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  1. agold23

    Treating mites as a first time flock owner HELP!

    I am a first time chicken owner and I have a flock of 7 chickens the youngest is 5 weeks. A few days ago I noticed my silkie hen was lethargic, had puffy feathers, was not moving much and had a pale face, I’m guessing she’s anemic now but she won’t eat the egg I offer her. We treated for...
  2. agold23

    Sick silkie possible coccidiosis?

    I have a 1 yo silkie hen who 3 days ago has started showing some startling symptoms, which look like coccidiosis or some other kind of worm/parasite. She is lethargic, puffy feathers, she crouches outside with her head under her wings, she walks very slowly and the times Ive seen her poop...
  3. Jordan01

    Water Belly?

    My father brought home new hens and this one has a descended belly that's soft, she lays on her side a lot but does walk and eat. She also has a wheeze to her breathing. I had a hen with water belly before but it hung more front than back like this one. Does she have water belly? Wondering if I...
  4. M

    Chicken with crazy pupils and body spasms.

    Hey there! I have a young cockerel who this morning when I went to open up the coop was twitching quite aggressively. So I picked him up to check him out and I noticed is pupils were going crazy. Big, then small very rapidly… after a few minutes it seemed to stop. Everything I google keeps...
  5. agold23

    First time chicken owner dealing with upper respiratory infection please help!

    I have a flock of 7 chickens right now, my youngest is 2 weeks old under the care of my 1 year old silkie hen. Yesterday I noticed definite URI symptoms in my silkie rooster. He has a foamy eye, swollen comb and sinuses, head shakes and his breathing is definitely different. He is in the outdoor...
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    • 2 week old chicken chronic respiratory disease first time chicken owner respiratory disease respiratory infection sick chicken upper respiratory infection uri
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    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  6. D

    Lethargic hen with watery diarrhea. Won’t walk

    I have a one year old Silver laced Wyandotte that won’t walk more than 3 steps. Lethargic and has dark green watery poop. She will eat and drink a little when I put it in front of her. I have no idea what this is and if I should be treating the other 11 in the flock.
  7. agold23

    Possible URI? First time chicken owner

    I have 20/21 week old easter egger hen who recently developed a swollen eye. I texted the woman I got them from and she said to isolate her (she’s in the 10x10 outdoor cat pen with a wooden crate to sleep in) give her antibiotic eye drops (we will shortly be picking up Visine eye drops) applying...
  8. C

    Please Help!!!

    One of my 10 week old chickens is very sick. She free ranges with 19 ten week old chickens, 10 one year old hens and 2 seven week old chicks. How do I prevent it from spreading to the 31 other chickens? And how do I help her? She is lethargic, excessive drinking, runny green poop and moving in...
  9. M

    Congested and sneezing hen

    One of my spotted sussex hens (13-14 months old) has been very congested and sneezing for four days. I have isolated her from the others as of yesterday and no others are showing signs of sickness. I have a video of her sounds but can’t add it... she isn’t showing any physical signs of sickness...
  10. M

    Chicken shaking head? Mystery symptoms?

    About a month ago, we lost a chicken to a mystery illness - scans revealed an enormous, possibly malignant tumor on which the vet could not operate, so we had to put her down. We now have another chicken with the same exact symptoms - she's lethargic, she's lost interest in things she loves, she...
  11. The chicken nurd

    Lethargic chicken please help

    Hi everyone I need some advice one my birds seams Ill but I’m not sure why She was fine this morning even gave me an egg but now (late afternoon) when I came to let her out she just sat on the perch I had to pick her up and carry her out of the run and even then she just stood there all...
  12. M

    22 week old chicken - cannot walk/ use one leg at all.

    Hi all! I’ve got an EE that has been going through bouts of leg issues. It all began beginning of April.. she began having a serious imbalance and favoring her right leg. She had grip in her toes sometimes, but not always. She was still eating and drinking and trying to free range with the...
  13. Anna_b

    Dont know what’s wrong with limping hen

    I need help with a limping hen. I have a hen who is a couple years old and she resently started limping. She has no signs of bumble foot or leg mites, and she doesn’t seem to have a physical injury. When she started limping i separated her and let her rest but it didn’t help. Her comb is still...
  14. M

    Help my hen is sick!!

    Hello all!! I have a sweet hen mix that is sick...we received her a few weeks ago and she was laying healthy brown eggs. I'm adding photos to help troubleshoot- this is the feed we began giving to her and her eggs began to get soft every day.. Often they are broken before I can retrieve them...
  15. M

    Lethargic, possibly dying Andalusian - not eating or drinking

    Hello! One of our Andalusians is badly sick, but we don't know what's wrong. She has an appointment at an animal hospital tomorrow morning and, if possible, I'd like to keep her alive until then. She's been lethargic for about a week, and it's only gotten worse over time. She eats and drinks...
  16. L

    Sick Hen, looking at her belly

    Hello there! One of our hen is not feeling well, she is very slow, not interested in food. She is consistently looking down at her belly that seem bigger than normal. Her eggs are either shell less of very soft. She walks very slow and seem a bit lethargic. We are wondering if the inflated...
  17. C

    HELP! Hen making a gurgling sound!

    Ok, so I got 3 new hens last week. Gold laced Orpington, Black sex link, and a Cukoo maran. Today I got up and the Gold laced Orpington is making a gurgling sound. What do I do? Will she die? Will it spread to the rest of my flock? I didn't hear anyone else making the sound.
  18. Ruffle

    Soft shell broken inside - what to do after the shell is extracted?

    My beloved ex-batt Major Maggie (the tiniest chicken who is the queen of the flock) is unwell. I discovered today that she had a soft-shell which had broken inside. With baths and lube and oil and cuddles I've finally got the shell out (with a lot of effort from her), but I dont know if its...
  19. ChickenWhisperer101

    Eye infection? Pink eye? What’s wrong?!!?

    Hi everyone, My Ayam Cemani has something wrong with his eye. He’s 10 weeks old and I just got him on Wednesday. Yesterday he started shutting his eye a lot, and today there’s a bit of white pus in the corner today. Does anyone know what could possibly be wrong with him. Thanks.
  20. W

    Sick chicken

    So I have a chicken that I thought was egg bound but no I am not sure she has not been eating much and her droppings have been FOUL! I habmve her separated from the rest with food and water so her poop is mostly white at first but now green and runny with white but still foul. And there was this...
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