The first hen that got egg peritonitis went suddenly really quiet, had translucent/ yellow discharge, only sat down, stopped eating and hadn't layed for a day (at that stage they were laying an egg a day without fail). We brought her to the vet immediately and the vet felt there was an egg stuck...
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My hens and I are based in Ireland and I cannot find a 'whole-flock ration' in our Farmer Coops.
I spent some time googling 'whole-flock ration' and all flock ration, and did not find a recipe. Does anyone know where I could find such a recipe...
We have three Rhode Island Red hybrid hens. They all developed egg yolk peritonitis after about one year of laying. They are all now on the Suprelorin implant for the past one-two years. When we went to the vet to renew the implant she said they had put on an enormous amount of weight (from...