Amiga,
I have 39 ducks, all hens except 5. Also goats, alpacas and chickens. Very secure barn, heat lamp, hay and straw and wood chips on floor, and fenced in pasture. They are fed Poulin layer pellets and food scraps, mostly produce. Lots of water. The pekin was probably 3-5 years old, we...
I had a beloved Pekin die yesterday, in the morning she was trailing blood and had her innards hanging out her vent, I've never seen anything like it. I tried to give her a warm bath and push it back in but she soon died. Now this morning I found a dead Khaki with about an inch of intestine...