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    Swollen abdomen, considering culling - looking for thoughts

    Hi all - My favorite hen, approaching 1 year old, got a swollen abdomen about 6 weeks ago. I lost another hen about 4 months ago to similar symptoms (swollen abdomen, diarrhea) and the vet thought it was a random tumor/not infectious, so I buried her at home and didn’t submit for necropsy...
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    Poop stuck/frozen to hen - swollen abdomen - floppy comb

    My Rhode Island Red this morning was a bit stand offish, noticed she had poop stuck to her and some of it had frozen to her (so must of been liquid-y). Looked slightly yellow too. I gave her epsom salt bath, noticed her abdomen is a swollen. Her comb is floppy, the only other real change/thing I...
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    Confirmed loss from TB

    Hi all, Writing this post with a very heavy heart. I received a necropsy report from a hen I lost 2 weeks ago. She had avian TB. I have 7 chickens in my flock that are all healthy right now, but I’ve spent 3 days learning everything about this disease/bacteria and understand the course of...
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    Southeast hatcheries?

    Hi all, first time post! We are looking to order some female ducklings. We started our flock from TC, but most of them ended up drakes and we are raising ducks for eggs. I’ve seen good reviews about Metzer Farms, but we are based in North Alabama and I’m hoping to order from a hatchery closer...
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