sick hen

Hello BYC Peeps (pun intended) I've been having an issue with an 18 mo Ameraucana hen. She has what I believe to be crop binding. This latest episode is the 4th one in a month. Is this normal? Does she have some disorder/malfunction? When this occurs, I bring inside for several days each...

Sorry for the gross poop picture, but im at a loss and dont know what to treat my sweet Poppy for.. shes been lethargic for the past two days, ive noticed bright/dark green liquid poop.. i assumed it had more liquid than usual because its hot here and shes consuming more water, but i dont think...

Pasr couple days one of my female CLs I noticed has watery eyes. Today I noticed she has bubbles coming out if her nose. Her crop is full and she seems normal other than that. Not really lethargic but not very speedy either. I gave her some nutridrench tonight but wonder if I should separate her...

Help, My poor Chewy is not doing well. I had just recently treated her for sour crop and that seems to be dealt with. However she is no long eating any food. She still drinking plenty of water (with nutri-drench added), but doesnt go for the food. When she had sour crop she would eat almost...

Hi there! I've been using this website as a resource for the small flock of chickens I took over from my mother, but this is my first post. A couple weeks ago we thought one of the hens had been taken by a predator while free ranging during the day. Ten days later I found her trapped in a roll...

I have a 2 yo buff Orpington that has a swollen face around her right eye. It came on in a matter of hours, she was fine when I let them out in the morning yesterday, then in the afternoon it was swollen. I gave her .5ml children’s Benadryl yesterday, along with some antibiotic ointment on the...

I have a 2 yo buff Orpington that has a swollen face around her right eye. It came on in a matter of hours, she was fine when I let them out in the morning yesterday, then in the afternoon it was swollen. I gave her .5ml children’s Benadryl yesterday, along with some antibiotic ointment on the...

Not sure what is up with my hen :/ I let my chickens out to free range this morning and I saw her jump out of a nesting box after everyone was gone and walk outside. When I came back after putting the chicks in their outdoor run, I noticed her laying down and making gurgling noises. When I...

My little Copper Marans girl, what to do. In her youth she sat upon a tower of 15 eggs and hatched them all. (We didn't realize she was broody, in the current favorite nest box...so much to learn.) Two years ago she came down with very stubborn bumble foot in both feet. Vet prescribed...

hello! my two and a half year old bcm and delaware hens stopped laying recently. the bcm hasn’t been laying for a while but we didn’t realize that our delaware wasn’t laying until this week bc we had two other hens who layed similar eggs. the bcm i posted about previously and people told me she...

hello! I have a two year old bcm hen. she has not been laying recently but I didn’t think anything of it because she has always been a bad layer. two days ago i noticed that her comb is purple floppy and I am wondering what is wrong. her activity has been weird lately too. she often stands stock...

I have a white plymouth rock hen named Dorris. She (unlike the other hens) becomes extremely distressed at times. She begins to screech very loudly when she strays too far from the group and realizes the other hens are out of sight, even when all the hens are clucking and cooing. She can’t...

Hi all, we have a sick chicken and was looking for some suggestions. Our 5 year old Bantam mix is feeling under the weather. She's very weak and will only eat or drink out of your hand. Her stool is a clear mucus with a bit of green. Today was the warmest day this year so I thought she might be...

8FB7668F-6E88-47C3-874F-C4266BE7E02E by Caroline’sCluckers posted May 7, 2019 at 10:12 PM My 10 month old hen has become suddenly ill. For the last two days her comb/wattles have been pale and she is consistently panting. Even on her roost at night she is panting. She is low energy and not...

Hi all! I have a hen that has been keeping one of her eyes closed and one of them open. The closed eye feels a little bit puffy and I noticed this issue 2 days ago and I thought that she must have scratched it on something or got pecked. She also just started laying, but I doubt that has...

Help, please. I've never had this problem before. I have a hen who was being picked on by all the other chickens. She was standing in the corners of the coop and rarely eating. I thought it was because she was being picked on so I removed her. A health check revealed her vent feathers were...

I have a Golden Sex-Link hen, three or four years old, who for the past couple days has looked a bit droopy. She's still eating and she keeps up with the rest of the flock, but she can't jump the low barrier into the compost area where they like to scratch. She's also walking with a bit of a...

I have a problem hen named Penny. She is a BA who is 4 years old. I have long suspected her of a reproductive disorder, because she has had bouts of lethargy and illness before. But this time is a bit different because Penny is eying and drinking perfectly, , and she even looks alert, keeping...

I have this 2 year old silkie hen that, until now, I was pretty sure she was egg bound. She has never had a problem laying eggs until recently when the cold weather really hit. I figured it was stress from the cold and set up the heat lamps for the pens. Well, 2 days ago at about 7:15, I went...

My 6 month old laced Wyandotte hen (1 of 4 from same flock- other 3 are fine) cannot stand on her feet and doesn't appear to have wing or leg injuries. I have watched her decline for 5 days, but she's still hanging in there taking water from a syringe and eating when food is placed in front of...