I hatched 4 chicks 3 days ago, some of which were born with some minimal goop and egg shells on their fur, though were still able to fluff up on their own. The next day, I noticed that 2 of them would periodically have one or both eyelids get stuck shut after snoozing. They usually opened on...
Hi all, I've had chickens for about 3 years not many just 3 and about 6 ducks, I've never had mites or lice ever in that time so I've been luck, BUT I just brought 3 chickens from an organic chicken farm and they are full of lice /bugs and one is sick she just sits all hunched up and eyes closed...
One of our EE showed up with a bunch of Chicks, just as we were starting our battle with fowl pox. Now 3 out of the 5 chicks have sores covering both of their eyes and protruding into their mouths. We have them and mama separated from the rest of the flock who got over it quickly. Mama is in bad...
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Any advice would be helpful, been to several vets, none of which seem to know anything about geese and cant even tell me the sex.
I have a goose 18mths old. A few months ago became very addressive and moody (possibly indicatig a male). But over the last 8days had completely changed. Seems...
New Chicken owner here. I have had my pullets for 9 days. One of them (an Easter Egger aprox 8 weeks old) didn't leave the coop this morning with the others. Eyes were closed, perching. I removed her for 4 hours to a separate crate and put a warm water compress on her eyes. She perked up...
I'm writing because 4 of my 5 chickens are sick with runny noses, a cough and frequent sneezing.
They live together in a 20 x 20 fenced in coop and since they've been sick (almost 3 weeks) I have not been giving them free range. I rake their coop regularly, give them fresh water daily and...