I was looking around for fresh droppings today and couldn't find any other than what I plucked off her backside last night. Upon picking her up today I noticed her stomach felt really full and tight, combine that with her not having laid an egg since she has been in isolation (4 days), and the...
Diet is X-cel layered pellets with a freeze dried soldier flies in the morning. They mostly free range though. A 50lb bad of feed was lasting 7 adult egg laying chickens close to 8 weeks. We just introduced some younger chickens into the flock and they were finishing up their chicken grower feed...
I'm not too sure on the breed, this is an image of it from a few months ago. We got these birds about 22 months ago and they were egg laying adults already, so I'm also not sure on the age. My best guess is about 3 year old.
I've read thru many other threads and have not found another one where a chicken has had similar symptoms as what mine is currently experiencing. A bit of history, We had a chicken that had these exact same symptoms starting around early-February starting with its comb turning black. At first we...