I had a hen who just passed away she was my first pet and I loved her so much. I think she had Marek's disease she had all the symptoms. I was wondering if it would be okay to bury her in my backyard? I just can't imagine just throwing her in the trash or something.
The heat index in central Florida Is brutal today. Over 100. The humidity feels like walking thru a wall of steam.
Went out to collect eggs and found one of my most beautiful adult rocks dead. All was fine early this morning. Everybody munched down their food. I even put a couple of fresh...
I woke up to a dead 4 month old Barred Rock today. My flock includes 3 Bantam Old English Game Hens and 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks (well, unfortunately 2 now). The Bantams are 3 years old and the BRs are 4 months old and I integrated them with the bantams at 2 months old. The BRs are already twice...
Approximately 3 month old cochin bantam chickens bought as day old chicks at TSC
4 total have all died within hours of each other
There were no signs of lethargy or illness.
2 of my other birds are now appearing "slow" and don't seem to move as fast as normal.
There are no signs of trauma...
I really need some help. One of my cochin bantams died yesterday suddenly. I noticed no signs of lethargy, eating well, drinking well, and was top of her pecking order. White liquid came out of her mouth. I thought it may be ascites. However, today, 3 more cochin bantams passed today and I...
I ordered twenty six chicks of various breeds off of McMurray Hatchery's website sometime after Christmas. They arrived yesterday and minutes after being placed under the heat lamp I noticed several problems with the White-Crested Polish.
One of them died after ten or twenty minutes of being in...