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    White Leghorn Struggling To Lay, Only Laying Soft Shelled Eggs

    I apologize for the delay on my end, but I want to thank you for your quick response! My hen is only 3, and about 6 months ago I switched them to from layer pellets to nutrena all flock pellets. I had been concerned the layer pellets I was giving them was putting too much stress on their...
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    White Leghorn Struggling To Lay, Only Laying Soft Shelled Eggs

    Happy Monday chicken community, I hope you and your feathered friends are doing lovely! For the last nearly two weeks my white leghorn has been laying soft shelled eggs. She was a very very consistent layer, sometimes two large white eggs a day! The eggs are certainly not my concern, honestly I...
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    Draining fluid in abdomen?

    Hello, I hope you’re all having a good Monday! I’m going to try to explain this but I feel like I’m not going to do a very good job, so please bare with me. This morning when I went out to my coop, my chicken, who I presume has water belly, didn’t look very good. She’s definitely been getting...
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    Salpingitis? Peritonitis?

    Hello all. I had a white leghorn pass this morning after showing signs of what seemed to be an egg-binding, however I performed a necropsy a little while ago, and found what was very clearly a lash egg in her abdomen. Does this mean she definitely had salpingitis, and if so, does that mean she...
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    White leghorn death.. ovuduct impaction? Avian flu?

    Thank you. I’ll still probably do a necropsy, but the spasm was the only thing that made me consider AI. Every thing else pointed to a reproductive issue.
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    White leghorn death.. ovuduct impaction? Avian flu?

    Fortunately none of my other birds have died under these circumstances, I mentioned they had just been egg bound like I suspect this one was. If I had chickens dying frequently with egg laying compIications I would definitely be concerned about what they’re eating, but this is the first time one...
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    White leghorn death.. ovuduct impaction? Avian flu?

    I can perform a necropsy, I have researched how, and I know I probably should. It’s a bit of a hard thing to think about, as I loved this chicken very much(and I’m a small bit squeamish) but I know it should be done in the case that this was something else more dangerous, and not just a result...
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    White leghorn death.. ovuduct impaction? Avian flu?

    And I’m from Massachusetts
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    White leghorn death.. ovuduct impaction? Avian flu?

    Thank you very much for your response. I’ve heard those things about AI, and it’s had me very nervous all day thinking about the rest of my flock. It was just the manner in which it died that made me wonder. She had been very clearly weak, laying close to the ground and had her beak resting on n...
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    White leghorn death.. ovuduct impaction? Avian flu?

    Hello all, I hate to make a first post for this reason, but one of my girls passed this morning, and I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me figure out why? (I know nobody is going to be able to tell me exactly what happened, I’m just curious and pretty concerned. I wasn’t home over...
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