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  1. M

    Duck panting alone

    Hi! My name is Matin, I'm a first time duck owner. I have 5 ducks with varying ages. I have 3 that I hand raised they are around a year old, and 2 that I got from a friend, I believe they are around 2 years old. I live in Australia so the weather is quite volatile, just to give you an idea of...
  2. S

    2 week old duckling breathing heavy? Sneezing? Sounds wheezy.

    Hello again, this won’t be the last you see/read from me- I am a major worry wart, and I am also doing everything wrong, I’m going to just keep it real with you guys, and tell you the truth so I may receive the most thorough and honest advice possible to save my little single duckling. Don’t be...
  3. R

    Hen being lethargic, gape breathing, panting, poor posture, depressed appetite! Any advice appreciated!!!

    Hello all! When I was letting the chickens out this morning I noticed my hen, Stacy, was laying on the ground in the coop. This wasn’t particularly unusual, but she is a percher. While the other chickens were happily eating grass, she was standing underneath my deck. Her posture was awkward...
  4. Elspeth Dinsmore

    Eggbound with Two Eggs Simultaneously | Broken & Soft Shell

    ┈┉━⊰ Leeli Passed Away ⊱━─┉┈ I'll always miss you, my sweet girl. (7/19/23-4/9/24 | 266 days) ❦ I have an eight and a half month old Buff Orpington (her name is Leeli) that is egg bound. She is panting and can barely stay awake. She can't stand up and doesn't have any balance. She is...
  5. T

    2 Week old Baby Chick Panting?! Emergency!

    A friend of mine has baby chicks and one of them is panting and not eating. Any reason a baby chick would be panting? No other signs of respiratory illness like gunk in the eyes or nose, nothing wrong with her vent either. Crop seems empty compared to the others. She just is panting hard and...
  6. A

    Panting Duckling, Not Getting Better

    1) Black Swedish Duckling, 3 weeks old, 1.47 pounds 2) Panting and “quacking” at the same time when laying down. Acts normal when standing. Started some wheezing today. 3) Panting has been present 3 days, wheezing started today. 4) Not really sure, one pants under the heat source only. 5) No...
  7. Sliiiq

    Sexing and determining breed of 6 week olds, and other questions

    First time user, bare with me here, you can answer whichever you like… 1. I’ve got 3 chicks, and I don’t know what their breeds are. Leghorns? Orpington? The two bigger ones (1&2) are supposedly 6 weeks and the 3rd is 5 weeks. Might be stupidly obvious, but I also want to know which is male...
  8. The Welch Chickens

    Just panting? Or worse?

    Do chickens usually pant with their tongues sticking out? I noticed one of our 10 week olds doing this today even though it wasn't very hot out; she stopped after I gave them some strawberries and fresh water.
  9. J

    Treatments Not Working- Stumped

    Hello! I have a buff orpington who is presenting with drooping wings and tail, fatigue, weakness while walking, loss of appetite and thirst, and occasional panting. She has no egg stuck inside her. She has no mucus or eye discharge. She isn't coughing or sneezing. She doesn't have sour crop. She...
  10. Cinnaminute

    Panting and lethargic; need help identifying cause

    1) What type of bird, age and weight: 11mo Easter Egger. No noticeable weight gain/loss. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lethargy, pale comb, and abnormal panting (temps are low 60s inside and outside). Symptoms started yesterday afternoon before clearing up in the evening. They started again...
  11. Aprilxoxo

    skinny and hot turkey

    hi guys my turkey has been displaying signs of heat stress. dropped wings and panting and sleepiness over the last 2 weeks. It hasn't been overly hot and the other birds aren't acting the same. i gave her a fan and a nice shaded area to hang out in. but on a really cool day she was still doing...
  12. L

    Sick hens/ panting and liquid poop

    Hello, I have 2 sick hens that aren't seeming to get better. Hen #1 is a 10 month old barred plymouth rock and hen #2 is a 10 month old wellsummer. Hen #1 had diarrhea for about a week and a half and hasn't been acting like her usual self. Hen #2 just started acting off the past couple of...
  13. T

    Panting while laying, taking over an hour - first egg. Normal?

    UPDATE!! Nevermind, she laid her first egg and is fine now!! Whew! Do hens gape or pant when laying an egg? I don’t usually see our other 2 laying, so this is still new to me. But my 9mos old Welbar is currently separated from the others this past week, partly because my young roo has zero’d...
  14. Gb_

    Gasping hen

    Today I just picked up a batch of four hens from somebody since they can only keep them seasonally due to not having coop insulation the Maran hen is gasping and panting with a runny nose along with shaking her head side to side her poo was healthy however and not watery she doesn’t have eye...
  15. slmwatts

    Help, Hot feet and panting!

    Help please! I have a 6 months pullet who my kids just found laying on her side. She’s breathing heavy panting and her legs and feet are burning up. Fever? Cause? Remedy?! All other birds seem fine.
  16. Qquails899

    Limping and panting quail

    Hello all I’ve had this coturnix quail for about a year now, and she’s been having problems. She started constantly panting a month after I bought her, we’ve been to the vet but the medicine he gave didn’t help. She also has difficulties swallowing…I’d attach a video of that if I knew how to :/...
  17. M

    Duck weirdly opening her mouth/panting?

    Pretty much the title..she opens her mouth like halfway through, but does not like close and open it, she just keeps it open..she seems to stop after I give her water to drink tho, she also avoids the heat and goes to shade, so maybe overheating? Or is she stressed? She is new to the flock so...
  18. P

    2 week old ducklings panting in 70-75 degrees

    Hi there, I have 5 Rouen ducklings, 2 weeks old today. I have a Brinsea EcoGlow heater in their brooder now. They are lined up at the opposite side of the brooder from the heater tonight, although normally they move to and fro, sometimes under it sometimes not, they have been eating and drinking...
  19. Quacking ducks

    9 week old chick panting

    I have a 9 week old chick that is panting a lot. she is in my basement that is about 60-65 degrees so I would not think she is too hot, but I did have them outside yesterday for a few hours ( it’s between 85-99 degrees during the day) did she get heat exhaustion yesterday? Any ideas? Thank you
  20. The_Chicken_Tender

    Hen wheezing panting sneezing watery poop

    I noticed yesterday that one of my hens was panting. Her neck expands very far when she breaths. She has also been sneezing a lot. She pooped and it was very stringy and white. She is eating and acting normal other than that. I just gave her some oatmeal with oregano and some water with...
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