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[MrsMistyReal]

 

[microchick]

Now I'm starting to feel a bit picked on.

Lost another hen today.Found her dead as a rock in the coop. Looks like she fell off the perch...the end. This one is another don't know what happened. She looked healthy. No egg bound up, keel bone muscle good, by all indications one of my resistant girls. Only thing I saw was poopy vent feathers and I could see her oviduct but not even out far enough to be a true prolapse.

Dang I hate it when they die like that. That's 5 in 10 days.

 

[ronott1]

Now I'm starting to feel a bit picked on.

Lost another hen today.Found her dead as a rock in the coop. Looks like she fell off the perch...the end. This one is another don't know what happened. She looked healthy. No egg bound up, keel bone muscle good, by all indications one of my resistant girls. Only thing I saw was poopy vent feathers and I could see her oviduct but not even out far enough to be a true prolapse.

Dang I hate it when they die like that. That's 5 in 10 days.

I am very sorry to hear this.

I would send of for a necropsy--of course it only costs me twenty bucks here

http://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/necropsy-and-disease-testing-lab-info.1236884/

 

[microchick]

I am very sorry to hear this.

I would send of for a necropsy--of course it only costs me twenty bucks here

http://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/necropsy-and-disease-testing-lab-info.1236884/

Thanks Ron. Yes, I've talked to the doctor at the lab at the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Veterinarian Medicine. He told me that even without a necropsy it sure sounded like Marek's to him even before I had the ocular Marek's develop in my flock.

Having my husband verify that there was indeed herpes infections in my birds eyes made paying over 160$ for a full necropsy sort of a moot point.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks Ron. Yes, I've talked to the doctor at the lab at the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Veterinarian Medicine. He told me that even without a necropsy it sure sounded like Marek's to -

Around here we are on new castle alert!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Micro I am so sorry you fight seems never ending
I found aphids on my roses I have about 12 of them ran in to get soapy water to spray
I have a what was a clipping from a very old climber off a fence that was taken down
the slip had not done much then my friend died it took off like a shot off out of gun I swear he is still living in that old rose

 

[microchick]

That's all I need....New Castle's disease.

Sorry to hear about the aphids, penny. I'll send you a jar of the bleepin Japanese beetles that we have here. Not only are they sure death on aphids but they love human blood also!

 

[ronott1]

That's all I need....New Castle's disease.

Sorry to hear about the aphids, penny. I'll send you a jar of the bleepin Japanese beetles that we have here. Not only are they sure death on aphids but they love human blood also!

I know!

It was found in a show flock down in Southern CA. Some of them had been in a show

http://agnetwest.com/usda-confirms-virulent-newcastle-disease/

 

[drumstick diva]

Would someone please tell me what New Castle disease is? Thanks in advance.

 

[ronott1]

Newcastle disease is an infection of domestic poultry and other bird species with virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV). It is a worldwide problem that presents primarily as an acute respiratory disease, butdepression, nervous manifestations, or diarrhea may be the predominant clinical form.