I noticed my chicken (little R) had started to lose weight so brought her inside. I've had two chickens die from something like this which i don't know what it is. shes eating normally but isn't really gaining anything back. This morning i found some white gunk in her beak and she was opening...
I have a 2 year old hen who was totally fine yesterday then today she is not being active tail feathers down won't eat or drink on her own.
I'm wondering if it isn't something to do with her eggs. They have always been kinda weird shaped and thin shelled. Despite me trying to give extra...
Hello everyone. This evening in my dogs poo, this was on it. I did not touch them, I got it on to a leaf with a stick. Are these tapeworms? Are my chickens and geese at risk as well? Do I need to worm everyone?
Please help!
I noticed that one of my girls had a very light pink comb, googled and it said it could be worms. Ordered homeovet wormer, administered it in their water. But now another one of my girls from a separate coop has a floppy comb and isn’t wanting to eat. I dusted them and their coops...
Hello, I have a silky rooster who, about a week ago, started limping. It was very slight the first day, then the next he was lying down to eat, and on the third day i had turned a dog kennel into a hospital because he wouldnt get up at all. He also eats very minimum and only notceably drinks...
This is a new thread for a thread I posted with questions a few days ago. Im hoping more people see this with advice.
Background: male goose started "squeaking" and had diarrhea. Next day, began shaking his head as if something was lodged in his throat.
Friday Update: *****HELP****sound of...
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I have a flock of 19 birds half are 18 months old and the other half are 6 months. and several of them have had very watery diarrhea. I treated them all with safeguard 2 times 10 days apart. It’s been 8 days since the last treatment and some are still having very loose stool. Do I...
Hi! This is my first post on BackYard Chickens, I am excited to be apart of the group!
I currently have 17 chickens, they are all ranging from 4-6 months of age. The newest addition are 7 poulets from a lady in my hometown- one chicken did have worms. We contacted the seller and she had us swap...
I know they are part of the food chain, but I just want them to stay far away from me. In Florida it was the giant flying cockroaches and huge spiders. If you have poultry, then you likely know about mites and lice. Mosquitoes and ticks are the ones that torment us most in VA.
Tell me which...
Help! It's been one thing after another--scratch that, multiple things overlapping for my poor chickens. I just started a de-worming regimen yesterday after evidence of roundworms in a couple poops. I thought the culprit might be my 1.5 y/o EE, who had just started molting, stopped laying, and...
I finally got another rooster after losing my last and wouldn't you know this one has worms. Theyre small little grain looking worms. I have gone to 2 rural kings, tractor supply and called 2 vets. I can't find dewormer anywhere. I'm looking for ideas/info/websites to purchase from. I am...
On Thursday we mowed the lawn and threw a lot of dust in the air since there isnt any grass right next to the coop. Friday after work I noticed my 5 month old chicken wheezing almost like an accordion and occasionally barks (see video). We also had a slight increase in temperature after several...
I have a sick 4.5 year old Cali White. I posted a thread a few days ago and didn’t get any responses (See Post Here). I’m going to dose her with Valbazen and Corid. What’s the dosing amount for each medicine and what is dosing schedule (4mL/day for 3 days, etc)? I have found conflicting dosing...
Hello I am new to hen keeping, I have four, two ex farm chickens about two years old and 2 hybrids about 5 months old.
I believe one or all of them have tapeworm as I’ve been seeing the little wiggling “grain of rice” type segments in the poop and I’m looking in to treating (I’m in the UK)...
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I posted on here a few months ago explaining how my bantam was making odd sounds when breathing. Although this isn’t as bad as it was, she now seems to be panting very rapidly. It is hot here at the moment, about 25-30c but the other chickens don’t seem to be affected as much. She...
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My vet gave me tri/sulfa (40mg/mL) to treat an upper respiratory infection for my flock. Bacteria were identified as Enterobacter and Galibacterium. I have been treating everyone for 4 days now after one of the healthy ones started to show symptoms after I had quarantined the...
One of my silkies recently started acting a little low energy and had a poopy butt. She still walks around and goes into the run from the coop on her own and her color seems fine but it started to worry us. While we were washing the poop from her butt, we saw she has a few worms! We started...
So I gave my baby chicks worms and they absolutely loved them! Anyway, on of my black silkies ate a full worm it took her ages to eat it and the worm kept on coming back up and down her throat. We were very worried and thought she was choking. Her head was up and was trying to swallow it. Now...