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  1. Emma1231

    Hen walking like a penguin

    my 1 1/2 year old Easter egged is having trouble walking and standing. she can't stand for more then a few seconds and will plop back down. When she does walk a few steps they are very story and penguin like, like she can't take a big step. She is barely eating and doesn't even really want...
  2. MilesFluffybutt

    Enlarged Vent

    Good morning, I have a 18WO Silkie hen that has an enlarged vent. She hasn't started laying yet, but she has to be close. I've felt her vent and her abdomen for swelling, hardness and abnormalities and nothing feels out of the ordinary. Her poops are good. She's eating and drinking normally. I...
  3. Wintry

    Rooster-raised Hen Behavior

    Hi everyone! I am new to the site and to chickens. I have two Brahma mixes and live in Alaska. I have one hen (Brahma/Wyandotte mix) that was raised as a rooster with a flock of roosters for slaughter. Once the owners realized she was a hen, they gave her to a friend's flock. This chicken is...
  4. H

    Young Muscovy duck with diarrhea

    I was given two young Muscovy ducks (male and female) by a neighbor whom I'm farm sitting for. The male was being severely picked on by an older male duck and possibly a rooster that they were housed with. All his tail feathers had been pulled out and his bottom was picked at till it bled. I...
    • Homesteaddreamer77
    • Thread
    • diarrhea duck duck health muscovy ducks strange behaviour vent
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. Then I Will

    A New Way to Vent-Sex? - No harm done

    Am I crazy to think I can see a rooster or cockerel's papilla on occasion even when full grown? The entire process of examining comb and wattle growth, feather growth, leg thickness, spur growth, and a myriad of other details to determine whether a young chicken is a cockerel or a pullet seems...
  6. E

    Hen with Nasty Vent Area

    This is not very urgent but all help is highly appreciated I have a bantam hen named Brandonette that I have had for about 3 years (I do not know her exact age, but I am guessing she is 4), and is a tad bit underweight. Whenever I clean her vent area, she does eat and drink after that but...
  7. sevenpines

    Hello from the good ol’ “Show ME” state.... where yesterday, my good chicken-friend showed me LICE o

    Hello from the good ol’ “Show ME” state.... where yesterday, my good chicken-friend showed me LICE on my chickens!!! One was stepping very carefully, and then losing balance. Upon inspection, I see crawlies on her.... whitish to tannish transparent creatures and what my friend said are egg...
    • sevenpines
    • Thread
    • anemia cedar shavings diatomaceousearth infestation ivermectin lice new treatment vent wild birds
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  8. Sunshinechickenlady

    Help please! torn vent:(

    Hi all, we found our beautiful cream leg bar hybrid bleeding from her vent. It looks as though it's badly torn at the top. Our chicken breeder thinks she's bleeding internally due to maybe a broken egg and the shell having cut her, but I think it looks as though the top part of her vent is...
  9. C

    First time hatching ducklings need help!

    I hatched out three baby wood ducks and they are about two days old. They are all running around except two of them have either the umbilical cord or dried blood covering their vent. I'm not sure what to do and I don't want to lose them! Please help
    • Chace
    • Thread
    • ducklings help new vent wood ducks
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. UpstateMamma

    chick having hard time pooping, please help!!!

    I have a 2 week old RIR. She is having a hard time pooping, she squawks and makes noise while going, you can see her struggling to push it out. The poo seems to stick out for a second before dropping off. She doesn't have pasty butt, but a bit of poo residue chalks up below her vent. About...
  11. C

    Chick isn't eating!

    I'm really worried about one of my three chicks. She is a black sex link named Cosmo and is about a month old. She hasn't grown like the other two who have full wings and are growing body feathers. Cosmo has a smaller body, small wings, and bald spots on her neck and under her wings. For the...
  12. Chickymommy45

    Continuous Vent Gleet

    Hi all! Earlier this year we lost our Black Australorp to a very bad case of vent gleet and starvation (she stopped eating). Since then the 3 remaining hens have all come down with vent gleet about once a month or every 6 weeks. We bathe them, treat with an athletes foot cream, clean the coop...
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