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BTW- she wasn't fat at all... ;-)

Hi all do today I finally took one of my hens to the vet. He looked at her ears, eyes, throat, crops, listened to her heart, checked her butt. He said she looked healthy as can be.... great! He took her poop sample for testing just in case, which she graciously provided sample in the box on...

Hi thank you all so much for all your help. I will talk to the vet first and see what is the next step... K.

Quote: Hi actually the report says she had abundant body fat. English is my second language and I understood that abundant meant she had too much body fat. Also I was wondering... is it safe for us to eat the eggs? In case the other hens could possibly be also sick would the egg be effected...

hi Brad how much do you feed you hens? How many do you have?

Hi Brad thank you so much for reading. Yeah I understood as much too. My hens were probably less than 2 or so. They were still very young. I understood from rough reading that some outside birds who feed on our hens food might have brought some disease in. I guess i have to talk to vet and get...

Hi I had two hens that died within two weeks of unknown causes. With the second hen we had necropsy done at UC Davis and we got few preliminary reports and one final report sent to us. They all say pretty much the same thing. It is almost confusing to read and it sounds like totally foreign...

So today my second hen died in my arm on the way to vet. We have found her in the evening sitting in the water dish. I thought she was already dead. But she was alive but wouldn't walk just sit down. I took her inside the house, put her in box and wrapped her in towel to keep her warm. she just...

thanks everybody I have dag out my hen Irenka and decided to send her for necropsy since UC Davis apparently does if for free. She started breathing very hard and wheezing I accidentally touched her throat and she was made kind of chocking noise. Right before she died she started drooling...

Quote: is it free? Really? We just buried her but I guess we can dig her out...

Quote: thank you I am sorry about your loss too... I take it so hard. I thought they were just hens but I wan to get ridall of them because I cannot stand seeing them die...

We were on the way to vet. She died my my arms 10 min. ago...

she is wheezing a little while breathing...

She is breathing little heavy I think... even opening her mouth while breathing...

Quote: 1-She is Brahma about 2 years old maybe younger, heavy??? less than 7lb. 2-She is just sitting with her head bowed and eyes closed, breathing kind of slow about 10-11 breaths per 15 secs... 3-Just got home after all day out and found her sitting down not moving in water dish. 4-no 5-no...

Hi I just got home half hour ago and I have found one of my hens l sitting in water dish and looked like dead. When I walked up to her she opened her eyes. But she won't walk, she keeps her eyes closed and she breath slow. She looks sick, I don't know what to do. No vet is available at this...

I have big circular trayon the ground filled with water all the time. That way they can drink as much as they want...

Quote: well I actually kind of meant in case there was a disease or parasites in the coop...

Quote: Well we have our flock as out pets in backyard, enjoying the eggs but I could never kill any of them for dinner... unless the world is coming to end and I need to feed my dogs...;-) hihi So are hers. She loves her birds too pieces. But she is right...a mean rooster needs to meet the...