This afternoon I went out to check the girls as usual and my 2-year and 3-month old easter-egger had tucked herself under the coop. (She was fine this morning). She briefly came out, sort of pecked at the worms I threw out for them (did not eat) and went back under the coop (NOT normal for her...
Our 3 - 4 yr old Rhode Island Red, for several days now, will periodically tilt her head up, open her mouth wide then shake her head. On occasion, she will also attempt to scratch at the side of her head. She is the only one of our small flock exhibiting these symptoms. We cannot find any...
She’s been shaking her head with her mouth open for the past couple of days. We were going to bring her to the vet soon, but today, she started stumbling around. She’s really weak right now and we have no idea why. It seemed like simple leg cramps at first, but she seems VERY tired and weak. She...
It’s been two days already and it keeps happening. I don’t think anything is stuck in her mouth, but maybe her own tiny feathers? She hasn’t left the house for some days, so she couldn’t have found food from outside. It’s only started happening recently.
She’s a Pekin duck and one years old...
My gander Roxby is having issues again.
He’s been off and on ill since March with some sort of recurrent neurological issue.
As of August I seemed to have finally got a handle on whatever it was by treating him and the rest of the flock for coccidia and a gram positive bacteria “the vet wasn’t...
My sister and I noticed that one of the pullets, a golden laced wyandotte, has been opening her beak and just holding it open for maybe a minute or two. We just noticed it today while taking them outside for their daily frolick and at first I thought it was panting as it was 80-90ish(and she...