Hello, i recently bought this cute silkie hen last night. Today i was getting her used to me and she seemed pretty tamed but i never saw her run. I realised her poop was very reddish orange and i’m just really worried she might be sick? or is it the new environment? perhaps coccidia? She seems...
Had a poor girl pass out from the heat though the rest of her flock handled it very well. I immediately brought her inside after submerged her body in cold water for a few minutes. Got her comfortable freezing water and frozen fruit, two mini fans set up, and cold compresses around her. She...
Recently one of my 2 year old Australorp hens has been acting strange. She seemed tired and kept secluding herself from the flock to rest in the corner, and one of her eyes seemed to be bothering her. I didn't think much of it because she had been known to be shy, and it has been so hot lately...
My family and I went on a vacation for Three weeks and I had a church friend watching my chickens while I was gone. Before I left, one of my chickens was not acting 100% right, but there were no obvious symptoms other than mildly lethargic.
I got home today and she was not doing well. She...
Hello, I was reading an article that was an interview of Lisa Steele I believe. She was talking about using herbs for her chickens, which I’ve been wanting to try. I ended up buying French Lavender, lemon grass, oregano, parsley and mint. Does anyone have experience with these? How do I...
I’ve been battling sick baby chicks and now my pullets are getting sick too. First I had chicks that had wry neck. I thought it was a vitamin deficiency so I do them up on vitamin e, selenium, b1, nutri drenched and electrolytes. Those chicks are 100% better now. I started with respiratory...
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I have an olive egger hen who just turned a year old-
Yesterday morning I noticed she was hanging out by herself off in a corner or inside the coop alone. She walks around but not a whole lot. When she does walk it appears normal. Feathers aren’t fluffed or anything like that. She...
for context, i just posted yesterday (link attached with backstory and images) https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/broody-chicken-with-crop-problems-please-help.1626112/#post-27775536 about my 4-year-old hen pearls who is having crop issues.
this is now day 4 of her crop issues and i am at...
I have a Lavender Orpington that was recently broody, has since hatched her chicks and is still separated with them.
They are sleeping in a small crate but free range all day. There are two black spots on her foot that I don’t really know what it is. There is no swelling and their living...
I don’t have the experience yet to discern a perfectly healthy chicken from a slightly lazy one, and I’m worried one of my girls is sick. She tends to stay behind in her coop when I let the rest of her flock out to free range for a while, she has been having weird, yellow, foamy poops, eating...
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I’m posting from the south of uk.
I have a few questions related to deworming chickens using Flubendazole 1% ( a powder I believe)
I brought a chicken (Appenzeller Spitzhauben) inside today after noticing movement in her droppings. Like a pinworm looking thing. I’ve brought her...
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I made a post yesterday about my hen (9 month old blue andulusian) who suddenly started acting weird, not herself, lethargic. Things got even stranger at night when she decided to sleep in the nesting box and then, at 12am, starting doing the egg song/distress call for about ten minutes...
Hello everyone, I could use some guidance/advice. I have one hen, about 9 months old, that isn’t doing great. A few weeks ago, I noticed her one eye was super swollen/crusty and looked severely infected. She also had diarrhea. I took her to the vet, they prescribed an antibiotic, an...
I have a chicken that I noticed yesterday acting sick. I brought her in to separate from other chickens. She ate a little yougart last night nothing today. She will take water from a dropper. Yesterday she pooped several times clear,white, with green it was watery. Today she pooped once creamy...
My chicken all of a sudden started drunk walking and so we brought her inside and two days later she has not moved, isn’t eating, or drinking. I thought it could be signs of Marek’s disease but it’s all happening so quickly. do the symptoms usually take affect like this, one day fine the next...
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I'm worried about one of my chickens. She is acting lethargic and standing by herself. She is looking rather puffy, but I did a vent check but she doesn't seem to be egg bound. She also has poop on her tail feathers. She is starting to stand like a penguin. When I go over to her, she starts...
Good morning, I have been checking this blog the lat few days but cant find any situation that seems to fit. My one lady is just under a year old, she will be 1 in June. On Friday (5 days ago) we noticed she had a badly poop covered butt and was being lathargic out in the yard. Saturday, we...
Alright guys I've been raising chickens for 10 years and I've never had this issues.. Crusty eyes and nose like you would see a human have if they had pink eye. I know if it's running eyes and nose it's respiratory and contagious. I don't want this to be the end of all my chickens....and I have...
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I need some help with my chicken. She has been laying some pretty weird eggs for about 4 months. They are wrinkly but hard (I will post pictures). But today I noticed that when she was pooping there was this white thing hanging out of her vent. I tried to investigate but it got sucked...