sick chicken

  1. Chintithor

    Possible egg-bound/water belly chicken help!

    I have a white leghorn hen that I just found this morning with a swollen abdomen. She was squatting like she was trying to poop but just standing like that. I picked her up and her belly is very swollen. At that point she was still running away from me no problem. I brought her in the house and...
  2. A

    HELP my chicken is sick! What should I do!

    Hi, I have a buff Orpington that's a bit more than 5 months old. She's usually a quiet and weak chicken that doesn't play around with the other chickens so much and sleeps very often. She always has her feathers puffed up. The temperature where I live ranges from about 50 - 75 degrees...
  3. CA2PTChickenChick

    Lead in Galvanized Waterers and Feeder

    Hello Fellow Chicken Keepers - I’m reaching out to this group in a hope to collect information regarding any issues with the use of Galvanized steel waterers and feeder as it relates to lead toxicity. I would like to know if you or someone you know uses has used Galvanized Steel feeder and/or...
  4. Microwave Girl

    Boarding chickens with Poopy Vent, Purple poop? Not getting better...:(

    About two weeks ago, P and K got extremely stressed out, (I put them outside in a dog crate while I was cleaning) and didn't truly calm down for about 12 hours. A few days later, the poopy vents started. Sloppy poop on the run floor, poop encrusted around the vent and in the feathers, won't...
  5. Rusticgreenacers

    Is this a tumour? Graphic photos!

    Sorry for the graphic photos. This was right at the bottom of the gizzard and seemed to be blocking any food/water from getting into the small intestine? Her gizzard was full of stones and food, she was drinking quite a bit of water but she was very dehydrated when I did the autopsy. More of...
  6. Rusticgreenacers

    Sick chicken, intestinal blockage?

    One of our chickens has been unwell for a few days now. She doesn't really want to move around much and she keeps moving her head and neck like something is stuck in her throat, but we can't feel anything stuck in her throat or crop. When we caught her she ended up upside down and a strem of...
  7. Paperairplanepilot

    Sick bird. Mg, crd, or nothing?

    Hello, About a week ago my blind roo was acting a little weird after drinking. I thought something was wrong with his crop, so I massaged it. A short while after shaking his head a little glob of goo flew out of his mouth (picture attached, it landed on my shirt 🙄). 2 days ago I noticed that...
  8. ChickenMasta1105

    Feather-tips on head turning white on 14 week old chickens

    Hi! My 14-15 week old chickens heads' feathers' tips are turning white. Literally all of them. The cockerels, and pullets, all four of them. All are behaving normally, eating and drinking normally, everything is normal. Also, all of them are Production Reds. Any help?
  9. J

    rooster sneezing

    my two year old rooster has been sneezing since monday it’s friday now i have cleaned his cadge out twice is it possible i need to clean the water for him to stop sneezing i’m confused help i’m not that concerned because he is only sneezing but when he sneezes he slightly gasps???
  10. R

    3 month old hen wheezing and sneezing with 1 green crusty bubbly eye

    Hi! We have dealt with corzya in the past so I already know that isn't it. My baby chicken has been wheezing, 'rattling' and sneezing for about 2 months now. Today I noticed one of her eyes is swollen, has green and yellow crust around it and bubbles coming from the inner corner. No smell. She's...
  11. emmagat

    Antibiotics

    Hey guys, I think I’m in trouble here. One of my chickens a respiratory bacterial infection pretty bad, and some of my others seems to be developing it. What’s the best antibiotic that I can buy? I know Corid is for coccidiosis and it’s for cows, but there’s a dosage for chickens that they can...
  12. J

    sick chicken

    today i have noticed my daily layer seemed to have lack of energy. i decided to put food out because she normally runs to the food but she stayed still and she stood sleeping i did see her walk around the backyard normally she was perfectly fine yesterday can someone tell me what is wrong and...
  13. W

    Dehydrated chicken?? Need help

    Yesterday morning I found my chicken falling over and couldn't keep her head up. It keep going back as if she was looking towards the ceiling. I figured it was because their water ran out. I started giving her water with a syringe and within an hour or two looked better but still very thin and...
  14. chickenchicklady

    Is this sour crop?

    Is this sour crop? It’s very squishy.. I’ve been massaging it every hour or so.. I went out of town and came back to this. Poor chick seems so uncomfortable, you can see she’s puffed out and her head is tucked in. I’ve separated her and have been giving her water only.. she also has pretty green...
  15. D

    Lethargic, sick chicken. Need advice please

    Hi all! My poor flock of 3 has been having a terrible time lately. My oldest hen (5 years old) got sick (lethargic, loss of appetite) in August after introducing 2 new pullets to her home (I should have quarantined them for longer). I took her to the vet, she was treated with de-wormer and given...
  16. Meetkatt

    Help! Chicken can’t get up/walk 😞

    Last night I discovered my Easter Egg hen (approximately 6 months old) on the floor of the coop lying on her side. My rooster was standing beside her. When I came into the coop she didn’t get up - just moved her head to look at me - I thought this was odd so I went over to check on her and she...
  17. gladraffe

    Crowns turning white speckled

    Hi all, my two older gals passed away a week apart. Both their crowns were getting speckled white dots on them. The photo with the chicken in the coop (img 1908) is one of the ones that passed away last week. She puffed herself out and it looked like there was dripping from her nose. The other...
  18. Angelique123456

    Sick chicken

    Hello I have a sick chicken I believe she’s been in her coop for the last three days she has not moved she stayed there in a little bowl she’s not eating or drinking water I think she’s going to die does anybody know what she might have
  19. Cocohens

    Help!!! One chicken gasping for air and the other very lethargic and messy vent

    Hi there, I’m having a disaster with my girls lately. One died 2 weeks ago, and after checking the rest over and them looking good etc I put her death down to an unfortunate event. I now have two other girls struggling.. one is gasping for air and looking very sad, and the other is very...
  20. 1

    an update on my sick rooster

    So almost a month ago my rooster was acting very sick. He wouldnt eat or really drink. He was constantly sleepy and he didnt seem to want to lay down. His balance was also pretty off. After about a week of me putting water on his beak and mixing it with wet chicken seed he finally started to...
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