i have an easter egger hen that is my favorite. Today i came home and its beautiful white feathers was covered with blood. For those of you who dont know i have been battleing some disease that is spreading throughout my flock. Some has said it could be a respitory disease. I have lost about 5 or 6 chickens in the last month to this disease and i have called a poultry vet to come out and look. I havent gotten a response from the vet and have left two messages the last week. The symptoms of this disease are wheezing, bubbly eyes, mucous coming out of its nose. Some said it was a CRD in this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=572910
The only thing is that this time there is blood coming out of its eye all on its feathers! This hasnt happened before.
I have thought that maybe it was a hawk attack because when i got home I saw part of my shadecloth covering the run was torn down. It was being held on by zipties and it was broke off. Could it be possible that a hawk attacked while i was gone?
This chicken was perfectly fine and normal yesterday, and now is about to die.
Please tell me what to do! I had to kill a chicken yesterday because it was wheezing really badly and was about to die and i didnt want it to suffer. This chicken isnt wheezing but it has bubbly eyes and blood all over it.
There is no injury at all to its body, i checked.
I will post pics
The only thing is that this time there is blood coming out of its eye all on its feathers! This hasnt happened before.
I have thought that maybe it was a hawk attack because when i got home I saw part of my shadecloth covering the run was torn down. It was being held on by zipties and it was broke off. Could it be possible that a hawk attacked while i was gone?
This chicken was perfectly fine and normal yesterday, and now is about to die.
Please tell me what to do! I had to kill a chicken yesterday because it was wheezing really badly and was about to die and i didnt want it to suffer. This chicken isnt wheezing but it has bubbly eyes and blood all over it.
There is no injury at all to its body, i checked.
I will post pics
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