Recent content by joydysert

Oh and the scratch. Its winners scratch and I do give it fairly freely in the winter and not much in the summer. Geez the carbs are bad even for chickens!! I will cut back on that more

Thank you for your help and advise. Next time I will certainly be more thorough. I didn't cut all the way down but as I pulled up the skin and feathers it appeared that the fat lines the skin all the way down both sides. No big balls of fat except for the one though.

Oh and one more thing. That fat was not abdominal. It was next to her crop. Does that make it different?

Thank you for your response. I did cut open her crop as well. not much there just some winners scratch. I wouldnt know what to look for if I had cut her completely open. They only get some leafy greens a couple times a week. Winners scratch and layers pellets. Nothing that I think is fattening...

I just found my 3 yr old olive Egger dead. No warning. I looked her over for the usual suspects and only found what felt like a hard knot in or near her crop. Unfortunately I did not cut it open before I buried her. It was next to her crop. Looks like fat, and it ran down both sides of her...