Good Morning. Unfortunately Suzie passed away this morning shortly after us getting up. I was able to inspect her beak and throat and found no lesions of any kind or discoloration. Upon her passing she expelled from her beak a small amount of white thick fluid, it had a slight off smell. Any...
Thank you ChicknMania for your quick reply. I will see if we can gently open her beak to rule out thrush. Sadly the only vet in our area, who is a really nice fellow, believes that nature should simply take its course. I am not ready to give up on Suzie or let her go. I will reach out though...
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year,
I have a sick 7 year old hen. Suzie in the fall went through a full molt. After she came out of the molt she went broody for the first time which we ended up disrupting since the eggs were not fertile. She was separated from the rest of the flock until she...