hello! i have a coop of 18 (now 17) pullets/cockerels. i went outside to find one of my pullets dead this morning. they had food and water when my grandfather put them away last night, but this morning all of their dishes were completely empty. all the other chickens in the coop seem fine...
Hello, unfortunately I discovered my young quail hen (hatched september 2023) dead, I don't know exactly when she died as I discovered her late afternoon after being away all day, by the time I discovered her body her eyes were already sunken in, the gases had built up inside of her and she...
Hi, sad day for us today - one of our 2 year old, female Embden geese passed away in the night and was found dead in our pond. She has been unwell/borderline lame for a few days - we treated for worming when lameness was spotted (4 days ago) and gave vitamin boost daily since, sadly it didn't...
I'm hoping to figure out why my 3 year old Amberlink hen died a few weeks ago, to prevent it from happening to my other chickens. Here is what happened:
Weekend: Amberlink and my one other hen (Buff Orpington, 3 years old) both appeared healthy, except that the Amberlink hasn't laid an egg in...
Hey all,
Yesterday I bought a 3-week old blue copper marans chick from a woman who raises show birds. I probably paid more than I should have. I noticed a little lethargy when I first put her in the brooder with the other chicks (2 new with her and 4 chicks I had already). She was standing...
I did an eggtopsy on 6 eggs and there are 4 that I’d like some opinions on. Can anyone tell when and/or why these chicks died?
*We used a Little Giant incubator with an auto egg turner. I believe it’s the 11300 Deluxe.
We had some issue the morning of day 19. There was a concern for too...