depression

  1. T

    One problem solved, another arises -- please help

    Hello, chicken family! I have an odd predicament. Please pardon the long-ish story as I try to get to my point/problem. (The story is necessary.) We have an amazing rooster. He's the kind everyone would love to have. He protects the flock and will let you hold him. He's so well-mannered...
  2. M

    Duck died, mate depressed

    So i have a cayuga female who’s been with a black swedish for a while, but he sadly passed away this week. We have another flock but the sole drake doesn’t get along at all. The mate is 8, and doesn’t lay, and I’m unsure what exactly to do with her. I’ve had her since middle school and dont...
    • Macjjo
    • Thread
    • cayuga depressed duck depression duck female duck lonely duck old duck
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. Gammas Bearded Babies

    Gamma's Bearded Babies Adventure

    We've been empty nesters the past four years...and in May 2021 the kids got me baby chicks!!! And thus began my adventure...
  4. Goosebaby

    Questions/ infectious bronchitis?

    My flock has had white diarrhea and occasional respiratory issues since the end of May/ beginning of June, diagnostic testing and a vet isn’t an option currently so I know it’s anyone’s guess what my flock actually has. Some suggestions included renal coccidia, or a very mild form infectious...
  5. A

    is my chicken depressed or sick?

    I had two fayoumi chicken which were best friends. They would not leave each other more than 2 meters apart. Then suddenly, one of the chicken passed away, hiding in the bushes. She had stopped laying eggs for about a week and her comb turned pale.. I buried her in my garden. The other chicken...
  6. DeeJay

    Muscovy Drake Behaviour

    Hello! I'm seeking some advice regarding Muscovy Drakes. I have two Drakes - one is the progenitor of the other. The eldest Drake is around 4 years old, the youngest around 5 months. In the last 3 or 4 weeks, I have noticed the elder Drake staying lower to the ground, being more separate from...
    • DeeJay
    • Thread
    • behaviour depression drake behaviour drakes duck behaviour ducks muscovies muscovy muscovy drake power dynamics
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. WatkinsCluckers

    Quarantining

    I think I need to quarantine one of my Silkies due to a head sore that won’t get better. Do chickens get depressed when they have to be separated from the group? And if so, how long is too long?
  8. Trimurtisan

    Need a hug, take a hug.

    Howdy folks of BYC my name is Chris aka Trim. The main purpose of this thread is to create a safe place to let go of the stress of life. I know for myself just having someone to listen is often all I need. If this is something that does not appeal to you, I simply request that you move to a...
  9. AMaggio

    Ducks depression?

    Hey everyone, I have chickens and ducks but just yesterday one of my drakes, a Runner, who is coming into adulthood, has challenged the head drake, a Pekin. The Pekin doesn't want to fight and ran away and all day yesterday the Runner would not let him back into the flock. We were able to get...
    • AMaggio
    • Thread
    • alone depression duck duck depression help sad
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. surfrchik44

    Severely Depressed Houdan Rooster- Help!

    Hi! I have a 7mo old mottled Houdan roo (has not started mating or crowing yet). I raised him and a Polish hen in the house, because my only mature hen (silkie) took the other chicks fine, but rejected these two. They have been VERY close from the time they were a few days old. When they were...
  11. TheChickenLady1

    Depressed hen?

    Hello all, Unfortunately, two nights ago my hen, Onyx, got a very bad case of impacted crop and we had to put her down. I know that I'm heartfully distraught, but I have only one other hen who was very very close with Onyx. I'm worried that she might become depressed as she's constantly clucking...
  12. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Bullying, Egg-Eating, and Depression?

    Poor Darla our EE is having a rough go of it. She's a new layer, can't figure out how to use the boxes, is getting her eggs eaten, and now is the target of bullying. She's also seemed to have gotten depressed, or worse, is under the weather. Original thread is here...
  13. D

    I think my chicken is depressed

    so, I got a new dog last Saturday and the second day she was out she attacked one of my chickens and made a deep wound in her back/tail and I tried to help the chicken by cleaning the wound and blood and after that I set her down in the coop and she just done was she normally would do but 2 days...
  14. DrBwell

    Not an egg in weeks

    Hey, I’m new to this group and I’m looking for some advice. I have 4 girls that are 1 1/2 years old. We raised them from chicks and were good layers up until 2 months ago. We’d get usually 3 eggs per day for a while. Now, if I’m lucky I find an egg once a week. The weather on Long Island has...
  15. piper123

    Our chickens are very depressed

    I have one rooster and two hens that have recently become extremely depressed. They don't eat hardly at all, they don't want to get out of their cage in the mornings, and when they do, they just lay in the barn or on the porch all day. I know it's because just last week we lost the main hen of...
  16. FionaRose

    Behavior Change In Rooster

    Hello! I was hoping to get some insight as soon as possible on an issue I’ve noticed in my rooster. He’s always been a very good bird, watching out for his flock and keeping them healthy. A few days ago they were unfortunately attacked for the first time out in the yard. We don’t know what...
  17. A

    Chicken behavior He. help

    Hi! New member here. I had 1 backyard chicken named Pidgey who was totally free range and would even come hang out with my cat and dog on the porch and share food occasionally, and even come inside. Shes basically a pet. Well, she IS a pet. We live in a small, tight knit community and nobody has...
  18. CapricornFarm

    What is up with the Stock Market?

    Anyone else taking a beating? 401K is way down! Is there another Depression on the horizon?
  19. BuddyADucks

    Chicken starving herself

    We have had a run of bad luck lately. A fox has been killing off my flock. He killed my rooster and three hens two weeks ago but didn't make off with them. He came back yesterday, when I thought he'd moved on, to kill one of my geese and take off with a hen and a duck. Now I have one chicken...
  20. auce99

    Newly 'single' duck behavior?

    I had two female Pekin ducks that grew up together, and one suddenly passed a few weeks ago. The survivor was the less friendly of the two, only in that she never was one for human attention. She was fine being 'independent', so long as she had her buddy. Once she realized her buddy was gone...
    • auce99
    • Thread
    • depression egg laying losing mate mating routine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
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