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  1. O

    Black growth on duck's foot?

    I just became aware that my duck has bumblefoot on his left foot that has progressed farther than I'm embarrassed to admit, but it's being treated properly (I bring it up in case it's related to my question). While making this discovery, I took a look at his right foot as well and it had a...
    • oakenelders
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    • bumblefoot ducks feet health question worried
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. Chickenslol

    Helppp

    Really need some clear answers for this one. I have three, week and a half buff orphinton chicks in where two of the chicks are shaking their heads every five-fifteen seconds. First it was one, now it’s two. No other symptoms of any disease, balance intact, no mites or other runny eyes and...
  3. J

    Cracked egg, help

    So here’s my story, I was checking on my chickens and the broody ones hoping for the chicks to have been hatched and I open up the door and the chicken freaks out the two eggs fall out, both cracked. One wasn’t fertile while the other was. The fertile one has a hole in it as big as fingernail...
  4. Fynnbaby

    Ducklings breathing

    Hi everyone, I’ve had my duckling for a little over two weeks, and this morning he was all good, I then went to go change his water, and food. After that I went to go cut up some greens. And when I came back down he was breathing weird, you can hear it kinda like a whistle, and he’s breathing...
    • Fynnbaby
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    • breathing duckling worried
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. J

    First time treating bumblefoot and very worried about my hen!

    I have always had chickens but now I have one with bumblefoot! We noticed that she had a lump on the top of her foot. I looked at the bottom and I saw the black scab. I soaked her foot in Epsom salt and warm water, we cleaned it and used an xacto knife to remove the scab. We also removed any...
  6. L

    MY DUCKLING NEEDS HELP!!!

    Hello, im new here but i need help we got two new ducklings about two weeks ago and one was perfectly fine about an hour ago but she just started being really wobbly when she stands up and she started sneezing a bit, she can stand up and walk around but she keeps falling over, she seems to be...
  7. divineangel94

    Coyotes?

    Just a quick question for my paranoid self. I live in glenmoore pa, my chickens are right next to our house, they have a fenced in run, a coop that is raised and fencing on the top. Are my chickens still safe from coyotes? I've never seen any around here, where do coyotes live?
  8. BigBlueHen53

    Fatty Tumors on My Sheltie

    My Sheltie, Gracie, has had what seems to be a lipoma (fatty tumor) on her left flank for quite some time. She is aboit 10 years old. It has been getting larger in the last few months, going from about the size of a walnut to now it fells almost the size of a lemon. But also I am feeling more of...
  9. lbgreenfield

    UPDATE on 2X Failed Bumblefoot Surgery - Need Advice

    Hi all. See my original post here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2x-failed-bumblefoot-surgery-what-to-do-next.1325094/ It is 1.5 months after my chicken's twice failed bumblefoot surgery. I have been doing twice weekly epsom salt foot soaks and have not attempted surgery since late...
  10. Brady bunch

    HELP ME

    Our chickens are not eating. We have tried to give them food but they do not eat it! We have switched them to layer and they have eaten it fine the last week or two and now the won’t eat. They will eat cherry's and scraps but not their food which provides the most nutrients for them. And they...
  11. L

    Overweight Dying Chick, HELP

    I have a 4 day old chick. They are over weight. Is there any way to help him/her become healthy. They are lethargic and I am very worried.
  12. S

    Help! 3rd day with chickens ever and dog bite. 100% novice

    I'm brand new to owning chickens i just got 6 hens a few days ago and one snuck out of her area 2 nights ago. She got into the other half of my yard where my dog was out. he got her in his mouth and i instantly told him to drop her. he listen and she ran off. She ran away at a good speed and it...
  13. L

    Chickens laying random eggs in the middle of the yard

    Hey guys, I have three hens (6yr,5yr,3yr) Now one hen recently went broody so we gave her some eggs now she has three chicks. We have them locked in the coop and the others free ranging. about a week after the chicks hatched the older hens started having irregular egglaying patterns, the eldest...
  14. MangTheRooster

    Sneezing?

    I feel like Many is getting worse and worse? But he seems fine am I just over worrying? Mang has been sneezing all morning and shaking/schratching his head can someone please help?
  15. orangesplash

    All of a sudden this thing came up in the morning

    Eye issue all of a sudden after brining 4 months old in the same compartment. It has affected 4 chicks right away.
  16. Nats Chickens

    Yawning hen?

    My hen Belle, was sitting outside the kitchen window preening. Every so often she would tuck her head to her chest, the stretch her neck as far as it would go with her beak open. Is this normal?
  17. JustJaxson

    I need help!

    So I have a pretty bad problem. I went to Hawaii for a week and when I came back I noticed my chickens where skidish and timid but that’s probably because I’ve been gone for a week. But my buff polish is acting really strange, mind you I have taken her to showmanship at the county fair and I...
  18. forfarhill

    First ever shipped eggs: day 18, not right?

    Hi I ordered 20 mixed cheaper crossbred eggs for a shipped egg test run before I buy the dearer variety! I read up on shipped eggs and ended up putting them fat end up in cartons, didn't turn for 7 days and then began tilting with a large book under the incubator 3x a day, incubator is an Rcom...
  19. Worried-Mama

    Injured Chick, bite by dog.

    Hi, I am so new to this, I do not even technical own chickens I am just caring for an injured one and her buddy. Roxie is a few weeks old ((I think)) and she/he ((too young to tell yet I am told)) was grabbed by my Dad's dog Cera ((Who was raised around chickens and protects them all very well...
  20. alexthefarmlady

    In need of help. Really worried

    so today I bring me chickens out like normal and I notice my hen. And she has a swollen face And her rooster kinda has A swollen face I’m Very worried please anything you know please let me know
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