I had a fairy egg laid today, hen didn't lay yesterday, but it was a typically off day for her anyway. Ms. Broody was looking alarmingly blue in her comb and it was cool to the touch. I pulled her off her nest and she ate, drank, pooped, and had a dust bath. Nice red colour came back within...
Thank you so much! I feel a little bit better. It is my understanding that the Ag University will do a necropsy if I lose a bird, but so far I've been lucky and the symptoms have been mild and the birds quick to recover. One hen skipped a day laying, she is the only one I have who lays every...
Hello! I have not had a confirmed diagnoses. Backyard chicken vets are few and far between, but I have had a telephone consultation with a livestock vet who, based on my description of symptoms suggests IB.
Just over two weeks ago, I brought in three 4.5 week old cream legbar cockerels...