I was able to spend some time looking over the dead hen today and found a good deal of bruising on her upper breast area, around the right wing, around the joints of where her feet connect to her legs, and near the back of her underside leading up to her vent area. This is the area of her breast...
Hey all—
Came home this evening to a dead mama hen (buff Cochin if that matters) and her only chick (hatched out 10 days ago) is missing. She was in the back corner of the coop (a corner the chickens never go to) behind the nesting boxes, facing the wall—she was already stiff and cold. No...