Recent content by drzaiusx11

Thanks! I managed to track down my state's (MA) agriculture testing site: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/agr/animal-health/poultry/diagnostic-testing-services-generic.html I'll give them a call this week if symptoms persist.

Are there more concrete methods of diagnoses on living birds? I've googled a bit but the labs I've found are the post mortem type where you send the body AFTER it has expired. I'd be willing to send blood or stool samples if I knew of places that could deal with that sort of thing. I guess I...

Possibly related two days ago one of the hens laid a rubber egg. It was the first I've seen in over a year as they've been on layer feed for 6+ months and have been laying beatiful eggs almost daily. I added some oyster shell into their feed but it may have been the hen with the loose stool and...

Hi, I have a 1yo hen that has been having runny poops for the past 48 hours or so. She seems relatively normal in behavior (maybe a bit 'sluggish', but keeps up with the others most of the time) Should I start worrying? or could this just be a bad week for her? No other worrying signs in her or...