We have a very young, no more than 2-3 months, hand-reared cockerel that we are sure has Merricks. He has all of the symptoms, and we have had chickens in the past with it so we know our flock is contaminated.
His health has quickly deteriorated over the past couple of days, including...
Heyo! Teenager poultry raiser here! Decided to finally make an account after lurking on this site for as long as I could remember to make a post in the emergency thread.
Right now we have around 30, I think? 4 turkeys, around 12 fully grown chickens, 16 chicks, and a few developing eggs. Would...
I have an adult female midget white turkey who has been put in a small coop on our porch separated by the rest of the flock for a few weeks due to her having small (surrogate) chicks that needed to be kept safe.
When I went to check on her and the chicks around 20 minutes ago to give her some...