diagnosis help

Hi all, Our 3.5 year old laying hen was acting normally yesterday, but upon coming out of her coop this morning proceeded to drink water for about 10 minutes straight. She would not stop, even when we tried to lure her away with treats. We examined her and found some messy feathers around...

Hi, I'll try to include every bit of information that I can think of. Any suggestion is appreciated... We are chicken newbies, very little experience; live in the tropics, with a lot of heat and humidity this rainy summer season. Our chickens mostly free range. Around 4-5 months ago a few had...

Hello! I have a 2 year old canada goose that I care for. He's been with me since a hatchling. Have never had any real issues or illness with him. Although as of abput a week/week and a half ago. His feathers started thinning around the crown of his head. I noticed he was really scratching that...

Hi everyone my Frizzle Silkie mix has been sneezing for a bit but she has been acting normal so I thought nothing of it. I use a scratch with a lot dust, so I thought the sneezing was because of that. Today I noticed one of her eyes had foam in it, so I immediately isolated her. I also took out...

Hi everyone today i’m absolutely devastated. Another one of my hens is acting sick and lethargic and I have no idea what’s wrong with my flock. For some backstory, two months ago I had two chickens die from an unknown illness. They were both acting lethargic and got worse as the days passed...

We have an old chicken with ascites. We are planning on trying to drain the fluid to give her some more time and make her more comfortable, but we are afraid of botching it and causing her pain or a more unpleasant death. I contacted a local animal sanctuary to see if they could help and I was...

I’ve got a 2 1/2 year old Golden Comet thats hasn’t laid eggs in a month. She has watery poop, is underweight, and isolates herself from the flock. No signs of blood or worms in poop. Comet was bullied and has widespread feather loss as a result. I’ve isolated her week ago after treating the...

Hi All, I would greatly appreciate any guidance on how to diagnose my hen's health issue properly. I noticed yesterday my one-year old barred rock was fighting with another hen (welsummer) while they were free-ranging yesterday, which is very unusual. The welsummer has mild bumblefoot which I...

My silkie hen just started laying but her first eggs have been squishy. When I press down on them they don't break open but crack everywhere and are very pliable and easy to morph into any shape. Does anyone know what's going on?

Hello, first of all let me start out by saying I/we made a mistake by not writing this sooner and that is my fault, I acknowledge that. Our flock consists mostly of jersey giant mixes and lives in an old stable rather than a coop. We had one jg rooster from a less than savory place who liked to...

Hello, So about a month ago i got baby chicks, one of them who we called Lulu was always the most lethargic one out of them since the day we got her. I noticed on day 2 that she slept a lot and didn't seem very energetic and she remained this way the majority of her life. A week later she...

Hi, I noticed today that our scatty legbar chicken was slow and didnt panic when I went near her so picked her up and noticed a big swelling underneath her. I cant feel anything hard like an egg in it, but I bathed her and have tried to snuggle her in case she's egg bound. She last laid two...

I need suggestion for treating a sick turkey, please! Turkey raising newbie... I received an order of day old turkeys, guinea fowl, and chickens from a hatchery on July 18th. One turkey never seemed to grow but was eating and drinking. This turkey is now obviously sick - half the size of the...

Early stage diarrhea - June 16 june 18 after 1 dose of med june 19 june 21 june 23 june 24 june 25 - noon june 25 - noon I am new to chicken keeping, and this is my first experience trying to nurse a chicken back to health. Wondering if anyone can help with figuring out what's going...

Hello! Just want to say, I have dealt with a lot of sick chickens, but I have never had these symptoms. Gracie is a 4-year-old backyard wheaten EE. I have never had any of my EEs get sick before, they don't overeat, so the chance of gleet or sour crop is very low. Yesterday I noticed her...

Hi everyone! I have a chicken that isn't feeling too well and I can't figure it out. I think it might be egg peritonitis, but I haven't dealt like anything like that before so I'm not sure. She's a 10 month old easter egger that looks like a red sex link, but lays green eggs very regularly. The...

I came home from work to find my Cayuga didn't seem like she is feeling 100%. I will list the symptoms and what I have done. If anyone can offer advice it would be appreciated. My other Cayuga didn't make it during shipment so I really REALLY don't want to lose Sonia Duckstoyevsky! The first...

Hi Guys and Girls What is this in the attached photos? My girl has not laid for a long time and then I found this in the nest.

My 2 year old hen just had 5 chicks with a high mortality rate... The newborn chick symptoms all came within a day or two of the chicks hatching: - General weakness, tiredness, dozing off, low energy, limpness, closed eyes - inability or lack of desire to eat / drink - consistent yawn-like...

Hello everyone! My grandfather has been having an issue with one of his roosters. He has found it in the “dead chicken” pose at least three times with its right leg stuck out behind it stiff as a bored. He said it appeared to be 95% dead every time, it’s eyes are dialates, and it has a...