Prada, my 3 month old CCL, is struggling to walk, and I'm not quite sure if it's a slipped tendon, sprain or something else... X-posted this to the FB forum last night with not much response, hoping to have better luck here...
She was on chick starter when I got her in April until I moved them...
So my hen had 10 baby chicks last Friday, but one of them has, and Spraddle legs. I've been able to help it with adding vitamin E to its water and adding braces to its legs to correct its stance. But I've needed to force feed it the vitamins and food for the past 3 days, because now its legs...
Hello everyone! I was wondering if I could have some advice for three of my hens. One of them is an Americana, she will be 5 years old later this month and still lays regularly. However she also regularly needs our help getting the eggs out. This morning when we went out, she was standing under...
A few weeks ago I notice my almost 3 year old peacock limping. He free ranges so I planned to check on him later that evening when I would be able to catch him. All I could tell was he had a small scrape on his "hock" area and seeing Peas heal quickly I was not too concerned. By the next day he...
A couple of questions...
I've been feeding my sick chicken a raw egg mash. Also includes a variation of applesauce, Greek yogurt (0 sugar), rolled oats, Apples, & cod liver oil. Also have crushed up meal worms or grain. She is also on probiotics, Life Lytes electrolytes, and an antibiotic (from...
Ok, I got two bantams two weeks ago, a serama and a silkie cochin. Recently, the serama has let me pick her up and has been laying down any chance she gets. Today though, she hasn't been standing hardly at all. Her wings and tail are drooping and whenever I put food in her face she pecks in the...
Hi. I ended up with a Cornish cross chicken as a pet, not to eat. It grew and grew, ate and ate. It's huge and fat and now it can't walk. Is there any coming back from this? Now that she can't walk she is not eating as much only what we put in front of her. Will she lose weight and recover? Im...
Hello! I have a 4 year old Ancona duck hen that has almost lost her ability to walk. I have three other ducks and 4 chickens. All of them are healthy laying eggs and doing well. Two days ago while I was putting them up in their coop for the night I noticed Ivy (the lame duck) was not keeping up...
3 days ago my 2.5 year old hen was found laying on the ground unable to move her legs. This was very sudden and showed no symptoms of any disease or physical injury, and will not respond to touching or moving of her legs. She would try to move by pulling herself with her wings, she also will...
Hoping some people have some ideas for me. I have a 1 week old duckling. The mother, our pet mallard duck Maggie, has abandoned her. We took the duckling into our home yesterday, spent the day together gardening. All was fine. This morning we woke to find her limping slightly and this has...
this is my first time with chicks. On 7/13 I brought home 4, 2 day old chicks from a local farm store-don't know where chicks came from. I set up a brooder in an oversized clear plastic storage container, with pine shaving, water, and food (just chick starter they gave me in unmarked bag at farm...
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Picture of my chickens current condition. She looks dead but is breathing, slightly moving her head and feed and still opening eyes when we open the cage. She also is swallowing her food and water that we are feeding her wig a syringe.
Hello, my chicken Fauxy is very sick. Her breed is...
clutch hatched yesterday. I found them after they were all dry. One chick was not moving around like the others. Toes looked curled under and appeared to seize when placed on back.
I tape/splinted her toes. She is now able to somewhat stand, but still not walking (kind of hobbling about)...
I just got a 1 or 2 day old golden red pheasant chick that is very uniquely crippled. It does not have splay leg, which I've treated (even severe cases) before. The chick walks (barely) on its hock joints with its shanks and feet upward. Imagine a person walking on their knees with their feet...
So I have a Rhode island red hen that is 4 years old this year. She's from our original flock and she's 1 of 3 we have left from that first year. She started looking a little rough on Mother's Day, just laying in the run next to the food bowls. She didn't seem to walk much. I went to work the...