Have a hen now shows signs of sickness. I have isolated her to a smaller coop alone. If and when she passes, I am taking her to our local dianostic lab for testing. One is showing signs of mg but seems to be eating and acting normal. I have had others die in the pass and before they do their...
It's not that they become blind as my h as they just close their eyes and never open them again. Then they become like lifeless. You can pick them up and relocate them to the coop or away from the others and if they are laid in their back they won't flip back over. They're eyes are closed but...
I was told they were 3 yrs old. I'm not as concerned about the egg laying as I am about them being sick and dying. No weird poops. They become fatigue and some go blind. Then I find them face down and within hours they're dead. I have changed food, bedding- was hay, now it is pine shavings I put...
Very frustrated. We decided this time last year to be chicken farmers. I bought a coop, chickens (6 hens), and one rooster, and everything we needed for them to eat and drink. Within 4 months all but two died. Then my husband built a larger coop. We bought 15 hens and another rooster. We now...