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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We have 9 laying hens and have decided to expand. Big time. We ordered 70 chicks from Murray McMurray. All arrived alive and were great for a couple of days. We ordered 50 of their brown egg layers "package". Of the 50, 30+ are the same breed. We seem to think they are Cornish crosses. None of...

We have just received our first round of chicks! We are very excited but having trouble identifying some of them. We ordered the brown egg layers from MM, so there are a large assortment. I have ONE that really piques my interest. It seems she has changed color over night. She is grey with a...