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*I already entered this picture but forgot to give his name. This is "SIR NAPOLEON CROWSALOT" my Belgian D'uccle bearded bantam rooster

Pete Rosecomb

Thank you for responding. I guess I'll have to euthanize her. Waaaa! Is cancer prevalent in chickens because this is my 5th chicken that's died because of cancer (plus one dog) I'm starting to wonder if it's environmental as I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills in California where mining could...

About 6 months ago I noticed one of my 5 year old blue-laced Wyandottes had a very hard, callous-like “growth” on her leg. She was the only one of my chickens to show signs of having scaly leg mites so I figured it must have something to do with that. I soaked her legs in warm water & Epson salt...

I didn't take pictures of it but her liver looked normal & OMG...Picture #6 looks exactly like what I saw when I cut her open. Mystery solved THANK YOU SO MUCH

I was wondering the same things...the stress...bursting cysts in struggle... could be one of those or all of those...I think it was just a perfect storm so to speak...a very weird perfect storm

I think I felt compelled to share this story in hopes that somebody out there has had a similar experience and will comment so I know I’m not completely crazy. Ok so for the past three days I’ve been sharing our spare bedroom with one of my rescue hens, Sarah. She had been showing all the...