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  1. J

    Should I take ducks to vet?

    We have two of our ducks with bumblefoot. We have been treating their feet for 3-4 days soaking in Epsom salt, spraying with Vetericyn Poultry Care, applying neosporin original. We have started putting on PRID and trying to wrap their feet but they get the bandages off in about 20 minutes. We're...
  2. G

    Bumblefoot Post Surgery Concerns

    Hey guys, I once again need yalls help. I have a chicken who has had bumble foot for the last few weeks. A few days ago we decided to perform a surgery to remove it. It was our first time attempting this, but we tried our best. We removed the top layer of skin and the black spot that was on her...
  3. PileatedFarms

    Hurt chicken foot

    Hi! This morning as I was moving a cinderblock in our 10 week old juvie pen, one of the hens got her foot caught under the cinderblock (read: I needed to be more careful and she came out of nowhere) She has no external injuries, but now a few hours later is limping. She has let me touch and...
  4. Ponyoandfriends

    Please help my silkie is injured!!

    Hello guys I recently made a account here so I could get some help with my silkie. I started raising chickens last year and have them as pets and earlier as I was putting the chickens away because of storm threat I noticed that my silkie hen is badly injured underneath and I didn’t find anything...
  5. NinjaGamer2022

    Emergency - Baby chick with (Fermented feed?) stuck in nose and possibly infected

    Day before yesterday (possibly the day before that) I noticed my baby polish chick was acting weird (eyes half open), I feared it didn't have enough water so I filled the waterer with sugar water. Then later on I noticed one side of it's nose had stuff in it. I washed off what I could (I did not...
  6. Lil_chickens

    3 Chickens Injured. Thought to be cat.

    Help! I have this chicken who is hurt the most. We put Neosporin on it and gave her lots of water. She is five weeks old and I will try my hardest to save her. We don’t have a place to separate her and have a corgi and a chihuahua. She is a self blue Cochin. What should I do?
  7. S

    My Black Swedish broke a piece of his bill

    So, recently I've relocated my ducks from my apartment, to my mom's house, because she has more space and they can run around outside. I'm at work, and just got this picture from my mom, saying she found him like this. Does anyone know how to treat a bill break, and will it grow back? I can post...
    • SharkNewt
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. NinjaGamer2022

    Bloody and Injured Coturnix Quail, advice needed urgently.

    I went to feed my pet quail this morning and found my silver one with a bloody head, skin pulled up (see images), and another with blood under the eye. I don't know what to do to help these guys and help is very much appreciated and needed.
    • NinjaGamer2022
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    • Forum: Quail
  9. A

    Possum Attack(emergency sick rooster)

    So unfortunately last night, before I went to lock the chicken coop, my chickens were attacked by a possum. I currently feel so guilty for what happened to them and not being there. We were able to capture the possum and checked the chickens. There were four hens that had dead and the rooster...
  10. Tmartin7711

    Broken leg maybe please help!

    Hello everyone! My mystic onyx hen Calypso got locked in the garage and I believe stepped on a rat trap. I feel horrible I didn't even notice she went in. Her symptoms are: Laying on side Limping Swollen foot I have been giving her water with electrolytes in it but I think I need to wrap it but...
  11. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    This is my “little blue” . 2 d ago got pecked (we assume- not witnessed..) happened before several months ago and seemed like she was ok with flock - also able to fly out/free range of needing to...found her in the evening with her head essentially scalped...dark from blue kite/shiny from...
  12. I

    My chicken is injured, and covered in ants!

    Hey there, sorry if this post seems rushed but I'm very panicked. Our dog attacked some of our chickens, and one of them had these terrible wounds on her. She's not bleeding anymore, but she's got these weird, stretch out holes on her shoulders, and seems more tired than usual. She's also...
  13. N

    Hen got out, Won’t walk on leg, Broken Clavicle?

    My Hens coop got knocked over and my two hens got out. Sadly, one was eaten. The other one was hid somewhere, when we found her we picked her up and brought her back home. We noticed she wasn’t putting pressure on one of her legs and was dragging it behind. She is eating when we put food in...
  14. Amanada25

    Swollen guinea toe

    Hello. My only male guinea, 2 yo, had been limping for the past 2 weeks, ever since he flew back down from the roof of the house (not an uncommon occurrence, it has never bothered him before). Included are photos of his very swollen middle toe. It is hard and had a yellowish tint. Could I need...
  15. C

    2 different attacks on young guinea

    A little about my flock first: I have 2 coops. 1 with 14 hens. And another that I used as a brooder to raise 8 keets and 12 chickens. Only 1 young roo in New flock. They are 12+ weeks and have been free ranging with the rest of my flock for a couple weeks now. so earlier this week I went to...
  16. T

    Chick with infected eye

    Hello, I have got a chick from a couple days old. It's eye looks infected. It's only his right eye, his left eye is normal. Could someone help me with what to do? (The eye is wet on the photo because we tried to clean it)
  17. EggsNchooks

    How to stop hens pecking and injuring other hens in the coop

    Hi all, So I went in the coop this morning and found this hen who’s been getting pecked. The culprit has pecked a decent sized deep hole in her back, I have caged her up elsewhere and put betadine on her wound. Is there anything else anyone can recommend to help her heal? what can I do about...
  18. Hens pecked a hole in her back, how can I heal her??

    Hens pecked a hole in her back, how can I heal her??

    Hey guys, I have an old rehomed battery hen that the other hens have picked on. They’ve pecked a hole in her back, I put betadine in it. What else can I do to heal her?? move singled her out from the rest so she can recover (hopefully).... how do I stop the others from pecking like that?? Why...
  19. TwoPitsInaPod

    Embedded band in hen leg

    Today I noticed my easter egger limping around so when the chickens went to bed for the night I caught her and discovered the plastic leg band on her had somehow ridden up too high on her leg and has grown into the leg itself. It's really deeply embedded... I cleaned the leg as best I could...
  20. Paule

    Badly infected leg on rooster, please help!

    Hi, I am housesitting and don’t have a lot of chicken caring experience. I don’t know the age of the chickens or much about their health background. The rooster has a badly infected leg and is swelling by the day and the foot and leg are noticeably hotter than the non injured leg. He is...
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