Our 4 1/2 year old Rhode Island Red was found dead last evening. She was lying on the ground in the run. I examined her this morning and she actually has a large hole beneath her cloaca where it appears part of her intestine is coming out. Is this from disease or another chicken pecking at her...
HI all - from Chapel Hill, NC. I've never had chickens before, until we got our first batch of pullets during Covid - built our own chicken coop and run. We got 2 Americaunas, 1 Jersey Giant, 1 Rhode Island Red, and 2 Stars (1 gold, 1 black). One of our Americaunas is a bantam, and within...