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  1. A

    Coryza? Coccidiosis? Help!

    Hi all, I'm afraid we're going to lose one of our original hens. This morning, she wouldn't come out of the coop with the rest. She was laying down, legs not working, BEET red eyes (they're usually yellow/orange). We brought her inside and laid her in the bathtub. This is when we noticed that...
  2. CloneFly

    Please Help! Young quail with infected toe

    Good evening, I had rescued a male Coturnix quail on Sunday afternoon; originally he only had a head/eye injury, but come Monday morning his left toe on the left leg and right toe on the right leg were swollen and bleeding through the skin. The tip of the left toe is now shriveling and black...
  3. H

    Chicken being lethargic, help?

    For most of this week, my hen has been acting a bit unusual. My girl Max is an almost 6 year-old indoor Wellsummer hen. She lives indoors due to her previous flock abusing her to the point of borderline starvation. Normally, Max is energetic, obnoxious, talkative, curious, and a decent eater. I...
  4. R

    Please help! We got the wrong chick!

    About two months ago we bought some new baby chicks for pets and from the start I knew we were given the wrong breeds but I didn’t mind because I’d love them no matter what. I’ve just come to realize we were given a Cornish hen, nothing close to what we had wanted and I’m very worried for her...
  5. C

    Help needed: Pippin chick's egg broken by hen

    Hi, A hen cracked open this egg but the baby chick is still pippin and moving a bit. It's been 19 days since her incubation started but doesn't seem ready to break through yet. What can be done to save her? I'd appreciate any help/experience 🙏🙏
  6. Eigen

    Eye turning black on Wyandotte chicken ?

    Hello, my chicken named Koki who already had a thread about her now has a weird eye that first turned white then turned black right after, she doesn't have any other symptoms, she eats and runs towards us when we give them snacks, she drinks fine and even lays delicious eggs, the thing is her...
  7. sylvaniaduckmom

    Shrink Wrapped Duckling - Please Help!

    My mama Cayuga was sitting on 5 eggs, but ended up killing 4 in their last days. I took the last viable egg inside in hopes to keep it alive. I don’t have an incubator, so I’ve been keeping it in a make shift brooder with a heat lamp at 100°. The duckling externally pipped 24 hours ago and...
  8. henfriend1998

    2 year old hen not eating, incredibly inactive + thin, standing w/ her head close to her body and her eyes closed all day, clear thick droppings?help!

    my two and a half year old buff brahma hen Frida hasn’t eaten for two days now, has been not acting like herself, standing kind of hunched and fluffed up with her head near her body and her eyes closed, and only pooping clear, thick (almost mucousy) faintly reddish brown droppings with thick...
  9. YamYam

    Need Help with Sick and Sleepy Quail!

    I recently brought home a few quails ( a week ago) but now one of them has fallen sick. They were fed layer feed, so I continued feeding them that, and as for age, they were all a little less than a year old. 3 days ago I noticed one of the hens acting lethargic and drinking A LOT of water. I...
  10. I

    Urgent Please Help! My pullet had mites now her eyes are closing what could this be?

    My pullet was sitting on eggs and she got might so we needed to take care of it before she hatched the eggs and we started to dust her and use all the mite sprays and stuff the mites went away but left her with crusty eyes and then they started closing up please help!
  11. T

    Duck ate Millipede

    My 8-9 week old duck Clyde ate a large millipede (about 2 inches) about 30 mins ago. The millipede was almost dead half of its body was injured the other half was still alive I looked it up and it say they release poison glands when crushed, is he going to be ok???!!!! Anything helps urgent
  12. Tarojar

    HELP HURT ROOSTER

    So, I have always wanted chickens growing up! I finally got them after my sister kindly hatched a few for us. Everything was all right for the most part but then my rooster suddenly is having issues walking. I thought it might be dehydration or the lack of vitamins, but when looking in-depth...
  13. C

    URGENT baby chick on decline

    Hi all, Just got two new baby chicks to add to our flock they are in the brooder and only four days old. One is thriving but I am becoming concerned for the other she is constantly sleeping and today has started showing minimal to no interest in food. I have given her some electrolytes in hopes...
  14. M

    Baby Silkie Prolapse Vent & Possibly Torn. Please Help! It's been 2 days

    Hi! I have a baby Silkie about 1 week old with a prolapse vent and some of it is protruding out a lot. We're not sure if there is a tear as well since the chick is so small, it's hard to see what's going on and this is our first time encountering this. Been looking online and reading advice on...
  15. L

    HELP WITH AN URGENT MATTER

    Hello, my family owns a house rooster who turns two years old this year and we are currently experiencing some worrisome traits coming from our boy. Around 10 minutes ago, we heard loud clucking from our bedroom where he was in for the hens to have some alone time. Immediately, I rushed to open...
  16. KateK1N9

    Duckling can't walk

    I have a duckling that is a few weeks old, it's was doing great up until a few days ago when we saw that it was walking on it's whole leg as well as the feet. We kept an eye on it but it got progressively worse ( started falling to it's side and couldn't keep up with the other ducklings) so we...
  17. i_only_listen_to_dgd

    Egg Bound Hen???? URGENT

    I found one of my hens (I have 7 total) just an hour ago walking funny with her tail down. My family have raised hens before and one of our hens from years ago had seemingly been egg bound but we didn't know how bad this was and she died from it. When I saw this hen acting like this I...
  18. AccidentalQuailKeeper

    Mouse Attack resulted in lethargic, drowsy quail with puffy eyes and slight head trauma

    Hello, I have 3 japanese coturnix quails which I have kept outside for about a week now. Due to a stupid oversight, a mouse got in and ended up injuring one of my quail. Whether she was attacked or bonked her head on the roof of their cage I am unsure. Regardless when I found her she was...
  19. C

    My chicks keep dying

    Hi there, We recently got 7 chicks and 4 have died now, one by one. They act normal and then slowly get more lethargic. Their poop is brown, runny and smelly. They don’t want to use their legs. Then they will die. This is my first time with chicks and I’m so upset. We have a thermometer and...
  20. PoultryLover1289

    Duckling with leg injury!! Help!!

    I have a 1 week old duckling who has recently injured her leg. I have no idea how! She is in a large plastic box as a brooder with a heat lamp. She started making loud noises and the. Jumped around and then seem to not be able to walk on one leg. I put her in the bath, she can still swim in some...
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