhea

    I have a laying hen (about 2 years old) that’s sick. She has been sleeping in the nesting box lately which is unusual for her and now was spending the afternoon in there. I took her out and brought her inside and she pooped watery diarrhea that shot out of her about 2 feet. It was lots of clear...
  17. C

    Gasping for air periodically + nasal discharge

    Help! I have a sneezing, nasal dishcharge from nostril, and gasping for air periodically 10 week old chick. My whole flock got sneezing symptoms but it improved in them after 2 days of vetrx. I don’t know where I can get testing done to see what the sickly bird has, we don’t have avian vets and...
  18. S

    Dying? Chicken, give pain meds?

    TLDR:What side effects do pain meds have on chickens? I don’t want to cause more harm but I don’t want her to be in pain. Hi everyone, my 3 year old Plymouth blue rock has a mass or tumor in her lower belly and the vet says it’s probably getting close to time to put her down. She stopped laying...
  19. S

    Dying Chicken

    Hi I’ve had chickens for a few years now, started with 4. One died at one year old due to sudden death syndrome. One died around 7 months ago due to being egg bound. Now, pebble, is sick. She hasn’t layed for around a year and the vet says she has some sort of mass or tumor and will likely need...
  20. S

    Puffed up chicken

    Hi! I’m hoping I can get some advice as what to do for my hen. She has been lethargic and puffed up. She isn’t drinking water but she is grazing in the yard and eating some of her food just not as much as usual. Her poop is runny but not bloody and I can’t see any worms or anything noticeably...
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