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  1. M

    Postmortem help - Is this a cancer?

    Hey all, first time posting. I have a tiny flock, and today I found one of my tiny girls deceased. I'm pretty upset about it, but for the sake of the flock I want to know if her cause of death was viral or not. For information: She was approx. 16 years old, and as far as I know, was an old...
  2. Mirrium

    Hen passing on, need help

    To give context, this morning all the hens and roosters were perfectly fine (as far as I could tell) and I hadn't noticed anything up until today either (I check them over daily). However, I went out this afternoon to find one of my broody hens laying on the floor of the coop. I didn't think to...
  3. J

    Help! Loose poops, dead chicken

    I have a flock of hens anywhere from 5 to 1 year in age. I've found 2 dead in the past month. No sign of physical injury. There is no entry for outside birds, run has roof over top. Chickens have not been free ranging in the past 2 months. I did have thick vinyl over the screen windows to keep...
  4. S

    Ideas on memorializing my gaggle

    I posted recently about losing my gaggle traumatically and suddenly starting on Wed and my final gander passed away yesterday or early today. I don't know what caused it yet but the vet tech that came on Friday for testing said she didn't think it was bird flu, I'm currently guessing it's NCD or...
    • starrymutt
    • Thread
    • dead geese death geese grieving memorial
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Geese
  5. J

    Losing Whole Batch of Chicks

    I placed an online order through Chickensforbackyards.com. I have ordered from this company twice in the past and had a great experience. This time, terrible. I ordered 6 chicks, they sent the 6 and 2 extras. The order took 3 days to arrive at the post office. The order was picked up from the...
  6. L

    R.I.P. Sergeant Pepper

    R.I.P. Sergeant Pepper, the bantam who would be king. You were a good rooster, all the ladies survived the hawk attack. Chili and Clove made it to the pen and Bay hid not 4 feet from your eviscerated remains. The hawk flew away when I disturbed his lunch. And then 4 crows finally arrived to...
  7. PBAndAlice

    Hen starved and I'm not sure why

    hi guys, so Cookie, the hen I was posting about in the summertime, ended up making a complete recovery after those threads - after a week of isolation, treatment for impacted crop, daily baths, and pellet/egg mash, she brightened up and acted normal and healthy, and I put her back w the others...
  8. J

    Hen found passed away

    Warning for the squeamish! I’ve had this hen for 2 years now. She started molting and lost almost all of her feathers which I thought was normal. I’ve never had a hen molt before so I wasn’t too concerned about how awful her skin looked. She was found this morning dead in a nesting box where...
  9. RossAcres

    Necropsy for White Wyandotte Cockerel

    If you've been following my posts, you'll know that I had a cockerel die after battling some illness. I got a preliminary report Wednesday, and then this one today. One thing that stands out is the "Overgrowth" of a certain bacteria. Could you guys look this over and tell me what you think? I'm...
  10. R

    I accidentally killed my chicken and feel awful!

    Mrs. Frizzle, she was a frizzle bantam. Was a super silly chicken and she acted like a dog. She’d jump up at the food scooper and follow me everywhere. And I freaking killed her. I am so upset with myself, and it doesn’t help that my mom was awful to me about it. It was 100° today and I had been...
  11. ArtJuice

    What happened?

    Today I was going to feed my chickens when my birchen cochin bantam rooster (named "Stormy") was laying on his side nearly out of my view, next to the wall of the coop. I thought he was dead but when I went to pick him up with a trash bag he was still alive, just seemingly weak. He couldn't...
  12. Amy Weaver

    When to know to discontinue treatment?

    I think most of us have been there. We have a chicken that's sick and you've tried everything, so how do you know when to stop treatment and just leave them be? I have a Welsummer hen that's close to 5 years old who started mouth breathing and sneezing about a month ago, plus not eating or...
  13. GingerGremlin

    Help protecting my flock (Mareks, Leuokosis)

    I posted a thread last week on my Easter Egger hen Arthur who we thought had an eye infection, unfortunately we were wrong. Within four days she was completely paralyzed. We took her to an avian vet and had to have her euthanized, they sent her off for a necropsy. The necropsy pointed towards...
  14. dvsmith

    Heartbroken -- I've lost a hen for the first time… no idea what happened to her

    A short while ago, I discovered one of my 12 week old Cuckoo Marans, Fifi, laying motionless at a funny angle under the henhouse inside the run. I retrieved her body -- no apparent injuries; her legs and wings were stiff, her eyes closed and slightly sunken, but her head and neck just flops...
  15. T

    Seizure before death.

    Hello chicken lovers! Yesterday, my favorite pullet passed. Obviously it’s too late to do anything for her, but I need to know the rest of my flock is at risk. On Tuesday I found my favorite girl acting off. She didn’t have any injuries, but she didn’t want to stand and her comb was quite pale...
  16. chickenmom22

    What killed my hen 😭

    Warning: dead chicken photos. Can anyone help me with what could have happened. I need to know if it looks anyone like it could have been something contagious that spread to the rest of the flock. Details: Older 7 year old cuckoo Maran hen acting fine in the morning, suddenly I heard wing...
  17. S

    Chicken died this morning under confusing circumstances. Any help?

    My poor little lady Honey disappeared about 3 days ago, and we thought she had died. My other chicken, Pumpkin, had been with her, and she was in the small patch of trees behind our house, screaming for help. I ran up there to help, and she came out of the trees clearly upset about something...
  18. JellyBeans1115

    1 week old Ayam Cemani with Bloat HELP!

    Two days ago we brought in 9 Ayam Cemani. 6- 1week olds and 3- that Just hatched from a local breeder.( They are in Quarantine) When we got home we noticed some of the 1 week olds had droopy wings. I given them Probiotics, Electrolytes and Vitamins. As I do all Newcomers. They seemed to all...
  19. DuckMochi

    My female duck is now a male duck... is she going to die?

    Hi guys I haven't been here in a while but google has NOT been much help so I wanted to reach out to other duck owners for their opinions/experiences. Sorry the title is so dramatic, but that's pretty much the gist of what I am asking. Some information, I have a female mallard named Billy, she...
    • DuckMochi
    • Thread
    • death duck female mallard male mallard mallard
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. think_fast_chicklenuts

    Words can't describe how angry I am right now.

    This morning I noticed my favorite chicken, Rosy, was missing. I looked all over for her, but couldn't find her. I was getting really worried, and my heart sank when I saw a trail of feathers leading to under the shed. I checked there, and I found half of her. A raccoon probably took the other...
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