Help ! Going in circles, stroke? marek's or botulism?

feeds@yuku.com (chickadiva) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:27:05 GMT

A week ago my chicken was a little slow however, I did not notice any signs of illness. Because she did not want to sit on the roost and stayed on the ground not coming out the coop I took her into my house.
Not long after, I noticed she could hardly walk, fell many times, and her left wing drooped at times.
However, with vitamines, e, yogurt , egg yolk and her laying pellets she improved. gained weight and always liked her fav. snacks. All seemed to go just fine vet prescribed...

sick rooster, please help

feeds@yuku.com (kileysmom02) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:33:44 GMT

first off, i'm glad to find this forum. I have 5 Rhode Island Red chickens--2 roosters and 3 hens. They are about 6 months old. Today when I was out feeding them i found the rooster laying on his side and not willing to move around unless I make him. He will get up to eat a bit and drink some, but goes right back to laying down. he's normally really fiesty, won't let me near him and will bite if we get near him. he allowed me to pick him up and inspect him--very much...

Infected toe on turkey? Pic included

feeds@yuku.com (leepsy) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:20:57 GMT

My favorite turkey hen has a problem with one toe. It looks like the toe is dying. It doesn't appear to be holding any pus. The bottom of the toe is not quite as white. It does not look like bumblefoot because there doesn't appear to be a hard core anywhere. She doesn't appear to have any scaley leg mites either. It was very painful to her when I cleaned it with Betadine a little while ago.

Split beak

feeds@yuku.com (twowheelsgood1) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:51:22 GMT

We keep 6 chooks that free range a bit during the afternoons and on weekends. Other than that they have a small hen house where they roost and a much larger run where they spend time when we are not home. One of our hens has developed a split beak - we are a bit concerned about it as the spit seems to be getting longer. It doesn't appear to be affecting her feeding but would like to investigate stopping the split before it gets worse and her health is affected. Any experience with...

Sick baby RH Red

feeds@yuku.com (Cori) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:03:32 GMT

We bought 21 baby chicks. (7 each) Australorp, RH Reds, and Barred Rocks. They are all 11 days old. One of the Rhodies is much smaller than the rest and really weak/lethargic. She can walk and stand but is definatley not right. She gets trampled by the others and just lays there. When I pick her up she doesn't try to get away or even chirp like the others. I'm afraid that she's going to die. Should I seperate her form the others? Is there anything I can do? They are all in their...

broken bill on goose

feeds@yuku.com (moonraven) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:18:21 GMT

i have a 6 month old goose who broke the bottom of her bill the part under her tongue. I believe this happened last night (Thursday , Sept. 17).I noticed it at about 5 pm tonight it is not bleeding and it looks not infected but all she has been doing today is sleeping. I don't think she can eat i gave her some bread and watched and she couldn't pick it up. I am scared if she can't eat can she get anything to drink. She is also laying right now she just started on Sunday of this...

MY CHICKEN JUST FELL OVER

feeds@yuku.com (nina) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:40:18 GMT

I just walked out to my chicken coop and my 6 month old Brahm is lying on the ground unable to stand. Her legs just dont work and she looks like she is dying. I carried her to the inside part of the coop and she is just lying on her side unable to move. There has been no incident with her and her poop is normal and she has been eating normally.
Saying that, in the last few weeks she has on occasion been a little clumsy.

I hope somebody can help

Rooster stopped crowing

feeds@yuku.com (1woolymama) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:15:25 GMT

Hi! I have a flock of 5 month old mixed breed chickens - 7 hens and a rooster. My boy , a golden laced wyandotte, was crowing like a champ for the last several months, but has barely crowed once for the last 3 weeks. I have also never seen him try to mate the hens ever. I checked him (as well as the hens) thoroughly for any signs of sickness, and aside from a slight honking cough (which I have treated for approx. one week with broad spectrum antibiotics) they are otherwise pest and...

Funky eyes

feeds@yuku.com (Homegirl) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:03:57 GMT

HI, my Roo boy, 12 weeks old, has weird eyes. They have gotten strangely almond-shaped, and the lids look "flabby". Left one more than right..... But right is taking that same shape....He was being attacked by his mama, so I separated him from her. I dont know if it is injury or disease..... they are rather foamy at times.... his aim seems to be off too, when he eats.. he closes the left one a lot..... I have used some antibiotic ointment and colloidal silver, and it seems...

Blue Kote and Chicken Eggs?

feeds@yuku.com (Clucky) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:24:20 GMT

Hello, I'm new here. I bought Blue Kote from McMurray Hatchery and the shipment came in today. I'm putting this in emergency because I plan on putting the spray on my chickens first thing in the morning. I'm doing this because half of them have bare butts and missing feathers from pecking each other. My main concern is...I was doing some research to look up more information on Blue Kote, and some people were saying that once you apply the spray, you can no longer eat the eggs your...

URGENT - Turkey with hurt let

feeds@yuku.com (Angell) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:45:08 GMT

You recently helped me with my turkey and he is better now. He is a 4 month old bronze turkey. Two days ago, we noticed that is leg looked twisted back a little and he was having issues walking. Last night it was worse. I called the vet this morning and he said it may be that he is growing to fast and it could be an exoxated tendon and that there was nothing we could do.

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks.

Angell

Cockerel with rash on his back end

feeds@yuku.com (Jax) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:06:24 GMT

My light sussex cockerel has a rash on his back end. He appeared to start moulting a few weeks ago - lost his big tail feathers and a few round the neck. He's just over a year old, so not moulted before. He's perfectly happy, chases his girls, crows for ages and drop kicks us if we are naughty!

Just when we did the regular check couple of weeks ago, we found the area below his vent is bald and red - almost same colour and texture as his comb. The feather follicles are...

2 month old chick with on and off symptoms (not a big emergency here but perplexing)

feeds@yuku.com (scstables) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:57:17 GMT

One of our half silkie chicks (other half is rumpless tufted araucana as Azul got to my silkie hen one day lol) has an unusual problem. It became weak to the point where it could hardly walk and it carries one of it's feet in a fist. So, I put it on GQF vitamins plus. It regained it's strength in a weeks time and was walking normally. So after 2 weeks I quit putting the GQF in the water.

2 weeks after stopping the GQF, he/she went right back to those symptoms. So...

Chick with strange legs.

feeds@yuku.com (PearlAndTheChickens) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:42:11 GMT

My broody hen hatched out seven baby chicks. Five of them are mixes and are healthy and two of them are pure Appenzeller. After the first Appenzeller hatched I noticed that her legs looked strange, they were both pointed inward with the two middle toes slightly pointed up. I kept her with the mother overnight and in the morning she looked much better and has been looking better ever since. But then the second Appenzeller hatched and his feet looked even worse than the first ones. His left...

Pet Turkey has Air Pockets on his face

feeds@yuku.com (Angell) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:15:34 GMT

We have two pet turkeys that recently survived Avian Pox. While the male had Avian Pox, he was swollen with air. The vet said one of the pox grew on an air duct and made him swell with air. All the pox are gone now and have been for several weeks. We noticed the other day that the male turkey had a air pocket on one of his cheeks and now he has another on the other cheek. They are right under his eyes and are really only air. Does anyone know what this might be?

Any help...

bloody droppings in 9 week old chicks

feeds@yuku.com (Jax) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:12:52 GMT

I have 8 gorgeous silkie babies, our first go at hatching and we got 8 out of 10. All going fine, but on Saturday I was cleaning out their house and found 2 very bloody stools. Went immediately to look it up and everyone seems to suggest cocidiosis and said to deal with it fast. So put coxoid (amprolium) in their water straight away. Then cleaned out house completely, keeping it dry and using stalosan.

Then observed chicks, all seemed ok, the material I read suggested...

eyes won't open

feeds@yuku.com (shigagirl) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:13:01 GMT

We have two chickens whose eyes won't open and one whose left eye won't open. One of the chicken is dying as she has no energy and can not lift up her neck. Another was having trouble lifting her neck but after making her drink EM and water she has a lot more energy but her eyes have not opened yet.

Then we have a fourth girl who is having trouble walking but her eyes and neck are fine. All of them are about 8 months old and are a mix of Leghorns and Road Island Reds.
...

what to feed a baby peacock?

feeds@yuku.com (the Old Rebel) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:00:23 GMT

Hi All!

I realize I am probably posting this in the wrong place, but I was hoping to get some attention pretty quick. I have a week-old baby peacock, and don't know what to feed it and what NOT to feed it. I have gamebird chick starter. He does eat it, but he doesn't seem to be too crazy about it. I read that he could eat boiled egg yolk, but want to know if anyone knows about that. His mother loves grapes, but can his little system handle that? I will appreciate any...

Hen with bad eye

feeds@yuku.com (Sandee123) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:21:02 GMT

My hens are 2 months old. Unfortunately, I got 1 rooster in the 30 birds I ordered from Murray McMurray. (I ordered only hens) I have only had 2 bantum roosters, not a standard size one. He is attacking the hens aggressively. This morning he was after one of the Red Stars and she ran to me to pick her up which I did. I noticed her eye was shut. I looks like he possible tried to get the back of her head and caught the lower lid of her eye. It is very red and a little goopy. What can I...

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