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So distressing! I have a friend who lost her favorite hen (3 years old) to SDS. She had her vet do a 'post-mortem'; the conclusion was, the hen died of suffocation due to an infestation of type of worm (Gapeworms) which invade the windpipe. The vet provided her with medication to treat her...

norhing new to report .... none of our other chickens died or have had any health issues! All I can think of is the Sudden Death of our Buff was an anomoly. I did put all the other chickens on Lock-Down, just to be sure they hadn't been exposed to a poison plant or had some strange illness...

Just had a similar experience with one of 6 chickens (now down to 5). All appeared to be totally healthy and happy when they went in to roost. In the morning, when I went to let them loose, one of my Buff’s appeared to have just fallen DEAD off the roost during the night; no symptoms, no issues...