hurt chicken

  1. W

    Messed up chicken

    One of our chickens was attacked by our dog. we found it laying down pretty in shock and pretty hurt. we think it has a broken neck so we put it in a splint. though it might not be broken. it lays there most of the time. occasionally it moves backwards. when it’s laying down it lays it’s head...
  2. S

    Chicken Seems as if legs are paralyzed/injured.

    We discovered our welsummer sitting in the yard this morning when she wasn’t able to run to get food with the other chickens. She was slumped to one side with her wing out and when we set her on her feet she sort of slumped over. We currently have her separated with food and water in the shade...
  3. stephanieperun

    Chicken is missing a chunk

    I went out to my coup today after i got home from my golf match (i’m still in highschool) and i went to go spend time with my chickens. She sat on my lap for a good 20 minutes and let me pet her and sing to her and was being so good. It wasn’t until she got up to get some water that i noticed a...
  4. M

    Chicken loosing balance? What do I do?

    Hi guys- I have 6 GLW's all about 3 months old. Blanche, my biggest girl, has all of a sudden developed a hard time standing in one place for more than 30 seconds and kind of walks a little wobbly. I've been monitoring her all morning (noticed this last night just before dark) and she still...
  5. Marrionna

    Severe Head injury. I can see her skull :(

    I have a couple of chickens I added to a coop during the night and I woke up to a very terribly hurt hen and the rooster fighting the others. He is hurt as well just not to the extreme. The hen(grey/black) head is very nasty and I can see her skull. It’s A large area that looks bad and I can see...
  6. Sacri

    not bumblefoot? Sprain? Treatment??

    I just lost one of my babies to sour crop so I really want to make sure I take care of this one! She is limping, not putting weight on her left foot. It is a bit swollen though there is no clear wound. I'm assuming this is bumble foot? I soaked her foot for 15 mns in epsom salts and then...
  7. Georgeschicks

    giving away a chicken

    Hi! I have had bullying problems for a while now and my family and I have decided that it’s time that we give two of our chickens away before they get worse. They are two austrolorpes and they are great layers. They are one and a half years old. I was wondering where I should post to try to give...
  8. Georgeschicks

    Baltimore, MD 2 free laying hens (austrolorpes)

    Hey! I really need someone to take these two hens for me. They are 1 and a half years old and they are both black austrolorpes. Ever since spring they have been bullied non stop and we have not been able to stop it. They currently are missing feathers from their back. They were beautiful when...
  9. Emavalos

    Flock was attacked by raccoons... help!

    Hello everyone. My beloved flock of 4 hens was attacked by a pair of raccoons a few days ago just before dawn. One of my hens was wounded so badly, we ended up putting her down at the vet shortly after. The two of the girls were unharmed, but one has suffered a pretty bad gash to her breast. She...
  10. N

    Help! My Golden Comet hens' crown or "comb" is small and flopped over!

    I have 8 Goldies, all born the same day. I got them April 7 of 2018, and they were all one week old. They are all 17 or 18 weeks Old and not all of them are laying. But one in particular, has a puffed and saggy chest and is always crouching and walking around slowly. It's crown or comb is...
  11. K

    HELP extremely hurt chicken! WARNING GRAPHIC

    A raccoon (I’m guessing) has killed most of my chickens! One of my favorite chickens survived but is in CRITICAL condition. Her beak is entirely ripped off both top and bottom and splintered all the way back. I’m not sure if she still has her eyes or she’s just closing them because it looks like...
  12. Holew-L

    PLEASE HELP! Pullet has a broken leg

    My 3 month old sapphire gem pullet broke its leg/ a bone in its leg. I had her in my chicken tractor for a quite some time now and today was the first time any of those birds got their legs stuck. maybe i was going a bit quick or something but i feel terrible. Its broken around the knee joint. i...
  13. Back_the_chicken

    My chicken has a strange soft lump on the side of her foot! Please help!

    My chicken has a strange soft lump on the side of her foot, she’s limping a lot and one of her wings is hanging to the side that has the lump on her foot. I have to hand feed her or I don’t think she eats because all I see her doing is laying on the ground. Her crown is also very pale and she’s...
  14. Pkekat15

    Hen with hip injury having problems with balance

    My pullet, Cirq, is 7 months old and recently she injured her hip in a fight. We thought that it was possibly dislocated or she had something wrong with her tendon, but when we tried to put it back into place we wernt sucsessful. Its been a few weeks and she hasnt gotten better. All she does is...
  15. E

    Curled Wing HELP

    My chicken about 11 weeks old has had a problem with her wing and her body. The tips of her wings on one side completely stick up very high. It’s very noticeable and all the other chickens wings are smooth to her body. She also looks very ragged. The feathers on her wing are all split and messed...
  16. Christina Haugen

    Help! Hen injured by the rest of flock. How can I help her?

    I've got 11 chickens 9 which are hens. This summer one decided she likes to leave the coop and eat apples under the tree. This got to the point where she just wouldn't stay in the pasture with the other chickens. She lived in the horse barn with the cats until it got to cold and she needed the...
  17. Liv's chickens

    Chicken with a bad limp

    Hello everyone, I noticed today that my black Easter egger was not coming out of the coop, then later today I noticed that she was limping really bad from what I could see out of the window. I went down there and was limping a lot so I took a sock in made it into a long strip that I wrapped...
  18. Smanwaring

    Help! Gross images

    Help! Does anyone know what could be going on with my hen? I noticed that she was walking around kinda of weird and todayy husband brought her into the house cause her butt was bleeding. He cleaned her up and there is white stuff leaking from her (as seen in photo) she is walking around and...
  19. IslaBean

    HELP! CHICKEN WITH BLEEDING/CRACKED BEAK!!!!!!

    I am in desperaate nead of help. I recently found my six month old easter egger pullet with a cracked and bleeding beak. The past week she had been acting very timid of people. I'm not sure if this is at all related to the beak. I think this just happened because I would have had to notice her...
  20. NikolasGuy1234

    Dog attacked my black australorp Hen. Help please

    Hello. My name is Nikolas. i have a small flock of 15 chickens. only one of which is a rooster. well, my grandmothers dog, Jesse attacked one earlier and i found her laying in the grass surrounded by her feathers. so, i sprayed some saline solution into the would and she 'Seems' to be OK. but...
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