I have just had my 3rd chicken go in one month. She was a 4y/o isa brown, in previous good weight and health, though with a palpable mass in her abdomen since a year.
She presented with worsening neurological symptoms - day one she seemed to walk a little stiffly, and her vision seemed impaired...
Has anyone seen these bumps before on your showgirls? They just appeared over the last week. One, then three, then more, I don’t think they are mites, as my other showgirl doesn’t have these bumps and I do not see other signs of mites like dried blood. I’m hoping it’s not lymphoid leukosis, but...
So this is crispy. I think crispy is about 4 years old (maybe more). Isobrown. Non-egg layer. Great personality. Really slow and lethargic, sometimes falls asleep during the day standing. But seems happy. Still eats, drinks and scratches.
She has been like this for a many years, growth appeared...
I have a Rhode Island Red hen who is about 4 years. I moved about a year ago and unfortunately i lost 2 female ducks to predators we didn’t know were around. That left my one male duck with my flock of hens. He has shown a lot of interest in my Rhode Island Red hen, Lucy, and started trying to...
Our 2.5 year old previous super egg-producer Barnevelder is really struggling. At first I thought it was just an oddly-timed winter moult (Sydney Australia) but then she got sicker with a very pale shrivelled comb/wattle, green diarrhoea, still eating but then not moving much and falling asleep...