A couple days ago, I found my 2.5-year-old Rhode Island Red hen dead on the droppings board when I let the chickens out of the coop in the morning. She had been acting completely normally the day before without any visible indications of illness. I have no history of any particular illness in my...
A couple of months ago, my husband and I picked up two roosters who had been abandoned on the side of the highway. They appear to be completely healthy, but I want to make sure before we let them interact with the rest of the flock (free ranging). I'm going to have their poop tested for...
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I had my 7 month old Americana pullet euthanized earlier this week. Her only symptom of illness was weight loss. She was barely eating anything and became emaciated. I had fed her separately from the rest of the flock twice a day for the last couple of weeks - she would only eat a few...