Hello all. This is a first and I just spent quite a bit of time online trying to find out a reason without success. My chickens are two years old, free range, are fed organic layer pellets, mealworms, and garden vegetables. They have access to lots of bugs, etc. Many thanks for help.
Wow! Thank you SO much for these fabulous resources. I had no idea about fermented feed and will start one going today. I also realize from the article, I am feeding too much scratch. They do get organic layer mix but reading this I see where scratch is like French fries leaving them less...
Further to my post earlier, I took Bloomers to the vet and she did a necropsy with me there. No known cause of death. Her body inside and out looked like a really healthy chicken. Sigh. So very sad.
Good morning. This is my first post although I have been following this amazing resource since I started thinking about getting chickens. I got five May 2016 and thought I was doing everything correct. Yesterday, I realized one was ill and this morning she was dead in the coop. I contacted two...