emergency care

  1. CassieTheChickenTender

    Hen has a super red bottom? No roosters

    My top hen has a red bottom... it's been red lately but now it's the worst. We have no roosters. I checked for lice/mites. Their is none. They did have mites but it's been over a month since they have been completely gone! She is molting so could this be the cause of it?? What can I do to help...
  2. O

    URGENT Welsh Harlequin with Severe Wry Neck

    This is my second post here, but I need help. I have two ducks in my care, one of them is a Welsh Harlequin (don’t know official gender yet, but maybe male? We still call her Elphie) Both of them are about a month and a half old now, I got them back in July 27th. About a couple weeks ago, I...
  3. S

    Severe bumblefoot

    Somehow i can never escape bumblefoot, however with having a busy work weeks i just haven't noticed that one of my girls seems to have a case of severe bumblefoot? I cant feel that its hard at the top its mostly squishy but there is like just one spot that is hard enough. The bottom also is soft...
  4. WingItRanch

    Chickens without water! Emergency?

    I was going to put this under "Emergencies" but I think I handled it? I feel horrible. I came home from work and the large chicken waterer I have was bone dry in the trough. There's like 5 gallons of water still in the main part but somehow the water isn't flowing. I have no idea how long the...
  5. J

    Help Help Help

    So three eggs have hatched, two perfectly normally and now in their brooder. One who was a day late has hatched but still has his yolk attached to him! He is limp and sometimes vocal and has taken some sugar and water but it's been about 12 hours now What do I do? Is it too late for this...
  6. C

    Hen circling/ loss of balance/ tremor. Help!!

    Have an adult New Hampshire Red (about 4yrs old). For about a week now, noticed she had one eye partially closed and began circling. She continued to eat and drink. Eventually she kept her eyes open like normal but she seemed off. She had a slight head tilt and a slight droopy comb. Her cluck is...
  7. P

    Dog attack please help!

    One of my chickens got attacked by a visiting dog yesterday. She looked dead but jumped up once someone touched her leg. Her beak is open and she can’t fully close it. Her head and eye look very swollen. The dog injured her side under the wing. She is unable to eat and drink maybe because of the...
  8. Aaronleon

    Barred Rock Hen - White discharge around vent, along with feces, bulging tissue, blood, and a golf ball size cluster of maggots. HELP

    My barred rock is suffering from the following: Chickens butt is covered in wet feces, white secretions, blood, and a clump of maggots gathered around her vent, that also happens to be bulging when she strains to poop, blood, feces and maggots fall. First noticed her droppings, with watery...
  9. M

    Hypothermia rooster

    Hey guys. When we went outside tonight to do a final chicken check we found our rooster face down in the dirt. Thinking he was dead we went to pick him up and he moved. We have been trying to get him GRADUALLY warmed up with water. I just need to know if there’s anything else I can do ow...
  10. chickenaskquestion

    **URGENT** MY BABY CHICK IS DYING, ITS STILL ALIVE SEND HELP

    MY BABY CHICK IS ABOUT 4 WEEKS OLD, ITS NOT THAT BIG. IT WAS FINE YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY WHEN I CHECKED ON IT ITS SLUMPING OVER, IT LOOKS LIKE ITS STRUGGLING AND WONT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING. IM TRYING EVERYTHING I CAN, I TRIED TO FEED IT WATER WITH SYRINGE BUT ITS NOT DRINKING. PLEASE SEND HELP HE...
  11. R

    Please help my chickens wing got wrapped around in a wire and I just found her, her wing is extremely swollen what do I do?

    It's still warm, I've been massaging it to give back circulation. I've got the wire out unfortunately I'm not able to post any videos or pictures. The nearest vet that could help me is an hour away and I can't make the trip. She's acting fine and has some mobility in the wing, as she pulled it...
  12. R

    Please help my chickens wing got wrapped around in a wire and I just found her, her wing is extremely swollen what do I do?

    It's still warm, I've been massaging it to give back circulation. I've got the wire out unfortunately I'm not able to post any videos or pictures. The nearest vet that could help me is an hour away and I can't make the trip. She's acting fine and has some mobility in the wing, as she pulled it...
  13. isabellajosie

    Help? Hen with white spots on her comb.

    Hello. I have a year old Easter Egger hen who I noticed yesterday has these raised white spots on her comb. They almost look like calcium deposits that are stuck to the comb. When I researched this, most results that pop up are about it being early signs of fowl pox. I have not noticed any...
  14. WalnutTree

    HELP.. NEIGHBORS CHICKENS

    Im a small backyard flock owner of 7 happy birds of various breeds. I am still a student, and im known for being a chicken lady. I get a call from another student whos mom recently got more chickens from one of their friends to add to their flock... which they added to their flock WITHOUT...
  15. L

    Help! Hen is still sick and I’m out of ideas!

    My 3 yr old hen has been I’ll for the past week. She was barely moving, walking like a penguin. So I brought her inside and gave her an epsom salt soak. No egg. Then noticed she has horrible smelling poops and keeps getting it all over her butt. I couldn’t find a vet to see her so I got advice...
  16. NatureGirl74

    Dog attack, injured chicken

    I just got home and found my dog trying to eat/play with the chickens. I found one (Dottie) that I thought was dead. She's still breathing. I don't think any organs are punctured. She's not gasping for air. Her crop is punctured, and food was slowly coming out. I stitched the hole closed (not...
  17. Goblingchickenfather

    Chicken ate an antidepressant. What do I do?

    So our chicken managed to reach a shelf that had blister packs of antidepressants in them. She managed to peck through and eat one before I was able to pull her away from the packaging. This was about 2 hours ago and I'm concerned if it'll be serious enough to kill her or harm her. its about...
  18. NatureGirl74

    Chickens attacked, 2 dead, one injured. GRAPHIC PICS

    I think an owl attacked my chickens last night. My younger birds are smart and like to sleep on top of the coop, which is surrounded by fencing and netting. If something crawled up there from the ground it would have been loud and the birds would have gotten away. I had 27 chickens. But only my...
  19. GyrlsInVT

    Please help Loretta :(

    For a few days now my girl Loretta has not been feeling well, I first noticed this when I saw her walking like a penguin, my first thought was egg bound however after doing everything for that it ended up not being that, then a group online said she had the classic symptoms for water belly, so I...
  20. SD13

    Impacted Crop???

    Hi everyone, I came out this morning to see my Azure Blue (20-22wks old) not looking well. (We got her from Frey’s as a ready-to-lay, but she has never laid and came injured and bullied-so she’s had a rough go from the start) I think she has an impacted crop as it was hard and swollen, she’s...
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