walking backwards

  1. KathiQuacks

    Duck arching neck and walking backwards..??

    Hey y’all. This is a behavior I’ve noticed a couple times now in my newest duck, Blanca, but it starts and ends faster than I can get my phone out to take a photo / video. I believe it’s happening while she’s preening, or about to preen. She arches her neck underneath her body and walks...
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  2. M

    1-2 week old chick lethargic, walking backwards, wings drooping

    She is one of 24 that we received this Wednesday morning from Meyer Hatchery. Their hatch date was 3/18, but several of the chicks already had some wing feathers coming in (including her) so we suspect she is between 1 and 2 weeks old. They were all vaccinated for Marek's. She was acting mostly...
  3. lilmillefleur

    Walking backwards and crop feels hard- help

    We were on vacation the past week and when we came back one of our chickens was acting off. She was walking with her head down low, and sometimes walking backwards. We were going to feed her some egg and tuna to get her some vitamins and selenium but then noticed her crop was rock hard so...
  4. Fallenone05

    Chicken pulling to the right

    I don't know how else to title this, but today while outside watching the chickens, one of my hens would look down, peck at some forage, then suddenly turn her head right and walk backwards. The best thing I can compare it to is almost like someone took some reigns to her, pulled her head to the...
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