won't eat

This is Betty. For the past week she’s been lethargic, sitting in the same spot barely moving, her eyes were swollen shut and now the slightly open and cloudy/glossy. Won’t eat or drink on her own, I have to give her water through a dropper. She poops but it’s super liquidy. She recently started...

I have an approximately 2-year old Plymouth Barred Rock hen. She has been, up til now, a perfectly healthy bird and a good layer. Earlier this month, I noticed she was laying down a lot in the coop - I figured she was simply broody. However, her bottom was somewhat messy and she seemed...

My hen, Rhody, has a hard and distended abdomen. My vet checked her out shortly afterwards and prescribed her some meds. A few days later, I left to vacation at my cottage and left some reliable family taking care of Rhody. Unfortunately, she has stopped eating and drinking and has become very...

Hello! Sorry to be a bother, but I’m afraid I might have a serious problem. Yesterday evening I was taking a swim with my family in a nearby creek, when suddenly a duckling came floating down through the falls. We weren’t sure what to do, but it came down into the water pretty hard so my...

One of my 4 Barred Rock chicks was laying down. I poked it and it didn't respond. I picked it up and it's limp. All it's doing is breathing, nothing. 10 minutes ago it was just fine and now it's dying in my hands. I don't know if I can save it but I want to. I fed it yolk and honey water but...

My R.I.R hen, Wing Gretzky, is not feeling well! She has been lethargic, won't peck at anything, stopped eating, just not her usual spunky self. She has been like this for about 4 days now, I separated her from the flock 2 days ago. She is in my dog kennel chicken hospital in the house. She had...

Hello everyone. I purchased a bag of flock party dried crickets to supplement my Rhode Island Red pullets' diets with some protein when they were about a month old. Initially, they went crazy for them. They loved these treats. Now my chicks they are 3 and a half months old and refuse to eat...

Our barred AnnaBelle is three and isn’t eating. She’s resting a lot and isn’t very active. She won’t roost. Also there is yellow dried liquid near her vent. She’s been like this for a week now. I’ve been googling to find out what is wrong with her, but I haven’t found anything yet. Has...

Hello BYC fam! We are first time chicken tenders and sometimes have no idea what's happening when things go wrong. Earlier today I noticed Pippa, our 3 month old black maran pullet, crouch-walking. My first search advised to check her feet for swells or bumblefoot, and in her raw, dirty...

Hi everyone, I have an exchequer leghorn hen who is 3 years old. She's always been fed on layers pellets, but recently has stopped eating them. I didn't notice at first because she still eats the treats that we occasionally give them. When I saw her looking a bit lethargic I wormed all the hens...

Hello, my favorite white silkie hen, Murphy, is acting strangely. I noticed today that she hasn't been pooping, only yellow green liquid is leaking from her vent. I checked for a stuck egg, there isn't any. She isn't interested in eating much, and her balance isn't very good. She's been on...

Hi, I have a black Sexlink (black with agreen hue in her feathers). She's usually the leader of the hens. She tends to get broody. The last two weeks she picked out her belly feathers again and would move others eggs over to her laying area to sit on them. She's barely eat, but I'd remove the...

Berdie was a healthy, happy, crazy running goose that followed me everywhere and talked to me. I just let him run in another yard. Nothing was there so I thought that could hurt him. Maybe some dirty water if anything. Now he looks like he’s dying. A complete change of health. I found him in...

Hi, my favorite bird who is more of my freind than a my chicken is sick and I don't know what's wrong. She won't eat, even when I offer her her favorite treat. When I offered her the treat she put her beak to it as if she wanted it then just layed her head in my hand. I did see her drink a...