LalaP
Songster
- Aug 11, 2020
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Hi all,
I could use some advise. I’ve lost 3 of my 5 hens in the last year. They were 4.5-5.5 years old and I was told by a vet that it was either heart failure or cancer for 2 of them. The third was a mystery and the post mortum showed nothing. They were Austrolorps so perhaps not the longest living birds. I’ve known for a couple of years that one of my hens, who is still alive, has mycoplasmosis. She occasionally has a swollen eyelid and once had a foamy eye. I assume she passed it to my other hens and perhaps this was a factor in their deaths. I don’t know. Here is my conundrum… now that I only have 2 hens should I get more to add to my flock knowing they have mycoplasmosis or let my flock dwindle and start over when they are gone? If letting the flock dwindle is the best option how does one do that? At some point I’ll only have one and that isn’t good. Even at this point, 2 hens seems like a sad number.
I could use some advise. I’ve lost 3 of my 5 hens in the last year. They were 4.5-5.5 years old and I was told by a vet that it was either heart failure or cancer for 2 of them. The third was a mystery and the post mortum showed nothing. They were Austrolorps so perhaps not the longest living birds. I’ve known for a couple of years that one of my hens, who is still alive, has mycoplasmosis. She occasionally has a swollen eyelid and once had a foamy eye. I assume she passed it to my other hens and perhaps this was a factor in their deaths. I don’t know. Here is my conundrum… now that I only have 2 hens should I get more to add to my flock knowing they have mycoplasmosis or let my flock dwindle and start over when they are gone? If letting the flock dwindle is the best option how does one do that? At some point I’ll only have one and that isn’t good. Even at this point, 2 hens seems like a sad number.
