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Thank you. Me too! I did think she had a lot of fat deposits. I watched Cornell's poultry necropsy on youtube before and while I was doing this and their bird definitely had less fat. We feed them a whole grain diet, 17-18% protein. Scratch at night when we lock them up. They occasionally get...

I just looked at FL's fees. the full necropsy with forensics and research is $250.

Good point.

I know what I did doesn't really amount to anything, but I was partially curious to see if anything was obviously amiss. This hen is a year old and has never been wormed, so I figured I might see some evidence of worms, especially considering the gaping. I mean to treat them, but as of late have...

Found a hen dead this afternoon and somehow found the courage to perform my first necropsy. Noticed yesterday that she had been having trouble breathing, and it worsened overnight. Heavily labored breathing this morning with a stridor, either on in or exhale or both. Crop looked pretty full for...

The first week of March we brought home 12 pullets of different laying breeds - Comets, Browns, Asians, EEs, and RIRs. We found two extra small eggs today, one in the coop run and one hidden close by. We have three adult hens but I really doubt these came from them. Could one/some of the sex...

Thanks for the input! I didnt notice any chick having issues when we first brought them home, but I guess that's possible. Apparently my bf gave them Sav-a-chick probiotic, not vitamins, so we just gave them a double dose of chick vitamins with riboflavin in their water so hopefully that helps...

Hey All, need some advice with a +- 3w/o chick who is having issues: We recently bought 12 chicks to add to our flock, as our older birds have gradually moved on to the pasture in the sky. 8 birds came from TSC March 7th - various breeds - and 4 americaunas came from a local feed store. We...

Hmm. How did you get her to eat if she wasn't even interested in her treats? Did you syringe or tube feed or did she eventually gain her appetite back? I think mine might have an impaction underneath all that liquid...like maybe a mushy ball of grass etc. now that most of the liquid (though...

Did she act sick/lethargic at all, or did he act normal except for the really full, liquidy crop? I've dealt with sour crop before but I could detect a faint sour-ish smell on the bird's breath and she ate and drank like normal, just had a minor impaction that turned into sour crop. Did what...

Let the hens out into the yard today from their coop/run and one didn't come out right away. RIR has very full crop, had some gut gurgling noises. Immediately brought her in the house into a bin to rest and try to recover. She stood in the bin or a while, not really moving or interested in...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/884172/sick-rir-weight-loss-green-runny-poop-now-fly-strike-graphic-pics/10 Couldn't remember if I had posted the pics or not - see post #12 in the above thread. I washed the area with warm water which removed a lot of them, them spent at least an hour...

I unfortunately dealt with fly strike once when a chicken of mine had a poopy butt for too long. Next thing I know, the strike turned into a giant mass of maggots. Stomach turning. I would be happy to post a pic if you're interested but it's NSFW to be sure.

Ok. Good point. I should be able to get her some electrolytes tomorrow eve or Wed morning. Thanks for your help!

Hmm. Makes sense. So if I put a tray of seeds out near the feeder, they may eventually find the feeder and use it instead? Thanks for your help!

Thanks for your reply. I haven't done a full check yet but I did look at everyone's feet yesterday to check for bumblefoot and didn't see anything. I'll do a more comprehensive check later today. Her crown is actually one of the brightest reds...the other BR has a pretty pinky crown but she...

So I got this awesome bird feeder as a gift that will close off the seed opening if a squirrel or large songbird tries to land on the post, and I love singbirds, but NOTHING has gone to my feeder. I have heard some beautiful songs from my yard over the past week, but haven't seen their sources...

I have four birds in my flock, two production reds and two barred rocks. Today as I was letting them out of their run that one seemed to be moving slower than the others. Typically when I let them out I stand there and they hesitate before the walk through the door and make a run for it past...

Thanks for your replies. I believe I got the answer I was looking for - pekins are or can be more difficult than chickens, but no more difficult than other duck breeds. That's all I was looking for. But seeing as I've appalled some people by providing some information and leaving out others...

ps thanks for all your responses!