Have you ever cut open a sick or dead bird only to discover you don't know what 'normal' is? You can't diagnose pathology if you can't tell what is abnormal. Here's a labeled photo diagram of what a normal young adult laying coturnix quail hen looks like from the dorsal (top) view. The spine...
I originally posted this in the Chicken Behavior and Egglaying thread but the conditions have worsened and I believe my girl is really sick.
Here is a history. I have a 14 month old White Rock (Dottie) that in the past 4 weeks has started laying soft shell eggs in the middle of the night. This...
10 month old Barred Rock pullet. Home hatched from an incubator, so no vaccines.
Yesterday, I saw one of my birds kind of limping/having weakness on her left leg yesterday. She could walk fine and was drinking so I assumed that she might of fallen off the roost and sprained something. She's near...