Official BYC Poll: Which of these health problems has affected your flock?

[BYC Project Manager]

There are several diseases and health conditions that chickens commonly suffer from. Chickens can suffer from severe health problems for days or even weeks on end without being detected, whereas others may die within hours of being afflicted. So we would like to know: Which of these health problems has affected your flock?

Place your vote above, and please elaborate in a reply below if you chose "Other".

Further Reading:

• Chicken Diseases & Cures

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[PippinTheChicken]

Nothing yet.
I did have a mite infestation, but I destroyed them in a day (with a lot of DE, antimite spray etc). Luckily there weren't any on my chickens.

 

[Aunt Angus]

This is a good one! I want to see what's plagued others' flocks. See how mine stack up. But I've only had chickens for about 3.5 years. I'm sure I'll see a lot of these as time goes on and I gain more experience.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Oh - I need to elaborate on my "other" vote. I rescued 2 hens. One had vent gleet. She recovered beautifully. The other had salpingitis. She succumbed to it.

 

[HennaPenHollyPol]

There are several diseases and health conditions that chickens commonly suffer from. Chickens can suffer from severe health problems for days or even weeks on end without being detected, whereas others may die within hours of being afflicted. So we would like to know: Which of these health problems has affected your flock?

Place your vote above, and please elaborate in a reply below if you chose "Other".

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Further Reading:

• Chicken Diseases & Cures

(Check out more exciting Official BYC Polls HERE!)

There are several diseases and health conditions that chickens commonly suffer from. Chickens can suffer from severe health problems for days or even weeks on end without being detected, whereas others may die within hours of being afflicted. So we would like to know: Which of these health problems has affected your flock?

Place your vote above, and please elaborate in a reply below if you chose "Other".

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Further Reading:

• Chicken Diseases & Cures

(Check out more exciting Official BYC Polls HERE!)

I had 1 hen pass from ascites.

 

[STACEYH]

Had favus, now worms.

 

[DobieLover]

Roundworms. It's a constant battle with the flock digging holes all over their pen that fill with water but don't drain well and they drink out of them. They are now on a flubendazole treatment schedule every 10 weeks.
Mild case of lice once.
Coccidiosis when I brought in new pullets.
Vent gleet that was cured but caused too much vent damage to heal in time to allow the hen to lay. She was euthanized.
Prolapsed vent that would not stay in. She was euthanized. I regret not trying harder with her. She was my favorite hen.
I've lost 2 to reproductive issues and will lose the daughter of one off these hens to the same thing before this year is out.
One pullet to a strange cancer that affected her head and face. She was euthanized before things got really bad.

 

[Tclloyd0812]

My newer flock (THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW) has been healthy besides having 1 rooster with bumblefoot a few months back and a slight mite outbreak that was quickly treated within a few days with DE.

Now my original flock (FROM A FEW YEARS AGO) were all culled or passed away from Mycoplasma and Mareks. We introduced new laying hens from a mennonite egg farm in our area and unknowingly introduced these deadly diseases to our flock. I wanted more eggs and didn't see anything wrong with the hens I purchased. We quarantined them for a few weeks and only noticed they didn't walk around much, we just thought this was from them being confined all of their lives. Needless to say, we wanted to have healthy birds and make a profit and it wouldn't happen with a bunch of sick birds.

Also, we have dealt with coccidiosis because we raise 50+ chicks at a time. We've gotten to the point of just preventing coccidiosis with Corid or treating it if it gets bad, but it doesn't really get anywhere any more. We have gotten good at controlling it and rarely have a death to coccidiosis. We also are to the point of selling chicks a day or so after they hatch so we don't run into it as much.

 

[tripletfeb]

I had one hen who had bumble foot and I also chose "other" because I had pullets who were bullied and pecked on. I got help from good people on here to heal them. One healed fine and the other died from the wounds. I culled the bullies

 

[RubelliteRose]

I answered:
cocciciosis - I think they had it as chicks. Not entirely sure as I didn't have a fecal done, but treated them anyway.
bumblefoot - 3 have had it multiple times, but others have never had it. They all sleep on the same roost, eat the same food, walk on the same ground so . I guess I will just continue to treat it as it shows up.
salpingitis - we have one hen who developed this at just over a year old. She laid a couple of shell-less eggs and one tiny lash egg. Fortunately, Aqua-mox cleared it up and she is back to laying eggs regularly again.