Hi, All, I have a mature buff rock hen who's eyeball turned black a few months ago. She is now blind in that eye, but had generally done well within the flock of 13 girls. Then about 10 days ago we noticed she was in brood mode. She still is, but now her eye is swelling to the size of a large...
I was sitting for my friends flock and went to check on them this morning and all of the young birds were dead except for one that was outside the coop. My friends came home and surveyed the scene. They said there was no trauma or blood, they just dropped dead. There were no open gates and we...
Actually she's about a year old and we call her the spanish chick.
Hubby noticed a week ago she was wobbling and having trouble walking straight, but she got up on the bars to roost so we thought is was a one time thing. Then yesterday we let the flock free range and she just layed under the...