Thank you very much everyone- I am considering getting a Low egg production chicken so the risks of ovum
Infections are lower - I am also still open to suggestions of how other people have dealt with this matter
Hi , 5 months ago I lost one of my chickens to egg peritonitis and then yesterday I lost one of my chickens to a ovum duct infection ( sort of peritonitis )( I had to euthanise because of the vets advice as we'll it was cruel to see her suffer . Now I have one chicken left and don't know how to...
I am very sorry for the extremely late gratitude message , unfortunately after many baytril antibiotics putting the chicken down was in her best interests as she couldn't move or properly breath :(
Also a very good test is to feel her chest , if you can feel her chest bone easily ( I.e ver obvious like there is hardly any muscle) , this means that she has been sick for quite a long time and if she is showing signs of symptoms she is extraordinarily sick. When a chicken shows that she is...
I have recently lost one of my brown commercial crossbred chickens to a egg duct infection which was quite sudden and was assured by the vet that it was not contagious. Now one of my other chickens are showing the same symptoms that the recently passed chickens but it does seem to be so...