- Feb 24, 2014
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Man, nothing like an emergency to get me to log in after months.
So, I have this dead chick. She was about 2.5 months old, a Red Sex Link. She was dead in the chick-house this morning. There was no sign of predation. They have plenty of food and water.
I had a quick look at the corpse, and the skin around and below the vent area was quite green. The vent looked a bit odd, but I didn't look all that closely. Other than that, the corpse appeared normal.
There was another dead chick yesterday, but I assumed she had been injured and simply died. Her corpse had been a bit cannibalized by the others, though, so I couldn't really tell if anything was amiss.
If anyone can help me understand the cause of these deaths, it would be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to have a massive death toll in this flock.
So, I have this dead chick. She was about 2.5 months old, a Red Sex Link. She was dead in the chick-house this morning. There was no sign of predation. They have plenty of food and water.
I had a quick look at the corpse, and the skin around and below the vent area was quite green. The vent looked a bit odd, but I didn't look all that closely. Other than that, the corpse appeared normal.
There was another dead chick yesterday, but I assumed she had been injured and simply died. Her corpse had been a bit cannibalized by the others, though, so I couldn't really tell if anything was amiss.
If anyone can help me understand the cause of these deaths, it would be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to have a massive death toll in this flock.