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    Culling and processing 1 1/2 yr old non-laying hens, graphic photos, help with diagnosis

    Comets and buff orpington’s contacting state vet to see if we can get this figured out
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    Culling and processing 1 1/2 yr old non-laying hens, graphic photos, help with diagnosis

    as a follow up question, the few eggs we got before totally stopped laying, are/were these eggs safe to consume?
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    Culling and processing 1 1/2 yr old non-laying hens, graphic photos, help with diagnosis

    Livers were greatly enlarged. Will follow up with state pathologist, good idea. Thank you
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    Culling and processing 1 1/2 yr old non-laying hens, graphic photos, help with diagnosis

    So what’s interesting/confusing for me was how robust and seemingly thriving, no wing or leg paralysis. They just weren’t laying, so until began processing them did we discover what a mess insides were.
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    Culling and processing 1 1/2 yr old non-laying hens, graphic photos, help with diagnosis

    Thank you for that information. I am attempting to decipher the lymphoid leukosis from Merck Manual. Does it make sense that all 15 hens were infected with this?
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    Culling and processing 1 1/2 yr old non-laying hens, graphic photos, help with diagnosis

    I had 15 year and half old chickens that did not lay any eggs over summer so decided to cull and process them. This is what we found inside and would like to identify what and why. Large enclosed chicken run, GMO free layer pellets, lots of greens and vegis, daily fresh water, black soldier...
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    Bare butt chickens, not sure why

    Feeding organic layer pellets, they get organic scratch in chicken run daily and Brumblies meal worms couple times a week. Chicken house is 8x16 with lots of roosts. Outside chicken run 16x 32 ft with logs and stumps. I think plenty of room. I never see anybody picking on anyone else so...
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    Bare butt chickens, not sure why

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    Bare butt chickens, not sure why

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    Bare butt chickens, not sure why

    Thank you for your quick reply! Crazy here with farm stuff and planting. Would the girls wear the aprons all the time or do you take off like at night? Would Wonder Dust work on rearends?
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    Bare butt chickens, not sure why

    Hi, I have 17 chickens, six comets and eleven buff Orpington’s (one of which is a lovely rooster) but several of the buffs have backs denuded of feathers as well as four with denuded rearends. Figured back was happening from Rooster mating but not actually sure that is what is going on. The...
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