neck issue

Hi all, about a week ago i noticed one of the neighborhood roosters in my yard with what appeared to be black gunk all over his head (my first thought was someone did something cruel and dumped something hot on him but honestly idk). he looked wretched, but at the time i was not intending to...

Hi, My 19 week old snuggle bug Fiona seemed unable to tear clover 2 days ago and yesterday she was very tired and off balance not eating or drinking and holding head funny. Got into a chicken vet and they found abnormality on one side of one vertebrae as though swollen vertebrae. I don’t...

This is Betty. For the past week she’s been lethargic, sitting in the same spot barely moving, her eyes were swollen shut and now the slightly open and cloudy/glossy. Won’t eat or drink on her own, I have to give her water through a dropper. She poops but it’s super liquidy. She recently started...

I have a chicken with a twisted neck. She’s about 3.5 years old and otherwise healthy. I have another that looks identical and they were both hatched on the same day. The other one is perfectly healthy. She seems to be able to move her whole neck around, but not her head. She can’t get in and...

hi there, I am new to hatching chicks, this is my first time. My eggs hatched yesterday and I have one chick who’s neck is curled in! I live in New Zealand and Newcastle disease doesnt even exist here, and apparently chicks can’t be born with mareks disease and I don’t have any other poultry. I...

One of our birds hasn't been doing so hot. As of tonight, her neck has started to jolt either left or right, and im not sure whats happening. She has been isolating a bit for a few days and hasn't been eating or drinking as much either, but she's 3 years old so i figured that it might just be...

This ones gonna be a bit long, sorry. I’m posting to share my experience so far in case anyone else has these issues, and to see what wisdom y’all might have to add to it all. So, I hatched my first full brood in the incubator Monday (I had done a few successful hatches but only got 2/1...

What’s happened so far: I recently brought a chick to the vet along with a friend for company. The vet said that I don’t need to worry about the companion chick at all, as he’s extremely alert and active. (I made sure I asked because he’s smaller than the other three that haven’t been weighed)...

Last night a fox got my female buff duck. She can stand and limp but can’t lift her neck. I have to hold it up for her. She will drink if I put her bill in water but won’t eat. I’ve treated the puncture wounds from the bite but I don’t know what to do about her neck. Will she recover or should I...