Thank you Eggcessive, really helpful as always! I will do some more research around the necropsies, I am in the UK so unfortunately those listed on the attachment are not going to be accessible to me, but I will make some enquiries with my local vets to see if they can help.
Sadly, Dorothy didn't make it I'm totally gutted, she was such a sweet little girl but I couldn't let her continue to suffer in the hope that in a few weeks there may be some improvement, she couldn't even sit up straight in the end and it all happen soooo quickly, literally in the course of a...
Hi Eggcessive, thank you! Dorothy is about 2 years old. Yes, I got two new hens probably about three months ago from my friend who is a breeder. I've asked her and she doesn't think it is Mareks, due to how well Dorothy is in all other ways. I completely cleaned and disinfected the co-op at...
Since last weekend, I noticed that my two year old Thuringian hen was crouched down quite a bit but I didn't think too much of it, she was still acting normally, running to meet me and eating and drinking. Then on Thursday I noticed she was struggling to walk. Over the weekend, her right foot...