Thank you so much for the information, very fascinating. She was an ISA brown, so it fits with the high producing bird comment. Good luck with your hens! :)
Hi all, we lost our Bridget Jones last month. She became lethargic and her tummy was full of a syrup-like liquid. Eventually she couldn't jump and she was struggling to breathe. We thought we found a tumour inside, but we're quite alarmed to find two solid/cooked eggs inside her, see pics. Does...
Thanks dawg53 and eggcessive. Great to get your thoughts. I don't think it's prolapse as its quite a bit below the vent. Here are some much better pictures. We just gave her a bath and you can see the red patch below her vent. We've looked hard for eggs like you suggested, but don't think we can...
Hi all, over the last few days we have noticed a red, eczema style sore develop a couple of centimeters south of the vent on one of our hens. I have attached a picture. Despite how it looks it's fairly dry and scaly. She is a large, black Australorpe. She is also quite heavy. She's very skittish...