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  1. B

    3 month old Americana making strange noises??

    Good afternoon everyone. I went out to feed my chickens this morning and noticed one of them making a strange noise. For reference, they are approximately 3 months old and I’m still new to keeping/raising chickens. This wasn’t a normal “cluck” or “cheep,” it sounds more like a...
  2. Q

    Quail chick foot is swollen

    Hello, my quail chick has a swollen foot, it doesn’t seem to be bumblefoot because it is swelling on the top of the foot rather the bottom. Could it possibly be a form of gout? This is my first time hatching and raising quail. I also have a chick with wry neck and I purchased the 80ml vitamin E...
  3. S

    Gulping for air and wheezing

    Hi All, . This girl just started this in the past two hour or so. She's obviously in discomfort open mouth gulping for air and wheezing. I have spoken to our vet and will take her in this arvo but he really doesn't have much idea whats going on and other than administering some ABs or PTSing...
  4. boopsqueak

    Drake Prolapse Amputation: Yea or Nay?

    This is Alligator Bob. He is brave, smart, handsome, a doer of valorous deeds and much more interesting than Boo, the World’s Cutest Dog. At any rate, poor Bobbie has had a relatively slight penis prolapse for about a month. For a while, I was just keeping an eye on it, applying hydrocortisone...
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    • amputation drake penis drake prolapse emercency duck care emergencies / diseases / injuries and cures emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures phallus phallus prolapse prolapse vent prolapsed penis
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    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  5. chickens87216

    *EMERGENCY* INTERNAL LAYING

    Internal laying is when a chicken’s oviduct throws the egg of the tract. There is tons of egg yolks inside of my chicken from this. This is an emergency and I need advice quickly. She is huge, she walks like a penguin, and she is wheezing. What should I do? In the picture there is a bright...
  6. Z

    Does my chicken has cancer? Cyst? Abcess? Doesn’t move

    Help!! We adopted this lady about 3 months ago and from the start she didnt have any interest to roam in the garden like other ladies and she very didnt move around if its not necessary and looked a bit depressed. We noticed she didnt take care of her rear feathers and that they were poopy from...
  7. C

    Baby chicken can't walk and has a lump on it's neck/head

    This baby chicken was born 9 hours ago, it is unable to walk and it has a large lump on its neck/head. It will only lay down on it's back or sides, also it's feet do not open up and sometimes it's legs will kick around. What is this and is there anyway to save my baby chicken?
  8. Jay Waring

    Chicken not laying 4 weeks after becoming egg bound {Please help}

    Hey, I have a chicken who isn't laying. She stopped laying 4 weeks ago when she became egg bound. Today she looked very dazed and confused. She is eating. Not sure if she is drinking and pooping.
  9. Jay Waring

    Egg bound chicken not laying three weeks after HELP

    Hey all. I have a red star hen who went egg bound three weeks ago. She is perfectly happy now running around eating and drinking fine. Would anyone know when she would start laying again as she was our main layer.
  10. V

    Head Injury on Baby Chicks- Open Wound. Help!!

    Hey guys. I am new to chicken raising but long story short... I have 3 egg laying hens and 2 baby chicks (about 3 weeks old) raised them since they were days old. One of my adult hens seems to be very territorial, and has plucked the feathers out of one of my other adult ones. They've been...
  11. J

    Red/Black Comb On Rooster Changing

    My roosters comb has been changing colors lately from red to black and back and forth, but it has never really looked as black or as big as it has right now.Is there something possibly wrong with him or is this normal, the other day I saw his comb was healthy red, then moments later it had...
  12. S

    HELP! I had a sick hen I had to put down, please read!

    Hey guys! I just joined, and I'm happy to meet you all! This is my first post here, I recently had to put down my laying hen because of her condition. She was an easter egger chicken from freedom ranger hatchery, vaccinated for Mareks, and was medicated for coccidiosis from a chick, she was...
  13. M

    HELP Sick Hen Possibly Egg Bound

    I need help with my approx. 8-9 month old red sex link hen. She is normally a great layer but has not laid in at least a few days. I first noticed something was wrong when I saw her standing in the same position yesterday with her eyes closed, opening and closing her beak as if she was crowing...
  14. S

    HELP QUAIL SEVERE INJURY NEED HELP ASAP

    hello everyone sad night as i have found one of my quails with severe injury to the head he is bleed i don’t know if he will make it through the night what would i do please help in desperate need
  15. Smelly

    Baby quail possible foot infection

    I have 2 two-week old baby quail, when they hatched the hen who hatched them would drag them by the toes (she only did for a very short time but the damage had already been done at that point) and now the toes are beginning to fall off, one has already fallen off and is super inflamed and...
  16. D

    Muscovy Essential Items Kit

    Can anyone please provide a list of essential items to have on hand for both general Muscovy health maintenance and emergency intervention such as vitamins, apple cider vinegar, calcium for egg-laying females, dewormer, charcoal, correct size tubing, etc. with appropriate dosing and anything...
  17. K

    Emergency help I dropped a hatching egg

    Please help what do I do I dropped a hatching egg pretty hard I was moving them to another incubator they are due today should I leave him alone or get him out fast. I do have experience hatching eggs and have had to assist many only lost 2. I’ll attach a pic this just happened 5 min ago please...
  18. R

    HURT LEG??

    My 5-month-old Polish Bantam Rooster has suddenly started limping. At first, I thought he would trip because he couldn't see (His head feathers are very big), but I've been observing him more closely. He walks around normally but sometimes stumbles while walking and he sits down when he eats. He...
  19. Santiago_H06

    Chicken attacked by puppies

    While doing my online classes I heard a pained squak outside and found out my chicken had somehow got to the next door neighbors and was being attacked by the dogs. I got him back and looked at the injury and it was pretty bad. His skin was torn away to right of his butt. Muscles and bone were...
  20. Nelson-Collier

    🚨 Potential Dying Hen? Help??!

    (Pictures provided below.) One of my 7 laying hens has been extremely lethargic and listless for the past couple of days. I first noticed it when I let them out the other day to roam while supervised (I have a large caged in run I keep them in, adequate feed and water). After they all ran out...
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    • #blackhead #turkeypoult #sickness #hen #sickhen #lathargic blackhead blackhead treatment coccidiose coccidiosis emergencies emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures emergency sick 2 year old hen
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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