I have a turkey I found this morning laying down not wanting to move. After looking him over he seems to have something wrong with his vent. It is crusty and dark around the edges and greenish like there's poop stuck to it towards the inside but he has white stuff coming out of it. There was a...
So, earlier today I bought a few ISA Browns from a local store chain. I've only been raising chickens now for a little less than a year, and I didn't have this problem with my first batch of chicks I bought, so I have no experience with it. On top of this, I have even less experience with...
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My chicken started acting oddly a week ago, when she wandered off somewhere, and today she has gotten worse. She is lethargic (meaning she won't move), is lying in the box where they lay eggs with eyes closed all the time, and when she is standing her bottom is down compared to her...
My goose was attacked by the neighbours dog today and lost about 1.5cm of beak. I have put antiseptic on the beak, and washed it out (it was bleeding quite a lot). The vet that deals with geese is not working right now, or probably for at least a couple of more days. What should I do? Do beaks...
So recently I’ve purchased two goslings at my nearest Atwoods probably a week or so ago on the same day . The employees did not specify or know how old they were but looked to be a few days I assume. I bought a African Chinese swan and a regular white Chinese swan goose. A few days went by and...
Today we noticed one of our three hens was acting rather strange. Usually they all run towards us once they hear the backyard door opening but this hen, Goldie, just stayed behind and didn't move at all. She was just standing still and didn't come to eat like she usually did. She still ate when...
My hens have begun eating their eggs, it all started with one and they have all begun doing it. Its been about 3 days give or take since they started. I poured out the contents of eggs I have and fill it with mustard. I put these fake eggs in the chicken pen and they did peck it. Some of them...
So, a bit of background for the past few weeks, when this problem started.
With 8 chooks, and only 3 people in the family, we have plenty of eggs. So sometimes we go a couple of days without picking up the eggs from the coop. It's not normally a problem. If a chook starts sitting on them, they...
Hi, I have rescued two chickens from a farm that has been closed, they are currently in one of the rooms in my farm house. I have five chickens and a cock already, urgently need some advice on how I go about introducing them to my current flock. The two have been together the whole time at their...
I'm getting new chickens soon and want to add them to my new flock except I don't have a separate pen to put them until their all nice and cozy. All I have is a cage with plenty of room for both hens, food, and water. I can't keep them in that cage until they get all buddy-buddy, I need a...
I believe my Indian Runner was attacked by an owl that tried to carry him off. He has a big patch where his feathers and some of his skin has been ripped off and he has a puncture about half the size of a pencil eraser and maybe a quarter of an inch deep right below where his wing rests on his...
So picture me, my first flock, I go out at around 5:30pm, suns already down. I’m out to close up the door to my chicken coop, I’m counting up my flock and I notice one Is missing. I look around trying to see if she some how got out and bam! A cluster trail of feathers with drops of blood along...
Hello everyone! I'm back! I have more Issues with My ducks sadly. My female black swedish duck, April, has been turning white which I guess isn't really that big of a deal I think it's from all the stress because her sister died but she's been turning white at a very fast rate and I've noticed...
Two rooster have wandered into a friends yard. They must be rehomed today otherwise they will be culled. I cannot take them myself because they will fight with my own. If anybody can help please let me know immediately. He is only keeping them for the rest of the day. Location: New Castle, NY
Hello. If you look at a previous thread I wrote, I posted about a chick named Nova who had slipped tendon. I took her in for surgery and the tendon slipped out of it's place again since she was hatched with it instead of aquiring it like I thought she had.
Nova is around three months old. She...
So I had a good hatch of 9 quails and then today a 10th one came out, its really weak but looks like she is breathing fine and starting to try to move around but she has some stuff on her backside. The vent has a pink almost organ/placenta looking thing with some blood next to it (or something...
So I had some silkies hatch in May and the smallest one has since grown suddenly ill. This morning I let them all out and all but her came out, at first I thought she'd been hurt so I checked her legs and body and wings and all seemed fine. I then put her on the ground and instead of hopping off...
My 3.5 year old isa brown has had sour crop for about a week now. There was a day where she was feeling much better, walking around, eating and drinking a lot, but her condition suddenly dropped yesterday. I've been vomiting her carefully, trying to feed her but she wont eat and syringing...
Hello there, I'm new to this website.
I have 5 Silver Appleyard ducklings that are about a week and a half old and one of them is noticeably smaller than the rest. A few hours ago, I gave them a bath in some cool water and changed their bedding.
After their bath, I put them back into their...
So I'm on my second lot of chicks hatching, the mother kicked three to death by mistake (or so I hope) and so i seperated them, now I just noticed that all of the chicks have a large growth on their chests! What is this?? Are they okay?? They all seem fine, no distress and they're all eating and...