My favorite and most personable hen disappeared in June. We searched everywhere for days, figured she was taken by a predator because I free range. We saw her at 9 am, by 11 she was missing. She had been sick and stopped laying for over a month (her symptoms seemed to indicate egg yolk...
I just got two new EE pullets, about 20-24 weeks. One started making a continuous cawing-type sound yesterday, with occasional yelps when she moves around. I'm thinking either something stuck in her throat or gapeworm? She had never been outdoors at her former location and I haven't let her...