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  1. A

    Fowl Pox - Help!

    hello, i have a 2 year (ish) old hen and i believe she has fowl pox. its pretty late stage, affected her face and eyes, she has warts on her comb and wattle, they arent black, just pink/pale/yellow , she can barely see, i have to gently pry open her eyes every morning (its been about 2 days with...
  2. M

    Lethargic chicken with watery white stool

    I have a 1 year old cream legbar chicken exhibiting concerning symptoms. She is pretty small compared to my other legbars of the same age. Unsure of weight but hasn’t decreased in size since symptoms appeared. She is very lethargic. Walks around a little but mostly just laying down. Isolating...
  3. Layla_Chickens

    My chickens is limping and I don’t know why

    This has been happening for a few days. My chicken sally has been limping. Her left leg is kind of not working. She is pretty chill as she is kind of old and she doesn’t do much but everytime she tries to walk she starts limping and flapping her wings. Her left leg is still responsive to some...
  4. L

    Any substitutes for Baytril until vet visit?

    Hi all. My hen, Ginger is a Red Star with apparent Peritonitis. (Broken egg at vent, lethargic, yellow discharge) I see Baytril is the antibiotic for this, but I can’t get to the vet til tomorrow. Right now, I have Tylan, DoxyTyl, and Denagard. Can any of those be subbed until my appointment...
  5. FAFOfarm

    SOS -HELP -Duckling emergency

    HELP! Duckling 1 hatched on its own, Duckling 2 is a little behind. Duckling 1 has no pecked and pulled at the membrane of Duck 2 and POPPED A BLOOD VESSEL. How do I help duck 2 without killing it myself? qtip and blow dryer?
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  6. Just Rosie

    Hawk Grabbed hen, traumatized eye, confirming meds

    Hey all, gonna try to type quick. Just had a hen scooped up by a hawk but I was able to make it outside in time and chase her off. Hen was dazed and I thought shocky but now seems bright alert responsive. I believe hawk's talon went right into or above her eye. Have not yet been able to...
  7. ebisu

    Where to get Metronidazole in pill/tablet without vet rx?

    I've combed through old threads and links to get it are either not working anymore or the product is not available anymore. I'm on day 5 of canker treatment with the powder form. My previous threads detailing my journey so far...
  8. Layla_Chickens

    What should I give my chicken

    I have a polish rooster, he is still young but I see he’s having problems. When I check his crop it’s never full and I can feel bits of food but very little. He’s also been sneezing a lot. He still pecks the floor as I feed him from the floor but he’s not actually eating anything. He feels very...
  9. V

    Update to my last post -URGENT

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/possible-egg-bound-urgent.1645754/post-28147919 She has since pooped since posting, I've been giving her mineral oil so does this look normal? She's getting worse 😭 😔
  10. V

    Possible egg bound?- URGENT

    Hello, we have a 9 month Olive egger that as of yesterday was showing symptoms of egg bound, she was limping on one side while penguin huddling and her vent is pulsating, we soaked her in warm Epsom salt twice and oiled up her vent, I tried massaging her and feeling for anything but I couldn't...
  11. tingupinguu

    Help!!! Egg cracked inside of my muscovy hen

    Over the past few years, My muscovy hen has been laying eggs since somewhere around 2022, I have never experienced this issue but today her poop seemed to be oddly very similar to yellow egg yolk; I checked her vent and it also is running the same fluid. Her vent doesn’t look extremely swollen...
  12. crunchygranola

    Chicken swallowed plum pit??

    I think one of my hens swallowed a pit from a plum… My mom threw a whole bunch of produce outside and when I went out they had gotten into it. I noticed a few plums in the mix, too, and my alarm bells went off. I felt around my chickens crops— and sure enough, something was very hard and...
  13. W

    Swollen neck/face wheezing, help!!!

    Hi. This morning my rooster was fine. Left to drop off my daughter and when I got back after an hour ish, he was suddenly acting strange. Upon further examination His throat is swollen, he is making funny noises sounds like he cant breathe, and there are somes sneezes, he also appears to have a...
  14. NinjaGamer2022

    URGENT 2 year old pet rooster suddenly shaking from head to toe. Please help.

    My beloved pet rooster I just found sitting down by my house sitting down in the grass. I went to pick him up and move him to his coop. He is now standing but is shaking from head to toe. He has had bumble foot for about a month. I've tried treating it more than once, but it wouldn't come out...
  15. Lemon-Drop

    Emergency - Hen not able to walk, leg dislocated?

    Hey y'all, unfortunately one of my girls, Cupcake, isn't doing so well. Admittedly I have not had much time for the hens with everything that's going on in my personal life, but today I was out with them and I noticed that Cupcake, my Buff Brahma, was lying in the roots of a tree and not moving...
  16. N

    Emergency? Suddenly lethargic chicken

    My golden comet chicken, almost 5 months old, was suddenly very lethargic this morning. She didnt run out of the coop with the rest of the birds, and just stayed on her roosting bar. She doesnt usually let me touch her, but shes letting me pick her up and inspect her without complaint now. Her...
  17. B

    Impacted crop turned sour

    I noticed my chicken had an impacted crop on Friday. I thought we were about past it earlier, the doctor gave us Cisapride to assist with crop motility. But now, I think she has sour crop. It’s like a balloon filled with air. I’m so worried because she hasn’t had the ability to eat much of...
  18. B

    Impacted crop won’t clear after 48 hours

    I noticed my chicken’s crop hadn’t cleared 48 hours ago. She is a 6mo old buff. Since then, I have been massaging it frequently with coconut and olive oil, I tube fed 15ml water twice, I gave 200ml docusate sodium, I’ve tried everything I’ve seen that could be a solution. I thought it could be...
  19. crunchygranola

    UPDATE: HELP ME!! HAWK ATTACK SURVIVOR!! PLEASE HELP!!

    A couple minutes ago I heard screaming coming from the coop and ran down to find my favorite hen being attacked by a hawk. PLEASE HELP! She’s got a messed up leg and multiple injuries please please help me!!!
  20. C

    Chicken limping bumblefoot

    So, we have a chicken with bumblefoot on both feet. I thought doing it one at a time might be helpful. Well we did it first.time but I didn't get it all, we returned her.to.the coop, it rained and rained and I was worried of it getting wet. We got.grr back in and opened and tried to cut more, I...
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