Please help woke up to this little guy sneezing too often. its past noon still sneezing but less frequent and now had to clean his pasty butt. not pooping often since. Its chirping sounds so whistly and trembling each time he does. Changed the box shouldn't be dusty. It is possible it has...
I was letting my five chickens free range while my family and I went out to eat. Somehow, Someway, my dog and my neighbors puppy got to them and attacked. Most of my chickens were fine other than being utterly terrified but one of my younglings has a bloody, completely red and closed eye. Please...
So usually i keep my guineas and chicks playing around in my room and one of the guineas ate hair so i can see the rest of the hair out of her mouth..
I go in panic mode i tried to pull the hair out but its stuck as i got harder the keet would freak out it seems like its getting hurt so i tried...
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My two female cherry-valley ducks are almost a year old and both have small blister like sores on their feet. I have read about bumble foot but do not know what to do to treat it.
Please help as I love them both dearly and do not want something to happen to them.
Thanks so much!
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Can someone please please help ASAP! I have a little chick here who is almost a week old. Shes been having issues for the past 3 days. Shes not eating or drinking, shes panting/ breathing heavily and shes really weak and lethargic. She seems to have a fair bit of...
I've had a goose sitting on eggs for 35 days. The eggs were due to hatch. My other female goose decided to lay on them too. So both of my geese were laying on the eggs. Last night I went to check on them and saw a baby had pecked a hole in its egg and was ready to hatch. I left it alone. The...
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I'm on day 24 of hatching chicken eggs. On day 22, two eggs pipped, and they stopped after making after a few cracks. I've read that they are supposed to take long rest breaks, but these chicks haven't made any progress since 10am Sunday.
What shall I do? Should I try the float test, or...
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I have four coturnix quail living in a brooder about too move to their hutch but haven't yet. They are five weeks old. This morning I noticed on of them had red on the back of its head and I picked up and noticed that all of the skin on the back of its head is gone and one of it's...
Help please! I just finished a round of incubating 7 eggs. 6 hatched successfully and have been moved to the brooder. The last egg pipped over 48 hours ago with minimal progress. The chick was trying to get out consistently and I was always seeing movement within the egg and chirping to let me...
Hi Everyone - I am new to Backyard Chickens. Please can I ask for some help! My 9 month old Khaki Campbell drake was off colour 2 days ago and I took him to the vet yesterday morning. He is not eating or drinking on his own and he had a VERY high temperature. He is okay if sitting down but loses...
We got a newborn chick on Sunday evening from a local breeder. It looked like it had unabsorbed egg that dried (first pic). Then today the dried part started to come off. I knew to keep an eye on it. I heard loud chirping and found a lot of yellow goo (yolk?). Pics of chick (sorry it's blurry)...
I need urgent help and advice! I opened the cage and my 16 week old silkie chicken wasn't sitting on the perch she was wedged between the perches in a unnatural position. I touched her and she cried out. I picked her up and her neck is floppy and when I place her down she flops to the ground...
Hello, I am hoping some can please help me.
I have a female Pekin that has been having a really bad day. She can't seem to walk her left leg seems paralyzed. It does not seem like there is an injury or wound. when she tries to move she uses her wings and her leg kind of just gets dragged along...