hen died a week ago of swollen eye then just 2 days one of my pollets just died why?

[Hughes Wildlife Farm]

If you want to find out why...you need to send a body here:
I believe it only cost $25.
Well worth the money to find out if you have a disease spreading through your flock.

It might be easily fixable with certain meds.
California
http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/submitting/index.cfm

When you say " send it here" where is "here"?

 

[Kiki]

When you say " send it here" where is "here"?

Uh oh. Could you not see the link I posted?
Maybe it's not showing up since I copied it.


Here can you see this one?
http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/submitting/index.cfm

California's state lab.

 

[Kiki]

When you say " send it here" where is "here"?

Try this.
All state lab's are listed here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/necropsy-and-disease-testing-lab-info.1236884/
Click on the blue Link above.

 

[Hughes Wildlife Farm]

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site (how to upload photos too):

Somehow I missed this video when I first signed up... Wow was this video helpful!!!

 

[orrpeople]

@Texas Kiki
Try this one:
https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/submitting/submit-specimens
It's a good system, and if you call one of their less popular locations (not the primary lab), you can often talk to a vet and describe the symptoms. I think I called theTurlock lab. The vet I spoke to was really great.

 

[Hughes Wildlife Farm]

Uh oh. Could you not see the link I posted?
Maybe it's not showing up since I copied it.
My state is free!!!!! Wow!. This is amazing because I have a group of girls just turning 4months.. And when my babies hit for months, I can have them done too.. I'm still kindda a newbie if you can't already tell

Here can you see this one?
http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/submitting/index.cfm

California's state lab.

 

[Kiki]

Some testing can be done on live birds, for certain things.
Some times it takes a necropsy on a recently dead bird to find an answer.

Practicing strict biosecurity and not bringing home random birds goes a long way to prevent disease entering your flock.

 

[Hughes Wildlife Farm]

Some testing can be done on live birds, for certain things.
Some times it takes a necropsy on a recently dead bird to find an answer.

Practicing strict biosecurity and not bringing home random birds goes a long way to prevent disease entering your flock.

I work at a veterinary hospital.. So if somthing is off, they ask me to bring in a poop sample. Thankfully nothing crazy has gone on. But I keep my girls on a lock down (they have a 1/4 Acer fenced in run in the forest for coverage and a mansion coop/run with roof and locking doors. I over care