Posts by cyrixlord

Thanks everyone for your input and stories.  After reading a bit, it looks like the poor girl did have ovarian cysts. (those were cysts in the pictures).  Latifa did her job as part of her function in life and taught me a lot...

Thanks for your kind observations. I do think she had some kind of cyst issues. I am fortunate to have recognized her dispair in order to dispatch her promptly.  The necropsy was so that other could learn from her dispair. ...

I believe that these are ovarian cycsts. When I punctured them some had a putrid brown liquid coming out.  Others were a slimy clear liquid and others were more like water.  The more purple cysts had the brown liquid. ...

WARNING: THESE PICTURES SHOW THE CONTENTS OF A CHICKEN THAT HAS BEEN CULLED   I have had a sick 4 year old australorp chicken (Latifa) for over a week. I suspected that she was eggbound (she was upright like a...

Latifa here is about 6 years old. She is lathargic and has a dull comb/waddles. her tail was down  and was pecking at her food. I discovered her like this on Sunday so I doubt she is eggbound but just to make sure, I am soaking...

My Coop is accessible only by jumping 4 feet to the roost then by going into the henhouse which looks like a set of cabinets.. The support poles for the coop are all covered in metal sheets so rats cant climb it.  My run is...

Quote:Originally Posted by oldchickenlady A poop board under your roost for easy and fast cleaning. I have one coop that is 8x8 and you can go inside to clean it. Just a bucket and a hoe or trowel to scrape it off into the bucket....

my chickens also have a min or max moult. the max moult looks like a chicken exploded and I have to count to make sure I have them all lol.  They always seem to do it nov-dec for me right smack in the middle of winter.  I have...

Thanks, everyone! The Feed store took him back!

ok, i've posted an ad, I hope i get some hits!