Thanks for the info. When my neighbor saw my hen who didn't look right, it was 5 in the afternoon that hot summer day. I suspect she may have already died by then. She was in the same position the following morning, and that's when he knew she was dead. I think he said her head was down and...
What is the characteristic pose?
I was away on vacation when my hen died, but the neighbor saw her in a strange position? I wonder whether she could have been egg bound? I think she had laid an egg the day before I left.
About 2 months before my hen died last summer she laid the egg pictured as my Avatar. Actually, I think it got stuck in her one day and the next morning she just dropped it out of her, instead of laying it, per se. There were no repeat episodes of an egg getting stuck, but I suspect it set her...