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  1. Intentfire280

    Suddenly lethargic hen with strange bumps and clear saliva

    This is a very long post compared to most of the help questions I've seen. If I can get advice I would really appreciate it. All right so this is my smallest of four Welsummers: The Runt. She's always been smaller than her sisters but she has a pretty active personality and is extremely vocal...
  2. Dbest815

    Possibly Sick Hen?

    I’ve kept some backyard chickens before but haven’t experienced this so I’m hoping for some insight from this community! I have just 2 black sex link hens, both of which are a few months under 1 year old. MJ is the larger of the 2, and she has been laying for around 2 months. RPO is the smaller...
  3. myaijones962

    Possible Coryza?

    I have a flock of over 100 birds, a lot of time and money has gone into these birds. We have a few experiencing a swollen eye, only on one side. I treated the entire flock with oxytetracycline (1cc per gallon water) for 5 days, then seperated the ones showing symptoms and I'm continuing...
  4. PrettyBirdRocky

    Passed Away* Lethargic hen sleeping not wanting to move

    So about 5pm I found out WhiteBand(name) Black Australorp sleeping in the corner. It took me nearly shaking her a tapping on her to get her to wake up. I even moved her and she didn't put up a fight. I honestly thought she was dead for a moment. Since then, I did give a calcium d+ vitamin. And...
  5. F

    Very strange issues with a Hen

    Hi all. So, we have a flock of 20; 19 hens and one roo. On Thursday night (almost 5 days ago), I noticed one of my girls was acting off. We left her alone but the next morning my husband said he thought she was eggnpund so we immediately started trying to fix that. She was standing hunched...
  6. B

    Saving my chicken :).

    Hello, we recently got a few chickens, new chicken owners, few months ago. About 3 weeks ago we were preparing to leave for a trip to Maine from Ky, night before our flights my favorite most sweetest hen , “noodles” started acting lethargic suddenly, lying down, wouldn’t stand when we tried to...
  7. S

    Black dots & chapped looking combs on hens

    Hi! First time posting on here. My 20 week Austrawhite was the first hen to exhibit symptoms. She had black spots on her, but I was able to get them off with Vaseline. A week later I noticed a chapped like substance & black dots on her comb. My husband seems to think the spots are dirt and the...
  8. K

    Help! Chicken diarrhea!

    Hi everyone! I’m new to owning chickens and new to the forum. My girls are 6 months old were great up until 2 days ago when they were just a little more lethargic. I’m in Southern California and it’s been hot (they have shade, a fan, a mister, frozen treats) and I attributed it to it just...
  9. J

    Deathly ill chicken. Please help!

    My hen is around 3-4 years of age, and is very sick. Her symptoms include lethargy, floppy shrunken purple comb, green diarrhea (as shown in second image), neck spasms/twitches, and consistent throwing up liquid when she bends over. The nearby vet clinic open until September. We might put her...
  10. teamtmo

    Foaming from Eyes. HELP!

    * UPDATE * I gave her a bath and rinsed her eye under the running faucet. Upon further inspection, she seems to have a lump or bump in front of her affected eye that seems to possibly irritating her affected eye. Could a spider bite or mosquito bite have caused this too? We have black widows in...
  11. C

    Water Belly or Egg Bound?

    We have a barred rock hen that just this morning wasn’t moving around as much as usual. She seems to keep having trouble laying an egg, so we assumed she was egg bound and have been soaking her in a warm Epsom salt bath for 20 minutes, applied oil to the vent area, and fed her some extra...
  12. lizcourt

    Dead chicken

    If you guys saw my last post a few weeks ago, you know I just started raising chickens. This morning I went to go feed and water my chickens before work and I found one of my older ones dead. Shes anywhere from a year to a year and a half. My coop is definitely not predator proof 100% but there...
  13. N

    Duck sick?

    I recently acquired some ducks from someone who was moving away. I notices one was missing from the little flock and went out searching. I found her on her back with one leg stuck in the air. Breathing but not moving much. I gathered her up and brought her in. She didn't fight me but I usually...
  14. Reiki Rooster

    Turkey Healing from mites now lethargic

    I have a flock of turkeys, 2 brothers are the Tom’s, 1 of them had a severe mite infestation, no one else had mites but I treated everyone. My problem Tom has been mite free for 2 weeks now but he is just becoming more and more lethargic. I see zero wounds, none of the other turkeys show any...
  15. AvianAva

    Sick Rooster please help!

    Hello I am in need of help as soon as I can get it! My favorite Rooster Zelda, (<--it's a long story) has a history of getting respiratory diseases in the past but recently despite giving him respiratory meds often his mouth still hangs open. I have checked the inside of his mouth and there are...
  16. P

    Help! Pullet making weird noise and coughing/sneezing(??)

    https://vimeo.com/990948407?share=copy Hi everyone. As you can see from the video, this pullet started making this weird noise this morning and also coughing or sneezing, I can’t really tell which. Happened overnight. She was fine yesterday and even ran around the yarn this morning. Two other...
  17. S

    Abnormal Behavior. Chicken spread out on top of sick one in nesting box.

    One of our chickens (a frizzle) has no feathers and tends to hide out in the nesting box. For the past week, one of the healthy birds has been laying on top of her, wings and tail completely spread out to cover her. They are the same age and have been raised together since day one. I’ve attached...
  18. RossAcres

    COVID means chores for me...

    So my mother tested positive for COVID yesterday. I decided to take a test to make sure I didn't get it from her since she may have had it for a few days before she got tested. Well, I saw the very faint red line, so I guess I have it :he My mom is a little bit of an anxious person and wants me...
  19. edgy6ellie

    Sick hen jerking head

    Help! My favourite hen is really sick, shes not eating and is doing this jerking with her head. Shes sounds very wheezy aswell! For video
  20. B

    My hen is not herself, pinky orange discharge coming out of vent

    Hi everyone, I’m a new chicken keeper and I am panicking as my 4 month old white Sussex hen isn’t herself tonight. She was fine all day and when I went to let her out the run for her evening walk around the garden she was all puffed up. She had a slow walk around and then I saw pinky/orange...
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