I have a bantam who yesterday was huddled up in her house and i thought she was laying an egg until she was still laying there at late afternoon. She was clearly struggling to walk and is always sleeping. She hasn’t even pooped unless i didn’t see it and she wont eat. I tried checking if shes...
My orange Rhode land chicken has her comb very light pink and a shade mixed with yellow and white. She was taken to the vet and they said she is low on vitamin or has anemia. I can’t remember because I wasn’t the one who took her. Her comb is very low, it’s literally in her eyes and it’s peeling...
Okay so I walked out into my chicken coop to check up on the girls and I see my hen is tripping over everything looks like she’s trying to lay an egg tail down her butt is full of dried poop head down comb looks purple-Ish and is not at all bright red like it should be she keeps laying down and...
Hello friends, I need advice one of my 2 yr old brahmas appears to be sick or at least not feeling 100% I noticed she was lying around and then her sister started picking on her I went and picked her right up (not normal) No runny nose or sneezing or breathing problems is eating and drinking (I...
Hello i have a sick chicken that is acting off.
Her symptoms are
Not eating but she's drinking lots of water.
Lethargic and sits down.
Only see her sometimes walking around.
Slightly hunched and fluffed but hard to say when she just sits down.
Her poo consists of a waterty white with solid green...
My EE bantam roo started acting off about a week ago. He seemed to have less interest in interacting with the other chickens, which is very unusual for him. It started getting worse a few days ago so I brought him inside. He’s eating only a bit, and i’m giving him water through an eye dropper...
Please someone help. I have a hen, around 15 weeks old. She started acting oddly a few days ago, being very lethargic, gasping for air, and not eating much. We thought it might be the heat, and brought her inside for a few days. I checked her crop to see if it’s impacted and it’s not. Now about...
I need some advice right now. Chestnut my one year old hen who is moulting is experiencing some breathing problems. When I look closely, her face inflated a lot and is very noticeable especially the part between her waddles and the part near the corner of her eye. Compared to my other hen who’s...
Hi, Ive got my first checkin a year ago, so im pretty new to chicken world. Just 2 weeks ago ive noticed that one of the chicken is not looking good, its all fluffed up, disoriented, and not as active as other chickens, also her comb if down and looks like its dried up and changed in color.
Ive...
Hi! So we noticed that one of our hens isn't moving around much, sleeping a lot, and hasn't been eating/drinking (only a little yogurt so far), not pooping/laying eggs, and just now I noticed that she has a limp. I've looked it up but I'm not quite sure what it is or what to do. I gave her a...
Hello all, One of my girls seem to be unwell. And im not sure why. She's has the following symptoms:
- lethargic/ closes her eyes
- not interested in food or water.
-Seems to have diarrhea will send a photo of it below. ( has pooh on her bum feathers).
Her comb also seems a bit grayish black...
I have a black australorp that is around 6 months old and just started laying eggs about 2 weeks ago. Recently, she constantly makes coughing sounds and keeps on moving her head side to side and swinging her head around. She also has some grumbling sounds that are not coming from her mouth but...
Hello all,
my 10 week old Maran is being obsessive with drinking water and has diarrhoea. I’m starting to be a bit concerned as it’s been a couple of days now.
they are fed layers pellets and Verm-x so I don’t think it could be worms, but what would you suggest doing if it doesn’t pass soon...
I’ve been on vacation for the last 2 weeks, and had someone checking on my flock for me. When I got back this evening, I noticed one of my hens has black spots on her comb and wattles. Does this look like fowl pox, and if so, what do I do for her?
Hi everyone! :frow
I do my absolute best to take care of my chickens. Does anyone have any products to recommend for treating mites? Also, if you have any dewormer’s to recommend that would be great!
Thank You,
-Sunny Flock Raiser :)
My roosters got into a fight and now my main rooster is sick and acting strange! He’s not eating or drinking, he is constantly sleeping and he won’t even get up and walk around, I isolated him from the rest of the flock! One of his eyes is also
crusted shut, also he had a runny nose, and he’s...
On Monday we introduced 3 chicks to our broody hen and all have settled in well. They are approx 4 days old. I’m concerned for one of the chicks as they seem a lot sleepier than the others (the others regularly come out for food and play on top of mum etc) but this one chick prefers to stay...
Hello, so I just put my flock away, and only counted 7 and then I noticed my one hen (lacy) was just standing there looking off into space. I picked her up and saw that yellow and clear liquid was running out of her vent. Can someone please help me? what do I do? Also, I was wondering if it was...