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Saturday night we had a lethargic hen. She didn't want to move, her comb was folded and balance was off. By morning she was gone. I did a necropsy on her yesterday and the only thing I noticed was an inflamed deep yellow liver. This morning I found another one dead, almost suspended in time on...

Thank you. And I don't mind at all. We have about 200 birds, but have never come across this or anything like it.

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Thank you.

Wait, how do I attach photos?

I had a red. She was a good red. Her comb started wilting and she was lethargic. I decided she was egg bound. Warm baths, KY jelly, gentle massage.... We tried it all. She got worse. Her breast meat atrophied. Her bone sticking out and even worse, her abdomen was hot and swollen. Like a balloon...

Oh, and if there are any questions, I shot that SOB.

We bought 150 pullets in March. Everything was going well until today. I caught a skunk in my coop that had killed 30, 3 more would die later, and 6 more are in infirmary. What I saw with my own eyes is a skunk that bit the back of the birds heads in order to kill. Some of them were suffering so...

We think she's a New Hampshire. She lays the most gigantic eggs. I have checked for lice and mites and see nothing.

My girls are about 9 months old. My best and biggest later is currently in a hard molt. While we are experiencing warmer than normal temps now, forecast is to plummet in a few days. They are pastured, but locked up at night. She's still currently laying duck sized eggs, but I'm afraid that we...

Oh, I have seen him chase them, just never seen him do the killing. The ones that I know have disappeared are full sized chickens. Can a hawk take off with that big of prey? Please excuse my naivety, I'm still new at this.

We started with 9 laying hens and purchased 74 chicks. After starting the babies in the house (we only lost 4), they were moved to our large chicken house. We were on a GREAT path. Recently, I was SURE that we were losing some (it's ridiculously difficult to count 80 birds). After I noticed that...

Thanks for the compliment!!

This is fantastic!

The platform is just an oversized shipping pallet with some scrap wood attached! We have somewhere between 60 and 70. We have had several disappear over the last week. We started with 80. :(