Thank you for
this. These are all the things I’ve been thinking but it’s helpful to hear it from someone else when making a decision like this. I took her in this morning for euthanization and necropsy and looking forward to some answers of what’s going on.
Diet - 16% layer pellets and access to grass/bugs with nearly daily ranging.
Breeds - she is a cuckoo maran. The one I lost a few months ago was Rhode Island Red.
Hi all -
My favorite hen, approaching 1 year old, got a swollen abdomen about 6 weeks ago. I lost another hen about 4 months ago to similar symptoms (swollen abdomen, diarrhea) and the vet thought it was a random tumor/not infectious, so I buried her at home and didn’t submit for necropsy...