DH went out to open the chickens up for me and finds this hen dead on the ground under the ramp... still warm. No marks on her. At first we thought maybe she fell and somehow broke her neck, but it felt like it was in tact. I decided to cut her open just out of curiosity since I do have one hen laying wonky eggs, sometimes even shell less. She didn't have any eggs in production, but plenty of yolks ready to go... no real surprise there since they are starting to back off on laying as we lose daylight, not to mention the crazy weather with the hurricane and cold front. The first part of what I assume was the liver I saw wasn't attached by much, if at all and was almost stringy (the piece setting on her tail). Same color and soft texture anyway. The rest of it was split - light and dark, and separated cleanly at the color line when I pulled it apart. Any ideas? I haven't opened up too many chickens so I don't have a good feel for what is or is not normal, but to me that doesn't seem right at all... or maybe there is something else obvious that I am missing?
I have a couple more pics, but I loathe photobucket, am maxed out on my computer memory, and the files are too big directly from my camera for direct upload to RT. I will mess with it tomorrow... bed time for now!
I have a couple more pics, but I loathe photobucket, am maxed out on my computer memory, and the files are too big directly from my camera for direct upload to RT. I will mess with it tomorrow... bed time for now!