My sweet Holly, the first ever chick I hatched died some time in the night. She laid on the floor head curled to her chest with her legs spread out behind her and eyes half-open. There is no frostbite, no way was she egg-bound, no signs of parasites or anything, no puncuture wounds or feathers to suggest a predator. She was on the roost alone, her buddy Bonnie is broody and has been sleeping in the nest box and the 4 silkies and cochins are on the floor not knowing how to roost yet. It only got to 27 last night not really that cold but I guess if she was on the roost alone even with the other chickens in the rather small coop she could have died from the cold.
Here she is:
Here she is:
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