Okay, update. The Purdue animal lab called and the doc walked my husband and me through an exam of the Australorp (her name was Cat). After an inspection (I was way too freaked out to do this before, not much better now). I have to say, a postmortem exam is a pretty upsetting thing to do, but...
Hi,
I kind of hate that my first post here is about dead hens. I've been reading this forum off and on for awhile, using it as a resource for our very small, urban flock.
We have (had) seven hens, right at two years old. Three Australorps, four Rhode Island Reds. On 5/11, we found one of the...