Update... Well, sadly, my dear sweet Louise died yesterday. I did take her to our local extension for necrospy. The findings were Egg Coelomitis with Hydrosalpinx and Focal Pulmonary Congestion and Edema. They are running a culture over the weekend to see if she had salmonella. What does this...
I am relatively new to chickens... and loving it. We got 2 NHR last May; we don't know how old they are, but they were laying just fine. Over the year, we've dealt with red mites and lice (yuk.) Other than that, they seemed happy and healthy. They stopped laying in the late fall as the days grew...