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  1. B

    Ameraucana injury & broken nail?

    I have an Ameraucana hen whose foot is injured and I am not sure what to do. I have treated lethargic chickens, scissor beak chickens, and generally sick chickens, but nothing like this. I went to collect eggs and I found her sitting in one of the boxes, which isn't out of the ordinary, but then...
  2. Butt_Nugget_Hut092

    Sick duckling- help

    First time duckling mom here and I have a duckling who is 3 weeks old and not doing well. Smaller then the rest, lethargic, sitting under the heat, not eatting a bunch, still drinking though. Here is a video I took. Please help! Video of duckling
  3. S

    Bantam chicken gaping, but not coughing. Wing held low, possible injury but not sure?

    Hi all! I have a Sebright chicken, around 5 months old, who is giving me some concerns. She is housed in a coop with about a dozen other bantams, (silkies, another sebright, two d’uccles, and a OEGB) as well as our last couple standard birds who are almost ready to join the big-bird-coop. No...
  4. V

    Possible egg bound?- URGENT

    Hello, we have a 9 month Olive egger that as of yesterday was showing symptoms of egg bound, she was limping on one side while penguin huddling and her vent is pulsating, we soaked her in warm Epsom salt twice and oiled up her vent, I tried massaging her and feeling for anything but I couldn't...
  5. E

    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    I had 6 Ducklings, all hatched 2 weeks ago, this morning and found one suddenly dead this morning. I am currently very ill myself, so my partner has been looking after them the past few days. I'm in Australia and poultry supplies are very hard to find, Duck supplies are almost non-existant in my...
  6. S

    I found a punctured egg in the brooding nest

    Hello guys, I am in need of some help! I just found one of the eggs that my hen is hatching has a hole in it. There’s a little bit of blood stain around the hole. I was able to confirm that there is a chick inside but I don’t think it is ready to hatch. The hole seems to be pictured from the...
  7. W

    Swollen neck/face wheezing, help!!!

    Hi. This morning my rooster was fine. Left to drop off my daughter and when I got back after an hour ish, he was suddenly acting strange. Upon further examination His throat is swollen, he is making funny noises sounds like he cant breathe, and there are somes sneezes, he also appears to have a...
  8. ChickenKeeper43

    HELP - Chicken Sneezing / Coughing

    I posted the question with the video on reddit, please help: https://www.reddit.com/r/chickens/s/ZRRQIacGPh Chicken is 10 months old, lays an egg usually every day. She free ranges an acre and has high protein chicken feed along with broken egg shells for calcium. Description of the symptoms...
  9. O

    URGENT Welsh Harlequin with Severe Wry Neck

    This is my second post here, but I need help. I have two ducks in my care, one of them is a Welsh Harlequin (don’t know official gender yet, but maybe male? We still call her Elphie) Both of them are about a month and a half old now, I got them back in July 27th. About a couple weeks ago, I...
  10. M

    Urgent! Leg injury

    Hii! I’m sorry to be asking. This quail, I thought it wasn’t going to make it. It was the only yellow colored quail I got, so from birth I wanted to help it make it. However, he used to fall sideways all the time when first hatched and I thought it would pass. Well it’s two weeks old now. But...
  11. chickenlover0805

    My chicken is not feeling well

    Decided to move this to this category. Previous Thread So my five year old hen is doing this stance, and my grandparents won't let me treat her for leg mites. My grandma thinks she's just old and is gonna die, but I am determined to help her, as she is my favorite hen. Her comb is purple and...
  12. Bgshore

    Help! Scabs, lice, foot injuries... Oh my

    Hello everyone, I have had chickens for about 3 years, no issues and within a week I've got 3 chickens who are not doing so well. One has bumblefoot, which I am treating, but the other two in kind of lost on how are the best ways to help them. The first is Franny, she injured her right...
  13. W

    Sick Weak Chicken Rapidly Decline

    My 16 week lavender Orpington is very sick. It started yesterday when I saw her laying flat not moving. I brought her inside thinking it was heat stress. It was 98 degress, but not the hottest day we have had i feel like. She was eating and drinking but still very weak. Overnight it seems she...
  14. edgy6ellie

    Sick chick struggling to move - around 5 weeks old

    I have 2 silkie chicks, one of them has been lethargic for the past 2 days but today she is walking around strangely, sort of limping in a circle. her toes are curled completely and her wings are droopy. She also has a clear liquid coming from her beak that is quite thick. Her poops were a...
  15. N

    Turkey with hole the size of a sand dollar!

    Can someone help me please!!! My sweet baby has been broody for some time now. I was regularly collecting eggs and urging her to get out and get food and water as much as I could, and I did not notice this spot until tonight. I feel absolutely awful:( what could have caused this?! She hasn't...
  16. K

    Urgent Help Please - Prolapse umbilicus stuck to egg still

    We've recently had 5 little Call ducklings hatch, we're nearing what would be day 31. All ended up as assists as they were shrink wrapped. I took my time and seems most are good. 3 of 5 in brooder now, getting about, eating drinking. 1 was tipping over so have been keeping in incubator in a sock...
  17. edgy6ellie

    Sick hen jerking head

    Help! My favourite hen is really sick, shes not eating and is doing this jerking with her head. Shes sounds very wheezy aswell! For video
  18. Butt_Nugget_Hut092

    Urgent _ Foot Issues _ Sores _ Help!

    Hi, I have a 6 week old maran still in the brooder on aspen bedding that I noticed today has sores on the leg and missing scales. Not on bottom of foot just top, I'm thinking contact dermatitis. Not positive.
  19. chickennl0ver

    URGENT! any chicken vets in new england area?

    for context, i just posted yesterday (link attached with backstory and images) https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/broody-chicken-with-crop-problems-please-help.1626112/#post-27775536 about my 4-year-old hen pearls who is having crop issues. this is now day 4 of her crop issues and i am at...
  20. Flutterbudget

    Can someone help me?!! I’m losing my marbles

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fox-attack-duck-hasn%E2%80%99t-pooped-in-over-an-hour.1625675/#post-27772665 Can anyone help at all? She’s eaten today but not all that much but continues to drink. Her tail seems fanned and splayed which I’m concerned about, she hasn’t laid an egg...
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