I have had chickens for 4 years, 24 chickens all together. I've lost 10 in that 4 years.
2 under a year to I think liver ruptures
1 a year to a liver rupture (was necropsied) none that died were overweight
1- (3 years) old to cancer
1 (2 years) to an egg breaking inside her
1 (3 years) to...
Some background first- Millie has had a tough few months. She has had pendulous crop for 3 years. Last month part of her crop died off, was removed and she was stitched back together. She's had 2 months worth of antibiotics, just stopped last week. She was very malnourished when she was sick...
This sounds weird and I assure you I am not a troll.
My chicken's, who has had pendulous crop for 3.5 out of her 5 years of life, crop is rotting off.
She has been a mainly indoor bird for about 2.5 years. She often gets sour crop. I have to monitor how much she eats, give her monistat often...
Hi there,
I'm a new chick mama. My chicks are about 9 days old. I have one that had pasty butt and her vent was protruding. It had a red bubble on it which has since gone away. This happened the day I got them so it's been like that for 6 days. It is now just protruding. Not red or infected...