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In the Brooder
I had a 1 year old buff orpington hen who died of a spontaneous liver rupture and subsequent internal hemorrhage; it was confirmed on necropsy. I know this sort of thing is typically associated with obesity and fatty liver, but she was only slightly overweight (I feed corn-free New Country Organics layer and they free-range, no table scraps. She was an incredibly voracious forager though). She had no signs or symptoms of anything wrong before it happened- the evening before she was as active as ever, laying and eating normally, not a hint in the world that something was wrong. I found her about ten minutes before she died the next day.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? It's kind of scary, and sad.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? It's kind of scary, and sad.