Tragedy struck yesterday and my lone RIR hen lodged herself underneath the fence and died. I am heartbroken as she was a bird who worked with me and at-risk youth, and she had such an outgoing personality and was quite the chicken. She came to me via a 4H show as a pullet, so she was nicely...
I have a 2-yr bantam OEG hen. Late last week, she seemed to be more subdued than "normal" - she's pretty active and an expert hunter of bugs, etc. She appeared puffy and like she was taking a nap in the yard - eyes closed, etc. My instinct told me something was off, so once I was able to get...