Finally got the necropsy results back today, and it seems Turkey had a pretty bad bacterial infection. Nothing contagious, but I'd bet anything she got it from the mosquitoes that hide out in the yew bushes over their run.
At best, I can hope this doesn't happen again, because there's no way my...
Turkey died today while I was at work. The tube feeding went well but she was just too weak to make it. Tomorrow we're going to see about getting a necropsy so at least we know if what she had was contagious or not.
Well, first off, it's pretty terrible news. Yesterday, a chicken who had been having trouble with coordination and balancing on her left leg started having awful muscle spasms, flapping and kicking uncontrollably. Luckily I got her in to the vet, and she says that the most likely culprit is...
I'm a first-time chicken-keeper here in central Ohio.
Right now we have 13 chickens in our flock (it's sort of a joint venture between my mom and I), but we're in town and I would like to find new homes for some of them so they all have a little more space. Three Easter Eggers, a Silver-laced...