Two hens dead in one week, now two are sick

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Just got the results from the Georgia Poultry Lab. Positive for mycoplasma on the hen that had the seizure. The hen that was still alive when I took her had a broken leg. Nothing else wrong with her. I feel terrible that I assumed it was due to this mystery illness, but with everything else going on with my hens, I did just that--assumed. I think one of my horses must have stepped on her as she enjoys standing under them while they eat to get any dropped morsels. So we ended up with three dead hens, and I haven't noticed any others exhibiting symptoms. Still keeping a close eye. Heading to the vet tomorrow with one of my little hens to see about a leg infection. Hoping we can get that resolved and everyone will be okay! I have stripped the coop, disinfected it, added vitamins to their feed, and ACV to the water.
 
As a sidenote, none of my hens had the usual mycoplasma symptoms of crusty eyes, sneezing, wheezing, or anything resembling a cold. Just separated themselves from the flock, laid around a couple days, then died.
 
Sorry about the diagnosis. Was it positive for mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) or for mycoplasma synoviae (MS?) MS usually affects the bones or joints, but there can be mild respiratory symptoms or none at all. Here is some info on those:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...tion-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/99/mycoplasma-synoviae-infection-ms-infectious-synovitis/
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/p...nfection_in_poultry_infectious_synovitis.html
 
Guys I had a similar problem... I noticed one of my wyandotte hens walking around with he neck close to her head. She went on like this for a while until yesterday I went to put the chickens up and she was there but I went to pet her and she didn't move like she stayed in place. They're my pets in a way but they dont like close contact. She was still alive. But then this morning she was at the bottom of the coop dead... idk if she fell out or if she died at the bottom but this was a strange death... any thoughts?
 

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