- Oct 23, 2013
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This is what I noticed as possible symptoms .
First white dropping stuck to their feathers.
Maybe for a week. Then heads pointing to the sky mouth open like they are trying to choke up something. Then black droppings but not diarrhea. The weight loss but still acting relatively normal. Then starts the not eating but still drinking. Then death. This takes about 3 weeks. 2 have died. My husband checked them and the crop wasn't full of anything. We aren't experienced at necropsy.
One of them had a strange dark color inside and the eggs(?) inside looked shriveled. She was very sick for a week. Skinny!
The second hen had normal insides. She was sick one day found her dead in the morning. She was fat appeared healthy.
They are Rhode Island Red hens 3 1/2 years old. Any ideas?
First white dropping stuck to their feathers.
Maybe for a week. Then heads pointing to the sky mouth open like they are trying to choke up something. Then black droppings but not diarrhea. The weight loss but still acting relatively normal. Then starts the not eating but still drinking. Then death. This takes about 3 weeks. 2 have died. My husband checked them and the crop wasn't full of anything. We aren't experienced at necropsy.
One of them had a strange dark color inside and the eggs(?) inside looked shriveled. She was very sick for a week. Skinny!
The second hen had normal insides. She was sick one day found her dead in the morning. She was fat appeared healthy.
They are Rhode Island Red hens 3 1/2 years old. Any ideas?
