I really appreciate everyone’s replies and advice. Considering everything, if another of our chickens dies mysteriously I will send it in for autopsy, since I’d rather not assume it’s just old age. Again, thanks for all the help! ❤️
Because we got them as adults with little detail we don’t know their exact ages, just that they came to us at egg laying age and that they’re all looking pretty healthy and spry. We lost another hen recently but she had a previous eye injury/infection that had healed and was found in the pond on...
Hello, today when I went to let our chickens out I found one of our Hens dead. She’s a Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn mix and as far as I know was still laying eggs- though we don’t know her exact age. She always looked healthy and active, and hasn’t been acting strangely recently. There’s...
We have a rooster named Winger (because he has a bent wing from an early injury we think) and I’m 90% sure he’s a bantam Cochin, but I don’t know the name for his feather pattern. It’s like he’s mottled, but with this very rich reddish brown across his back like someone splattered paint on him...