My hens are almost due in laying eggs (about 24 weeks now). I think I spoiled their taste pallet with ground meat, scrambled eggs, carrots, and treats for a while.
I have decided to stick with normal chicken feed instead and stop giving them too much treats. I normallly leave handful of...
If you want to find out the cause of death, send your chicken in to UC Davis Animal Safety Lab - they to free encropsy to find out what killed yoru chicken. you can find further information at www.cahfs.ucdavis.edu - I just dropped my Big Mama off to find out the cause of her death - she passed...
I called around to put my chicken to sleep and the vets office told me it will cost me around $130~$150 - depending on if I wanted to take care of the dead body or not. I could not bring myself to take my chicken to the vet to cut her life short, so I sent her back to the farm that I got her...
Just drove 140 miles roundtrip to drop off Big Mama at the UC Davis Animal safety Lab in San Bernardino for necropsy. They have 4 locations and you can get further information at www.cahfs.ucdavis.edu if you needed the service to find out the cause of your pet's death.
I bought 5 hens from a farm the end of April. Big Mama came with perception problem (could not eat off the ground, only could eat from hand or container) and Lady in Red came with diarrhea.
In the 3rd week, Lady in Red was found with dropped wings and extreme weakness. Took her to the vet and...