Illness and cures

Hen that died--please help

feeds@yuku.com (cinnamon) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:39:33 GMT

Hi! I'm a newbie when it comes to raising chickens, but one of our layers died yesterday, and I'm a little concerned about another chicken which is pretty lethargic today. Here's what happened:
The Rhode Island Red hen got sick in the morning, laid down all day, and then died in the late afternoon. When I first looked at her in the morning, her comb was floppy (it normally was erect) and she was not active as she normally is, but other than that seemed fine (no labored...

Swelling at side of head

feeds@yuku.com (nono) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:29:28 GMT

We have a few (6 off) bantams one of them (less than a year old) has developesd a large growth on the side of its head. At first I thought it was eminating from the ear but now it has grown it looks more like very swolen cheek. It has been slowly getting worse for some weeks but this does not appear to have effected it in any way. The others all seem OK.

8 year old bantam rooster sick or dying?

feeds@yuku.com (eighteenaishas) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:08:42 GMT

I have an almost 8 year old Mille Fleur Bantam rooster named Bopsy. He lives in his house with his brother Bipsy. Bopsy used to be extremmely active and crazy. Over the last month or so he has become very quiet. No obvious signs of illness. When he crows it is shortened in sound and he has very bad frost bite on his comb this year. His brother Bipsy is fine. I do not know whether or not to take him to the vet because of the stress it causes. I have been through this several times with...

huddling dehydrated chicken

feeds@yuku.com (chickeeluv) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:05:38 GMT

Hey guys, help me out as I am too tired to think right now. I have a huddling dehydrated hen. They have been super broody all summer without a hatch. She has bright green poo and hasn't been eating grass. Her poo is sticky and solid though. I am giving her boiled eggs and yogurt and trying to get some fluids in her. It really sucks that I am a nurse and can do IVs but have no idea how to do it on a chicken. A fluid bolus would help her out. I do believe she is getting up there in years...

HELP! Red, inflamed exposed flesh!!

feeds@yuku.com (Chicken Joe) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:54:19 GMT

I was cleaning my brown leghorn hybrid rooster for the occasional dropping in the feathers under and around his vent, and noticed some morbid reddening of the skin, along with tons of naked space where feathers once were. When I took a closer look, I realized with horror the tops of his shanks were also tipped with the same inflamed red symptom. He doesn't seem to flinch when I touch it, but I'm worried. What can I do? What is this? He is the only chicken I keep, and he lives by...

Why did my gosling die?

feeds@yuku.com (Kirsty Murphy) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:16:34 GMT

Hi
I am hoping someone can shed light on why Gabby my gosling passed away a week ago. I am new to keeping poultry, so am really keen to know if it is something I did or didn't do or something that could be prevented in the future. We only had Gabby for 2 weeks. Gabby was hand-reared. We kept her in a box inside with sawdust, and took her out in the garden for walks! The water was in a bowl changed 1-2 times a day and she wasn't cleaned out religiously, but when it looked too much...

sickness

feeds@yuku.com (lin) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:24:02 GMT

how do you know if chickens are sick

silkie question

feeds@yuku.com (chickeeluv) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:50:38 GMT

What makes silkies just die? Like they will have food and water but will just waste away? There aren't any outward signs of illness. They actually are some of my best and fluffiest. They will eat if I hand feed them but if I don't stay right on them they won't and they die. I wonder if they are just not as hardy so the others bully them until they get weak enough for me to notice? If I pick them up everyday and monitor crops and weight I can seperate the weaker ones out and feed them extra....

Eyes closed

feeds@yuku.com (sfisch) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:08:58 GMT

One of the girls here at work bought 25 chicks in the end of April. She said that luckily all survived but one of them always has its eyes closed. It eats and gets water which makes me think it has to be able to see somewhat but she says its eyes are always shut.
Any ideas?

Thanks
Scott

Chicks with Dandruff?

feeds@yuku.com (AngelleR) — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:51:12 GMT

I have noticed that my Australorp and Orpington chicks have what looks like dandruff. I haven't found any bugs on them, but they roam around the yard quite a bit during the day, so they could have picked some up that I just can't find.

They are just a few weeks old and growing new feathers/losing down like crazy. Could the dandruff be a side effect? Other than that, they look great -- curious, bright-eyed, and alert. And they eat constantly.

I live in New Orleans (Gulf South of...

Swollen Right Breast

feeds@yuku.com (AngelleR) — Sun, 13 May 2007 19:54:00 GMT

I have a small flock of chicks under 2 weeks old. Today several of them have swelling on the right breast/shoulder area. There seems to be some balding on a couple.

Other than this, they are in good spirits, active, eating, drinking, doing their little chickie things as usual.

Any ideas? How worried should I be?

--Angelle

PENICILLIN

feeds@yuku.com (Meshale) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:41:53 GMT

How much would i give a 20lb turkey who was attacked by a dog...i have injectable??..THank you

Is this Peritonitis

feeds@yuku.com (GotEggs) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:48:30 GMT

Starting this summer my one chicken Big Bretha I named her that because she always has been my heavest bird; started having a poopy butt plus she is very swollen between her legs and her butt, I know she is not egg bound because I know if that was the case she would of died a long time ago. I have added a couple picks of the butt and her standing. If this is Peritonitis is their any antibiotics I can put her on, I put the whole flock on Teryomicin for 2 weeks and seems to of made her worse....

Infectious Bronchitis :(

feeds@yuku.com (rustycreek) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:34:42 GMT

Hi, it is my second year having meat chicken,and I dont know what I am doing wrong, my meat chickens are having Infectious Bronchitis, they are about 10 weeks old where are they getting it from, they are in a new run but we put the old house from last year in the run could the old chicken house be the cose. My meat chicken last year had Infectious Bronchitis too.
My layers are fine but they are located on the other side of my property. I put some Medivit in there water for the last 2 days....

lime green droppings

feeds@yuku.com (I am the TLman) — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:59:02 GMT

I have a rooster that whies dropping are a bright lime green color--what is it and what can I do?

Epsom salts?

feeds@yuku.com (Meshale) — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:04:10 GMT

Can anyone tell me why they give sick chicks/ducks Epsom salt..and how much do you give??????..Thanks

RIR with hurt Leg

feeds@yuku.com (GAKelly) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:01:33 GMT

Anyone know what's going on with my RIR hen's leg. She limped on it a few days and then it started to swell up. Here are a few pics to better explain the problem. Anyone know what i should do for her?

Hurt Chick!

feeds@yuku.com (Meshale) — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:33:33 GMT

Hey guys i got a question for ya..i am a newbie to this board and somewhat to chickens as well...now i have full grown...silver laced Wyandottes..and a Road Island red..and then some..i can't think of their names..all black even feet and then in the sun they sheen green...lol....then i have those "easter egg" chicks...and they are bout 7-8 wks old..about half the size of my other chickens....and i thought i could turn them out the other day..i was wrong!.....they were fine all...

Lethargic rooster?

feeds@yuku.com (smoky73) — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:41:07 GMT

Anyone have ANY idea what could be wrong with my roo? His only apparent symptom is that he appears lethargic. I moved him to a pen with his girls. he roosts but hes just not active all the time. He sleeps in the day even, on the roost or stands there with his eyes closed. No wheezing, coughing or sneezing, he has lost a little weight since I got him, but other than that , he just wants to rest???

BettyBoop died

feeds@yuku.com (bluroze) — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:37:13 GMT

She was my one and only brown leghorn pullet, and she has been gimpy since a few weeks of age when her leg mysteriously "twisted" at the knee joint. She layed the most perfectly large white eggs. She had been listless and quit eating a few days ago. She didn't have any upper respiratory symptoms that I could detect, but she didn't seem to be able to use her legs at all much anymore. I had her in a box in the laundry room and forcefed her sugar water and some chicken-feed...