SVRapture40
In the Brooder
- Dec 12, 2023
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I am new here.. we have had backyard chickens for a few years now. So far we have only lost 2 birds. The first one I am pretty sure was from gape worm. That happened when she was about 6 months old. That left us with 2 birds so we got 2 more the following spring. We have had good luck with the 4 until this past spring. I couldn't get the normal feed I had been buying so I bought some layer pellets from Walmart. They seemed fine so I just kept going with that. Some months later we started having problems with some thin shells. So I started feeding calcium. Anyway, to cut it short we have only been getting eggs from 1 of 4 chickens for months. I did switch back to the original food which seemed to help for a bit, but no eggs at all for months (except from 1 bird).
Fast forward to my reason for posting (I thought the history might be helpful). We had a hen start being lethargic. She would not get up on the roost (mostly just sat in the corner on the floor) and her comb got pale. So I separated her. Then maybe a week or so later she died (this morning). I thought maybe we had worms so I cut her open to find out. I found this inside of her. It is very firm, but not hard. It almost looks and feels like cooked chicken. I cut the bit piece open to see what was inside. Is this stuff normal?
Thank you!!
Fast forward to my reason for posting (I thought the history might be helpful). We had a hen start being lethargic. She would not get up on the roost (mostly just sat in the corner on the floor) and her comb got pale. So I separated her. Then maybe a week or so later she died (this morning). I thought maybe we had worms so I cut her open to find out. I found this inside of her. It is very firm, but not hard. It almost looks and feels like cooked chicken. I cut the bit piece open to see what was inside. Is this stuff normal?
Thank you!!