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I have a Serama hen, 1 year old, that has been declining in the past 2 weeks. She still eats, drinks, and walks around, but a lot of the time she stays in the same place looking sad, tail down. I thought it was coccidiosis and treated her twice (tortrazuril) and dewormed her also. After...

Hi, does anyone have experience tubefeedkng a chicken with severe wry neck? I am afraid I will hurt her if I straighten the neck to tube feed her. She's still eatkng but she can barely drink on her own, because she cannot lift her head. It is very likely she has Marek's, since my flock is...

Today something really surprising happened. My neighbor caught a bantam hen in his property and came to ask if it was mine. At first sight, I said no, because I have no missing chickens. But looking closer, I recognized a dutch bantam that had escaped like 6 months ago!! Unbelievable that she...

So, I thought my chicken was dead...but no, she was just sunbathing!!!! Have you had similar scares? The second picture is them having lunch after sunbathing. Tough chicken life !!

Hi, I just got a new coop after a fox killed my ducks, so I want to protect my chickens, who were lucky. So, until now, our chickens roosted on some perches we built in a covered run (with tarps) , see pics. Now, I got a small new coop with and automatic door. It has four 90-cm perches, it is...

Hi everyone, I have some khaki campbell duck eggs that I am incubating after a fox killed the parents. Today is day 18 (I started counting 24hrs after I put the eggs in the incubator). So, my question is: should I expect ducklings hatching on day 28 (like, coming out of the egg) or day 28 means...

Hi everyone, I have a 10-month old pullet that has been having runny yellow poop but otherwise fine (maybe a little bit thin). She lays everyday. I took a sample of her poop to the vet and she says there seems to be giardia and coccidia. This hen lives in a mixed flock with 8 other hens and 2...

Hi, I am incubating some duck eggs after a fox killed my whole flock of khaki campbells. There is one egg that I suspect is not viable, it seems to already have a blood ring. I am attaching pictures, the first is the one with the blood ring, the second one is another egg where I can see the...

Hi, Does anyone has experience hatching chicks from vaccinated parents? Are they more resistant to Marek's? I am asking these because here in Spain, we, backyard chickens keepers do not have access to vaccines. Only farms with avian vets and sometimes breeders' associations can get them. I...

Hi, I have a 6-7 month old new pullet, a modern english game bantam. She came home about 2 weeks ago with another 2 bantams. They were doing quarantine in a large dog crate, but apparently it was too small for them, as this pullet got her vent pecked (I think from stress of being in the crate)...

Hi everyone, Last week, 3 of my bantams died (2 sebrights were put down by the vet and the last one just died after a couple of days of being sick). We are pretty sure it's Marek's due to symptoms, but still waiting for necropsy results. My flock is a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated chickens...

My little 4 month old bantam seemed off a few days ago, so I started treating with Corid. After 4 days she still seemed a bit fluffed up, so Iast night I decided better treat with tortrazuril and stopped Corid. Now she is like this, she won't lift her neck. I can only think of wry neck or...

Hi everyone, I am so sad and frustrated. My sebright cockerel called "Ruflito" just died today. Yesterday I took him to the vet since he had been sick for a few days. The vet did a fecal float and saw coccidia and giardias. Started treatment with metronidazole and tortrazuril, but it was too...

Hi, I have 3 Sebright cockerels that are 5 months old. A month and a half ago, these cockerels were all sick with coccidiosis, and apparently giardia too. I treated with tortrazuril (Baycox) and metronidazol for giardias, as instructed by the vet. However, ever since, I see them kind of...

Hi everyone, I have 4 khaki campbell ducks. One for sure is a drake (raspy voice, green feathers), and two of them are females based on their "honking" voices and feathers. But the last one was until recently a female, or so I thought. " She" is noisier than than the drake and her voice doesn't...

Hi everyone, I am based in Spain and I have been keeping chickens for 3 years. Currently, I have around 20 chickens and 4 khaki campbell ducks. I have sebrights, marans, pekin bantams, seramas and common laying hens. I love this place because I have learned a lot about chickens and ducks. I also...