Raising chickens has been a very rewarding experience so far. I have learned allot along the way and learn more everyday, sometimes we learn the hard way by losing a girl, but with each lesson learned it makes us more equipment to handle the next situation. I have found a fantastic avian vet...
I am not going to go over my complete diet before and now but I can say I was spoiling them way to much previously and not providing the balanced diet they needed. You can read what I had been doing in my About Intro.
They were getting 1/2 oatmeal in the mornings with a little organic canned...
I also just lost a 9 month old Buff Orpington to the same issue in early December. Fatty liver that resulted in a rupture and death within minutes, I was fortunate to be out with them when it happened so I was able to spend the last final minutes with her. I to was blown away by how sudden...