Should I make another thread focusing on the black/purple mass to see if there's more insight to be found? If it's not a normal structure then that seems like a good thing to focus on for diagnoses.
Thank you for the thoughtful questions!
I don't remember unfortunately
No scratch. No other animal feed. No foraging right now because it's winter (frozen/snow covered).
(photo #4)
This was the most concerning part, but I wanted to see if it stuck out to anyone else. As far as we could...
Regular layer pellet feed from purina
I don't offer treats very often, sometimes I save them some fruit or veggie scraps instead of throwing it in the compost. I gave them a small pumpkin the day she died.
They're pastured chickens but haven't been going out much because of the snow. The coop is...
Hi, seeing if I can get some insight into my bird's death.
Speckled Sussex was 10 months old. I observed no symptoms until I found her laying under the roost, barely conscience. She died only a couple hours afterward.
She was secreting watery discharge from her cloaca which was tinged red...