We lost the first one about 2 years ago, and think she was egg bound. The second one happened over the summer. This was the one that starting limping one day and died two days later. The third one died at the beginning of this week. No symptoms- happy one day and dead the next.
Hello,
We're a new chicken raising family looking for a little insight. We have a small flock (12) hens which we started about 2 1/2 years ago. Over that time, we've had 3 hens die. Two were happy and healthy one day, and died the next. One began to show signs of sickness (paralysis on one...
We have a hen who is about 1.5 years old. She is a mixed breed we got from the local feed store, and has been in our flock for about 8 months. She's had a pea comb since we got her, and was on the bottom of the pecking order. We had a small, stable flock and recently added 3 more hens. We've...