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  1. L

    HELP!!!!! Respiratory issues

    Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone can help me out. I’ve noticed one of my girls is sounding sort of “wet” and crackly. She is also breathing a little louder than usual. She is eating/drinking normal. What can I do to prevent her from getting worse?? I have separated her from the rest of the flock...
  2. M

    Hen lays THREE eggs in one day?!?! Help!

    This has happened twice. I went out at the end of the day to lock the girls up, and my hen, Orla, who is 20 weeks old and started laying at 18 weeks, was all hunched up and not feeling well. I touched her crop and it's super full, and you can tell she is in pain. Last night while I was holding...
  3. Kiwi_The__arnevelder

    One eye closed what is wrong with her?

    My silkie hen recently has been having one eye closed, if i touch it she opens it briefly and it looks fine. Im not sure why this is happening and i'm really worried since she is a very close companion to me. Thank you
  4. Y

    Sick baby chick?

    So one of our hens hatched chicks and she has 7, while cleaning her pen, I noticed one of the chicks had very ruffled feathers, just stood there, and chirped a lot. I brought it over to the brooder with the other chicks. It does eat a little but I'm concerned for how it looks overall. It’s a...
  5. F

    Hen has been having saliva and related issues for 2-3 months and condition is not improving, not eating, what can I do?

    My chicken (silver laced wyandotte hen, about 10 yrs old now) has been having saliva and other issues (unsure if all are related or not) for about 2-3 months now. We've put her under a variety of medicines but none seem to work or only have improved her condition only to get worse in a week. I...
  6. ahodges

    E. Coli Infection in Trachea and Capallaria Parasites - Please advise

    Hello all - A little over a month ago I made the very regretful mistake of introducing 7 new pullets (age 12 weeks) to my original flock of 10 (age 2 years) without giving them a proper "quarantine period." Horrific, unfortunate, lesson learned. I had them all in the same run, although I had...
  7. L

    Is it possible for a chicken to forget how to eat?

    Been treating a hen for about 4 months. First she had what I thought was fowlpox, then she became lame, so I treated for vitamin deficiency. Along that time she just stopped eating. She does drink. So I’ve been torpedo feeding her. I took her to a vet, who gave her antibiotics she then developed...
  8. D

    Sick maybe injured hen

    This hen is four years old and last weekend we were attacked by a raccoon. We found her laying on the floor away from the other hands so we brought her inside. She has a very difficult time eating and the only time she drinks is when I drop water next to her beak I usually have to open her beak...
  9. C

    Case of Coccidia

    🤦🏻‍♀️ I picked up some new chicks from a farm about a month ago, so they are 4-5 weeks old. I feel bad for not putting them on medicated feed. Because I’ve never had a problem before but I have learned my lesson and I feel absolutely TERRIBLE now. I found bloodly stools in the brooder this...
  10. M

    Is this Sour Crop? Please help!

    Something’s wrong with my (6yo) Orpington chicken. The past few days she’s been making these jerking neck movements a lot, making me think something’s wrong with her crop. Recently she spat up some clear liquid and 2 days ago she didn’t want to eat the food I offered, though I eventually got her...
  11. slou

    Sick chick arrived yesterday won’t eat

    We got a delivery of chicks yesterday and one (tiny bantam Easter egger) is super weak and won’t eat. We’ve gotten her to take a little sugar water over the last 24 hours if we hold her and hold the dish right up to her but most of the time she won’t take that either. If she’s separated from the...
  12. ahodges

    Sudden respiratory distress - please help!

    Hi all - last week I introduced some new girls into our existing flock. I noticed one of the new girls was acting pretty sick - puffed up, lethargic, wouldn’t eat, etc. Separated her and unfortunately she did not make it. Yesterday I noticed 3 of my existing hens acting sick as well. Respiratory...
  13. newtomolting

    Need help with rescued battery hens

    We recently acquired 3 18mo hens from what we thought was a local small farm. I have since been told they are likely ex-battery hens. They're all pretty rough looking, but 1 looks like she's half dead. She has a hard time eating and drinking due to her large comb. We torpedo fed her a mix of...
  14. Z

    1 week old chick suddenly ill

    Hello friends, I have a zombie chick that was hatched about a week ago and everything was going great, very lively active eating and drinking fine jumping around and even squaring up with my hand when I would reach into the brooder, feisty little fella. However seemingly overnight something has...
  15. M

    Sick or stressed duckling?

    Hello! New member and new duck parent here. I have seven 5 week old magpie ducklings. One duckling, Lemon, was doing fine this morning and acting normal. At around noon, we noticed that she didn’t want anything to do with treats or playtime. She started to vomit water and we immediately put the...
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  16. D

    We had a chicken who passed a weird squishy egg but she's still acting cathartic. Advise?

    One of our hens was standing in the corner of the run and staring off into the distance so we brought her inside and gave her a salt bath, some water, and a scrambled egg with a crushed up calcium citrate pill in it. We put her in a basket lined with a towel and after maybe 30 minutes, she...
  17. E

    Baby chicks dying

    I recently bought 3 baby chicks from a wfc country store near my home and one of the randomly died this morning. We bought 5 from there too about a week ago and 2 of them died the same way as this one did. We don’t know what it could be, my mom thought it was the food but she’s crushed it and...
  18. halfbarred

    Sour crop ? Impacted Crop ?

    Hi all, I’ve had chickens for years but this is my first time encountering a crop issue. Noticed my mixed barred rock hen, 2 yrs old, is usually the most active in the bunch. I noticed her staying in the coop two days ago and thought she was broody, but in the afternoon she came out and there...
  19. G

    What is wrong with my chick's wings?

    Hey there, I recently picked up a batch of chickens from rural king (I already regret it). I got 4 Easter Eggers, 5 Black sex-link, and 4 Rustic Rocks. Of the 4 Rustic Rocks, 1 died at about 2 days old (not sure why), and two of the remaining have some odd wing issue. One of these seems to be...
  20. C

    HELP!! Sick Hen

    My sweet hen is about 4 years old, and around 3 days ago she has not been feeling so well. Her symptoms include: - lethargic and sitting a lot - not wanting to interact with her two other hens - drank a lot yesterday, but is barley today - watery poop (maybe this was from yesterday drinking a...
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