Yes, the one that died was the one we got calcium for. I do not think their deaths are connected, as they both had completely different symptoms for completely different amounts of time. I'll check out that necropsy thing if she ends up passing away.
I didn't notice any discharge from her eyes, as her muff was covering them and it was dark. She didnt seem injured, and her crop felt squishy, which is how it always feels. She last laid yesterday, and she was eating and drinking just fine earlier today. Poop and vent looks normal as well.
One of our other birds is acting super strange. When I put them to bed tonight, she wasn't in the coop. I looked around, and she was laying in the back corner. I picked her up, and realized her eyes were shut and she would not open them??? She was also doing this weird 'biting aimlessly at the...
this is her and her poop. Her last egg was probably a week ago, as all my birds have stopped laying for the winter. I'll see if I can get her some calcium, thank you!
On Friday last week, my family and I noticed one of our hens had some poop on her butt fluff. She was behaving normally, so we didn't think anything of it. Today, she has been sitting around, looking very lethargic. Her tail was pointed down, and she wasn't moving much. We noticed her vent had...
I thought it was a pullet at first, but I guess not. Anything in particular I should be looking for when determining the gender of chickens in the future?