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  1. B

    Help! Young hen limping

    Hello- My 14 week old hen looks in pain. She seems to be limping and I’m not sure what to do. Her tail is down too. It’s been cold here but otherwise I have no idea what could have happened. Any suggestions? I really appreciate any help! I have a video too, not sure how to post it.
  2. Shibabe

    Help! Chicken lethargic with tail down

    My egg laying and normally very spunky hen has taken a weird turn today. This afternoon she was her normal, active self but when I came out to feed them dinner I couldn’t find her. I ended up finally finding her under a bush not moving with her tail feathers drooping to the ground. She seems to...
  3. Grateful Dad

    Diagnosis please.

    This girl seems to have good spirits, eats, though I have not seen her drink. Lays down most days. Has a bit of a limp when walking, lethargic compared to the others. Checks include looking for injury, odd smells, bugs, some vent proctology. The right foot had long nails and seems weak. She...
  4. J

    Rooster suddenly lethargic, sleeping standing up, tail feathers down. HELP!

    My young rooster (about 4 months old) is suddenly very lethargic, falling sleep standing up where his head will just tilt into the ground, and his tails feathers are down. His comb and wattle are also pale. He ate food this morning. I had this happen to another rooster about 4-6 weeks ago but...
  5. MedusaSnake

    Chicken with tail down and sitting a lot in the afternoon

    I keep seeing one of my girls sitting down all the time and when she stands she sometimes keeps her tail down. I thought this was just the weather at first but she kept repeating this behavior for several days now. She just sits there usually for the afternoon, however, she is more active during...
  6. E

    Help??

    Help!! Our Easter Egger is just over 6 months old. She had started laying eggs in the middle of April we haven’t gotten one from her in several weeks. We weren’t sure if it was because we removed the place she was laying (she was flying the fence and going into our yard). Over the last week or...
  7. L

    Head down, eyes closed, tail down! Help!

    Hey y’all! New to chickens here I could use your help! This chicken is less than a year old and around lunch time I noticed she was standing still head down eyes closed tail slightly pointed down, looks like she is experiencing some type of discomfort. Because of the poop (pictured) I thought it...
  8. J

    Help! I think my chickens sick!!!

  9. AChickenBoi

    3 year old hen is acting sickly. Help!

    Rocky, my 3 year old blue rock hen, has shown very worrying signs recently. Her comb is floppy and pale on the edges, she is lethargic, her tail is down, and she is hiding. Before, I found her drinking mass amounts of water, looking very pale and ill. When I forced her to purge the contents of...
  10. I

    Chicken sitting a lot and tail feathers down

    Hello, I have an Australorp hen, Betty Anne, who is almost 4 years old. She has mostly stopped laying eggs and we believe we have only gotten one or two eggs from her over the past 5ish months. We do keep light in our coop in the winter months so we have decided she has retired from laying at...
  11. kfsilver

    Chicken with swollen but SOFT belly

    I have a hen who has been the one who runs up to me, demanding that I carry her around, talking to her, as I examine the pasture. She is the one who will run to me when she has a feather out of place, and bawk at me until I fix it. She is feeling down, and I am worried. I love her. The facts...
  12. L

    Second chicken has become lethargic

    Hello, A lifetime of raising chickens and I’ve never had so many issues! My mom’s chicken became lethargic and had her tail down. She had no signs of being egg bound. We separated her and gave her electrolytes and protein. She sadly died. Now two days later another chicken is starting to...
  13. PopoMyers

    Development or genetic issue?

    Gertrude is a Welsummer, whose tail has never come up. She is one of the bottom of the pecking order. At 25 wks., she acts normally, eats and poops just fine. Many of her tail feathers were still not fully opened, and in their sheaths. I scratched off most of them. Has anyone seen anything like...
  14. orangesplash

    Please help!!!

    Please take a look at this video where my chickens that arrived from Netherlands and travelled 2-3 days are now like this.... What should I do? should I tube feed?
  15. R

    Laying Pullet Has Tail Pointed Down. Need Ideas for How to Help Her.

    Thanks for helping. My 29-week-old Favaucana (Easter Egger) pullet, Celestine, has had her tail pointing aggressively down yesterday and this morning. She started laying eggs on November 7, and all the eggs we've found have been perfect and petite, with no issues. One other of her sisters is...
  16. allebasi4

    10 week old pullet walking like a duck?

    Hi all, I'm not really sure if this is an emergency or a disease, yet, but I wanted to see if anyone had any input. I noticed that one of my 10 week old pullets (legbar x) was waddling like a duck earlier. Tail down, butt to heels. As far as I can tell she seemed normal in the run, but I...
  17. zinnia5117

    Tail down

    One of our chickens recently started holding her tail down instead of up. Probably it has been at least a week. I read some of the threads here and was wondering about her being egg bound. Not every chicken in our flock of five lays every day, but we only have three brown egg layers and got...
  18. dcaple001

    Sick Rooster.. HELP

    I have attached a picture of my rooster for reference. He hasn’t crowed in 4 days. He seems lethargic, he just stands around. His comb is “paler” than usually, it is usually pretty red, now it’s more of a light red/pink. He isn’t his aggressive self, he lets us get close and he just kinda...
  19. G

    My Chickens Tail is Down

    Does this reflect bad health? This pullet is around 9-10 weeks old. The gray one in the front, possibly a blue Ameraucana.
  20. My Pretty Pekins

    Wet weather help

    Hello, As many of my UK friends would agree, we're certainly experiencing plenty of rain at the moment. My chickens are getting soaked, and even during the dry days are listless with tails down. Do you think the weather could have anything to do with this, and if so, what could I do to help them?
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