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  1. Goosebaby

    Kinky Back treatable? What’s your expierience?

    I have a gander with a limp that’s progressed into lameness, though not full paralysis, he could still feel and move his legs but couldn’t stand or balance. He was treated with Cipro and Amoxicillin for two weeks and recovered his ability to stand. Two weeks after finishing the Cipro and a week...
  2. eguiney

    Help! Chicken spinning head, flying into things, etc

    All - my chicken has been acting off for two days - running in circles, freaking out at nothing, twirling her head in an odd way, flying into things...I’m concerned she’s dying. I can’t post a video for some reason but she’ll stand and roll her head back and then duck and tuck it down and...
  3. C

    Anyone know what this was?

    One of our hens has been limping on and off for a bit now. We did notice a toe missing (we assumed frostbite after a cold winter?) and some swelling. It seemed to get better and then worse for about 2 weeks now. We had caught her a few times looking for any black scabs (suspected bumble foot)...
  4. NubbyRyuu

    Help! My Ash isn't doing well!

    While I solved the one problem with my baby Pepper and her slipped tendon, I'm faced with another. My 6mo silkie roo, Ash, has been fighting something for a while that I thought I knew what it was. For two nights, I noticed he'd be the only one with an empty crop before bed, so I'd have to...
  5. ChickenPeep

    Silkie With Bumblefoot?

    Hello everyone, Let me preface this by saying that I am a grad student that lives at my parents house. If I seem uninvolved in this situation, that's why. My mom does most of the chicken work! Recently, one of our silkies has developed swollen toes and feet. I noticed it about a week ago. Her...
  6. M

    Possible Infected Cloaca?? Please help!

    Hello! We have a Jungle Fowl hen that has a possible infection on her cloaca. She is acting completely normal and doesn't seem to be in any pain. However, she is having a hard time pooping and when she does it sits on her cloaca and hardens in her feathers. She currently has a wet scab and...
  7. Hodgepodge Farm

    Help! Emu losing scales from her leg.

    Our sweet “Maggie” is about 1 year old. When she was 5month old, she started limping. We noticed there was a small bump between toes. We figured it was like a bumblefoot. We have treated bumblefoot on chicken and geese by ourselves before, but we were not able to hold her down to provide the...
  8. TheChickenGuardian

    Scratch marks and an inflamed foot?

    This must of happened over night and I just now noticed it the second time today I have handled them. My favorite four week old chick, Lemon, has a very swollen foot with scratch marks on the top of her foot? Or are those something else? I soaked her foot in epsom salt water and then applied...
  9. A

    severe case of bumble foot?

    my friend just called me up and asked me to take in this female chicken. she is young. he just noticed today that both of her feet are badly infected. i have dealt with things like this but not exactly. she is unable to walk but eating and drinking fine. should i wrap the feet and if so with...
  10. S

    Mysterious Wing Injury

    My daughter's EE hen's wing was droopy about a week ago. Upon further examination we found a nasty infected lump under her wing. We also found mites while checking her over. We tried to find the site of any injury and found none. We treated her for mites with Ivermectin and gave her three doses...
  11. wat_da_cluck

    Ear infection, canker, mites or...?

    She was fine/normal 36 hours ago. Went to give dinner (shes been hiding in the coop) and noticed her ear is HUGE! My first reaction is it was my rooster, hes not always gentle in his love making (please note her comb) but the way its puffy certainly it is infected. I don't think its canker bc...
  12. H

    Science and treatment for bumblefoot (footpad dermatitis)

    Bumblefoot is a condition that can affect all domestic foul despite breed or age. It may be a scary sight. But fear not! For your fluffy gal (or roo) will get better in no time. All vocab words will be bolded at the bottom of the article to better help readers understand! Bumblefoot: What is...
    • Hoopla
    • Article
    • 6 min read
    • bacterial infection bumblefoot bumblefoot healing bumblefoot surgery bumblefoot treatment footpad footpad dermatitis infection injury
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Member Pages
  13. Fn87

    Vent Gleet or Something Else?

    This is my first time raising chicks; I work at a farm so we're raising around 300 which are about five weeks old now. Some of the chicks have this whitish clumping stuff on their butts. I'm not sure if it's diarrhea or something else or if it's related to feather wounds (we've had some issues...
  14. R

    3 month old hen wheezing and sneezing with 1 green crusty bubbly eye

    Hi! We have dealt with corzya in the past so I already know that isn't it. My baby chicken has been wheezing, 'rattling' and sneezing for about 2 months now. Today I noticed one of her eyes is swollen, has green and yellow crust around it and bubbles coming from the inner corner. No smell. She's...
  15. D

    HELP! Infection or......

    Hello, I have posted befoe about my Brahma rooster plucking the feathers off his legs and feet. Unless one of the ladies was doing it to him. I covered his feet in Blu Kote hoping that would help. They were looking better but now they look infected! I have been soaking his feet in Epsom salt...
  16. B

    Help with wobbling duck!

    I have a 3 month old Aylesbury duck. She used to walk fine but now she keeps losing her balance. She can stand, she stands all day but once she starts walking she falls all over the place, its to the point where she could injure herself, she falls and hits her head on the wall of the cage, she...
    • Brarobeliz
    • Thread
    • bleeding cant walk duck falling infection unbalanced wobbles
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. H

    Sick chickens! Need help!

    Hi! This is my first post on BackYard Chickens, I am excited to be apart of the group! I currently have 17 chickens, they are all ranging from 4-6 months of age. The newest addition are 7 poulets from a lady in my hometown- one chicken did have worms. We contacted the seller and she had us swap...
  18. L

    Very young baby with badly infected foot! Help!

    Brought home from the feed store today. The entire foot is swollen and purplish. Skin is split between toes, I think from being stretched so tight. There is also a small split in the bottom of her foot from the pressure, got a lot of clear yellow fluid out of that, but it is not bumblefoot. A...
  19. Silkiechickie13

    Hen’s vent is clogged with white tissue? Please help

    Hello everyone! *graphic images* My silkie hen has a clogged vent yesterday I saw she was just sitting there but did not suspect anything this afternoon her rear feathers were covered in a watery substance and when I picked her up she vomited on me. I thought she was egg bound but further...
  20. growurfood

    Treatment for swollen head due to injury and E. coli infection

    Hi, I have a chicken with a head injury from another chicken pecking it. This morning she has a very swollen head, the wound is infected, most likely from E. coli introduced in the cut. I’m thinking about giving antibiotics immediately. Sulfa? It needs to be something I can dissolve in water...
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