treatment and care

  1. ShannyCupcakes

    Possible Impacted/Sour Crop?

    So, we have a hen, almost a year old with what we think is either impacted or sour crop. We noticed something was off because she was doing that side to side head wobble thing, big crop in the mornings and stayed by herself a little more, still ate, but maybe a little less it’s hard to tell when...
  2. K

    Must Have Items for your Flock

    Hi Everyone!! As a fairly new chicken mom I’ve come across various bumps along the road. As these bump come along I’ve acquired a small kit of remedies (tylan, metronidazole, Vetrx) but I’m wondering what are your must haves to keep on hand at all times in case of an emergency? I’m trying to...
  3. H

    Chicken suffering from Vitamin B deficiency/chicken sling

    it’s been about 2 weeks i’d say now. Boots my cochin mix chicken, was unable to walk one morning. So i immediately brought her inside and set up a chicken box for her. It went from her being able to jump out of the box and wake up next to me to her not being able to move at all. She definitely...
  4. M

    Abscess on beak 3 month old pullett

    Any idea what is going on with this hen's beak? Saw it 4 days ago and it's getting bigger
  5. A

    Bruised legs and can’t walk!

    Hi everyone! I have a problem with one of my hens and hoping I can get some suggestions! One of our buff hens was found by my dad about 8-10 feet from the road unable to put weight on her legs. I had seen her just and hour and a half earlier with the other hens and she was completely normal...
  6. Pwysprtlvr

    Duck - Swollen Inside Upper Mouth

    My 3 week old duckling was outside in her pen when I noticed she couldn’t close her beak. Upon further inspection, the roof of her mouth in her upper beak is very swollen causing the beak to look tilted to the right and unable to fully close. Drinking water and eating is appears to be a bit of a...
  7. Topbless

    Emergency: Please, my Turkeys and Broilers are dying.

    I thought it was just a stained but after so many observations and studies, I discover it is a disease which I don't know the type. It's two broilers(fowls) and 3 turkeys but a turkey died 5 days ago without any signs. Please, what can I do to save them. The pictures are attached.
  8. C

    Spraying for lice in -30 and below

    Hi all! Looking for advice on continuing treatment for lice. Just over a week ago I did a thorough spray of permethrin spray which the bottle said was 1% permetherin so i did a 1:1 with water. I need to go ahead a do a follow up spray however the last 3 days and the next week or so we have a...
  9. jBabychickn

    Resp.Symptoms/Plz Check my Treatment Plan

    Hi there; Newbie here!! I’m dealing with a 18wk old Jubilee Orpington cockerel with Raspy breathing sounds, otherwise eating and drinking normally as far as I can tell. He’s acting his normal self from what I can tell as well. — I spend 2-3hrs with my Babies daily. We are a small Flock of #10...
  10. Selka

    Getting rid of coccidiosis

    Hello everyone. So we got results from the lab today proving we have a coccidiosis infection in our flock. We are starting Sulfacox, taking 3 days, then 2 days off and 3 days medication. I was wondering which day should I clean and desinfect the coop? When do they stop pooping the pathogens...
  11. 6

    Depluming Mite Infestation?!

    Fall 2020 two of my hens had a hard molt, while one lost feathers around her neck. The two hens who hard molted, grew their feathers back like normal, within a few months. However, my featherless necked hen didn’t grow her feathers back. In fact, she lost a bit more around her wing shoulder...
  12. K

    New hens in quarantine but displaying symptoms, not sure how to proceed

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Red Star hen, approx 5 months old, have not gotten weight yet but she does not feel thin or excessively light. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Some sneezing and what sounds like coughing...
  13. Devils Flower

    Yearly preventative from Parasites and Disease.

    Does anyone use a yearly preventative to keep sickness and worms out of there flock? I have never had any problems in the last 7 years with my chickens and ducks but now I have my turkeys and I want to make sure I cover all bases and keep as much unwanted Parasites and disease out of my flock.
  14. S

    Help with lash eggs

    Hey so..i am not a usual chicken owner or anything but, a couple of weeks ago a random chicken appeared infront of my house, so i took it in, it seems to be a laying hen and seems to be doing alright apart from soiled back feathers, while the oviduct of the chicken seems clean. She eats very...
  15. Harun

    Baby chicken with a swollen vent and struggling to poop. What do I do?

    When I picked up my first 4 baby chicks one of them had bad pasty butt and what looks to be a swollen vent. I clean the pasty but regularly but it's vent is very swollen and it struggles to poop. I feel so bad for it and don't know how to help it. I don't know if it's vent is prolapsed or not...
  16. H

    Egg Yolk Peritonitis Help!!!

    Hi all. So I have a 4-year-old RIR hen named Ruby who I adopted about a year ago now. She’s a fantastic girl. Really really sweet. She hasn’t ever laid an egg since I’ve had her and I assumed she was just done and was too old. But, recently, when the spring rolled around, she was sat in the...
  17. C

    6 week Amaraucana lethargic/runny poop - thoughts on treatment?

    Dear BYC community - We are new chicken owners - have read many books and posts but when confronted with a sick pullet, we don't have experience to guide us! We have 4 pullets, ages 6-9 weeks, and have had them for 10 days. They are in an enclosed coop (with enclosed run) outside, so with some...
  18. kemoldenhauer

    Mereks disease

    After 23 yrs of raising birds, My flock finally has it. Booooooo!. lost 3 hen hatched-3 month olds already. Need to cull a few older birds that show signs of infection but seem ok. I have read all I can about it. Wondering tho.. if it is a herpes virus, couldn’t I give them an L-Lysine...
  19. H

    Vent Gleet Help!!

    Hi all. So I have a 2-year-old Partridge Olive Egger hen who has had chronic diarrhea for at least the last couple of months. It almost comes out in a stream and her vent is almost always dirty. At first I thought that that was just her, but after a little more research, I’m pretty sure she has...
  20. Agam

    My rooster leg getting week day by day what should I do?

    While he was running or eating,he sit down : please can anyone tell me what vitamin less in this case I think so vit d3 • I have some capsules which have 250 IU D3 in it Is that enough
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