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  1. ebisu

    What is this under my chicken's tongue?

    Lately one of my EEs has been sneezing with her whole body kind of like a small dog would and I also noticed that she tends to drop food when trying to eat. So I opened her mouth after noticing some brown drool and her neck all wet and I find this stuff under her tongue. Me being an idiot, I...
  2. X

    Hen not eating

    Hi everyone, New chicken keeper here. I have a 1 year old lavender orpington that has stopped eating. Shes half the size and weight of my buff orpingon. She was sick a couple weeks ago with respiratory issues. I got antibiotics for the water from a vet and those symptoms have stopped. She also...
  3. Gutierrez 10

    Curious Apetite

    I have a brown Indian Runner duck who I feel hasn’t been eating enough. She is a female and sometimes seems uninterested in peas and watermelon. She’ll eat bread, grass, her pellets and worms but to my surprised sometimes she just eats little and doesn’t seem quite full. Curious as to why and...
  4. D

    Help! I think my hen ate pebbles???

    Yesterday morning we went to check on the flock and one of the hens was “sleeping” standing up. She was very lethargic and uninterested. After watching her and examining we thought she could be egg bound. We followed the steps with baths and calcium and made her an egg with the shell, etc. left...
  5. Emrosenagel

    Pullet with an empty crop before bed

    Hello! This is a first time occurrence with this particular chicken, so I’m not overtly concerned, but I am curious. My pullets (13 weeks, bantams Serama/cochins) occasionally go bed with empty crops. It varies on who it is, but it just seems odd. They act normal and eat/drink. We’re having...
  6. C

    Chicks eating wood?

    We have baby chicks that are 4 days old, They have started to dig and peck. We have them in large wood shavings from tractor supply. I notice them picking up small pieces and I can’t tell is they are eating the wood. They know where their food is and eat from it. Are they eating the wood, is...
  7. Greta the chicken lover

    My chicken will not eat!

    My chicken will not eat and I do not know what to do!!!!! My chicken (Nightshade) is a young Belgium Du'ccle. She will not eat! Her crop is getting smaller and she is sick. She has been sick for a few days and has not eaten. She cannot move her legs but her wings can move. I have been trying to...
  8. A

    Baby Chick won't eat or drink and chirps non stop

    I have a baby chick that needed assistance hatching a couple days ago. The first 2 days the chick had trouble standing up and walking but now it is fine but ever since hatching it hasn't been eating or drinking on it's own. We have to force feed it by dipping it's beak into the water and putting...
  9. Iriss Crazy Coop

    Chick can’t figure out how to eat

    I have a week old silkie chick that just can’t seem to figure out how to eat chick starter. Pecks the ground/feeder/my hand with a closed beak. Currently on a liquid diet, I’m giving him drops of egg yolk three times a day, which is keeping him alive but it’s not a long term solution. How do I...
  10. Emrosenagel

    Hen is having a hard time eating

    Hello, I have a hen that has been through ALOT in the past half year. She’s had worms, been rejected from her flock, and then attacked by a fox. Now she has a bacterial infection. She had stopped eating last week, so I took her to the vet. They gave me meds and told me to tube feed her. I did...
  11. Y

    How to check if chick is eating

    Hello, recently ive had a chick that wasnt eating or drinking. After a few days of force feeding/watering and helping them gain strength they've started drinking by themselves, ive seen them occasionally peck at food but im unsure if they're consuming it. I know you can check by feeling their...
  12. C

    Help! First time duck mom

    Hi, On Sunday I purchased five mallards, all two years old. Three are females and two are males. They are staying in my garage while their coop is being finished. I haven't noticed them eating (they are all terrified of me - didn't have much people interaction before). I unfortunately filled...
  13. L

    Sussex Hen - difficulty swallowing

    Hello everyone, About 6 weeks ago one of my Sussex flew out of her yard so my puppy had a fun time cuddling her and pulling out 70% of her feathers!! He had her for about 40 mins until we realised! She recovered well and after a few days, she was eager to be outside and back with the flock...
  14. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Chicken Not Lating and Eating Less

    All of my hens are a little over 2.5 years old and most have finished up a molt. A couple returned to laying, but, as the days shortened, they soon stopped. Only one RIR is laying (after a molt). My ISA brown seems to have stopped entirely, which is a first, and my GLW, after starting to lay for...
  15. Aliceisalive

    Permethrin - Yard treated Safe to eat grass?

    Hi all! I am staying at my MIL house, with my 4 dogs and 3 chickens. She has a ton of cats and fleas are all over the backyard. We did so much research, decided permethrin was our best bet to battle them. Safe via ratio chart at .50 it’s been sunny and dried out over 24 hrs. (Yes cats were kept...
  16. A

    Advice needed for chick

    Hi everyone, I have a chick who is 10 days old and not eating. I have been giving her Nex Tex Poultry Nutri Drops (my Nutri Drench has not arrived yet) but she has not wanted to eat anything today. She does not open her beak to eat or peck, so we have been spoon feeding her her seed mix with...
  17. J

    Droopy tail but acting normal

    I have 6 chickens that have always been in perfect health. I raised 5 of the chickens myself and 1 I got after she was a year old. Out of the 5 babies (they’re actually about 5 months old now) one has grown the fastest. She is a BEAST. She’s always been 3x as big as the others. She has always...
  18. S

    Is my duck sad or sick?

    Hey fellow duck lovers. Yesterday I said goodbye to one of my Muscovy ducks, Daphne. She died after a long bout with a respiratory illness of some kind. My question today is about her sister Gigi. Gigi has been standoffish the last few days, and I noticed yesterday was not interested in eating...
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  19. Chicken-Maniac

    Gasping When Eating

    One of my favorite girls( Becky Lunch) will make a gasping sort of sound when she eats. She seems normal other wise; drinking water, laying healthy looking eggs, normal poo etc. I haven't seen the others do it... Could there be something wrong?
  20. P

    Ex barn hen super sick

    Hi my chicken I super sick we got her in September and she is a rescue hen (used to live in a commercial barn) she is crouched down and spends all day sitting down, she is eating and drinking loads but the water kinda dribbles out of her mouth. She is gasping for air. Her comb is dry slightly...
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