Recent content by Revenir_farm

Thank you for this. These are all the things I’ve been thinking but it’s helpful to hear it from someone else when making a decision like this. I took her in this morning for euthanization and necropsy and looking forward to some answers of what’s going on.

Diet - 16% layer pellets and access to grass/bugs with nearly daily ranging. Breeds - she is a cuckoo maran. The one I lost a few months ago was Rhode Island Red.

Hi all - My favorite hen, approaching 1 year old, got a swollen abdomen about 6 weeks ago. I lost another hen about 4 months ago to similar symptoms (swollen abdomen, diarrhea) and the vet thought it was a random tumor/not infectious, so I buried her at home and didn’t submit for necropsy...

My Rhode Island Red this morning was a bit stand offish, noticed she had poop stuck to her and some of it had frozen to her (so must of been liquid-y). Looked slightly yellow too. I gave her epsom salt bath, noticed her abdomen is a swollen. Her comb is floppy, the only other real change/thing I...

Hi Eggcessive, thanks for your response. I am familiar with all this information but I have no idea how the bird contracted it to begin with. I have no other livestock besides 2 ducks but they are separated from the chickens and have been there for years (not newly introduced). I do plan to talk...

Hi all, Writing this post with a very heavy heart. I received a necropsy report from a hen I lost 2 weeks ago. She had avian TB. I have 7 chickens in my flock that are all healthy right now, but I’ve spent 3 days learning everything about this disease/bacteria and understand the course of...

Hi all, first time post! We are looking to order some female ducklings. We started our flock from TC, but most of them ended up drakes and we are raising ducks for eggs. I’ve seen good reviews about Metzer Farms, but we are based in North Alabama and I’m hoping to order from a hatchery closer...