illness

  1. Chickycammy

    Yellow swollen spots on pigeon chick????

    I have 2 chicks both have been healthy up until a few days ago. The younger one stopped eating as much but the parents try and now it's got yellow swollen spots on it and doesn't really want to open its eyes. No bird vets around here but there is a wild bird rescue around an hour from me. Any...
  2. SrirachaSpice

    (GRAPHIC) Sudden death of 7 month old laying hen cause?

    GRAPHIC IMAGE ATTACHED, PLEASE VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK My sweet Chickpea passed suddenly today with no indication of illness or issue like egg binding (no penguin stance, lethargy, etc). She was a 7 month old Easter Egger and had just started laying a week or so ago. The first egg was a little...
  3. I

    Generically sick chicken - help?

    I have an approx 6 month old porcelain d'uccle pullet that has started exhibiting some very generic symptoms in the past few days and was wondering if anyone could help possibly figure out what's going on before I spend the money on taking her to a vet. Background: Lives with her flock of 17...
  4. Spoiledchooks

    YouTube Avian Vet helping ppl

    Hey guys just wanted to share a channel I found with a certified avian vet who has videos on different issues with backyard flocks he also answers questions and offers testing and advice for ppl looking for help re their Chooks!! https://youtube.com/@thepoultrydocpodcast?si=e7yld-vqz6x9B-OC
  5. C

    Chicken only laying yolk!

    I have a plymouth rock chicken who had been a steady layer with good large eggs but for the past 2-3 weeks she has been laying just yolk and sometimes there’s a very thin shell in the coop. Her only other symptom is that she has a bare belly which is a recent discovery on my end. Let me know...
  6. S

    Help please!

    Can someone tell me what is going on with my sweet Fiona?
  7. B

    Underweight- unable to stand/walk Saturday

    I have a Blue Orpington that’s 1.5 years old. She’s always been small, but she’s recently been having issues. She hasn’t laid an egg for 3 weeks and seems to be having a slow molt. Saturday evening she went downhill, but seems to be a little better now. I did so many different things to help...
  8. J

    Lethargic, not eating, liquid white poops with black solids and diarrhea (please help I love her so much)

    Hi all, I have been using backyard chickens for a long to view others posts to try to diagnose my girl but I cannot seem to figure out the specific combination of my chicken's symptoms. We are in an area without a chicken vet so doing this all on our own so any help is appreciated. She is one of...
  9. Chickeeaholic

    Help please! Past white poop, lethargy and making sounds

    I don’t have a vet to take my chicken to around here. I need help figuring out what is wrong with my hen. She is my favorite and such a sweet girl. A few days ago she started laying around. It’s been raining a lot so I figured it was respiratory. I started her on Tylan three days ago. She is...
  10. L

    Took my hen to vet for what I thought was egg binding but they didn't find any egg

    Just looking to get some input as I kinda got rushed out of the vet without many answers since I was an impromptu appointment. 1.25 year old black star from cackle hatchery. Been in my care since a chick. Given open access to organic layer feed daily, oyster shells, grits, fresh water...
  11. A

    Help! 6-week old quail vomiting clear liquid, ruffles feathers often, rests while standing/wings slightly dropped instead of lying down.

    Seeking help with one of my quail! The past few days I have noticed sometimes it will start excessively chirping and then spits up clear liquid. Then it goes back to normal, more or less. It seems to be eating and drinking regularly, and poop has looked normal too (until the most recent one I...
    • avanderkolk
    • Thread
    • crop illness impactedcrop infection quail respiratoryillness sick sickquail sourcrop
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  12. ahodges

    E. Coli Infection in Trachea and Capallaria Parasites - Please advise

    Hello all - A little over a month ago I made the very regretful mistake of introducing 7 new pullets (age 12 weeks) to my original flock of 10 (age 2 years) without giving them a proper "quarantine period." Horrific, unfortunate, lesson learned. I had them all in the same run, although I had...
  13. JoseyLikesFluffyChickens

    HELP! worry on 6 week chick

    She’s 6 weeks since Sunday, I moved them into their big girl coop today ( a water trough on its side with a dog crate and wood as a door.) 5 of them are having fun, wandering around, but 1 of them is puffed up in a corner, peep-peep-peeping, and not laying down. She’s almost fully feathered, her...
  14. M

    Chicken having trouble standing/walking

    We let our chickens free range every once in awhile and the last time one of the girls came in and the next day showed problems of standing and walking. She eats when she has the chance but the others are aggressive toward her so we have separated her. I checked for bumblefoot and don't see any...
  15. W

    Vent Gleet, Parasites, or normal moulting??

    We have a coop of mixed breeds, all purchased at the same time from the same poultry farm. They were all born at the same time, and raised together. We have red sex links, azures, and noirrans. The red is sex links and noirrans have very irritated bums. Azures are fine. All of the girls have...
  16. P

    Having some chicken Illness problem for a couple weeks

    Just made this account but I was looking for some help Background: Golden Comet chickens, ages 3-4.5 years old Around a month or two ago I noticed some of my chickens had begun sneezing/coughing (I can not tell the difference unfortunately) there is only 4 chickens and they do it occasionally...
  17. Ohio Duck

    Adding new chickens after your flock may be carrying a disease? What if the disease is likely present in your soil? (Blackhead)

    Hello, Does anyone have experience bringing in new chickens after dealing with disease in your flock? There's lots of advice for how to avoid bringing sick birds into a healthy flock, but what if your girls are the problem? Over the winter I lost three of my six 4-month old pullets to...
    • Ohio Duck
    • Thread
    • blackhead blackhead prevention chicks disease flock additions illness immunity
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  18. R

    Pekin acting strange

    Hi all! I have a 2 year old female Pekin named Alfie who lives with a rouen sister and our flock of chickens. Last Sunday, we thought Alfie might be egg bound. She was standing with her tail and bottom down, pulsing her vent, and wings spread out. I brought her inside for two nights and...
  19. C

    Silkie lethargic, drooping wings, low appetite

    I have a 9mo old satin silkie who lost her best friend a week ago. Her bestie was fumbling all over herself, loss of balance, would fall and couldn’t get up, then started walking backward, threw up when i picked her up and had green diarrhea- took her to er on NYE and the vet didn’t even look at...
  20. Kiwi_The__arnevelder

    Sick Chicken!! What do i do?

    I have a bantam who yesterday was huddled up in her house and i thought she was laying an egg until she was still laying there at late afternoon. She was clearly struggling to walk and is always sleeping. She hasn’t even pooped unless i didn’t see it and she wont eat. I tried checking if shes...
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