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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    I'm still curious about these things on the outside of the intestines. In the first photo they are on the outside of that enlarged part of the small intestine. The yellower one marked by the arrow and the pinker one near my finger are both loose, but attached at one end by a sort of membrane. I...
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    Wow, thanks for all the responses everyone! It's the first time I've done a necropsy so I didn't really know what I was doing beyond having quickly watched a few videos, so it's good to hear the experts are impressed! 😀 I did, but I didn't notice anything beyond the same brown digested food I...
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    Oh, that's interesting @LaFleche. I wonder what it could be. @Cinnamon Roll what are the causes you mention ruling out based on the photos?
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    Interesting, that could be the case. That is the side she was lying on for the few hours between death and dissection.
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    As a follow-up to the above: I presume the worms are not likely to have been a cause of death, but clearly we need to deworm our flock. What treatment do you guys recommend?
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    Well, we did the necropsy, but I'm not sure that we identified a cause of death. She did have intestinal worms of some kind, and possibly some haemorrhaging – see below. A lot of very gory photos follow... Bernadette about two hours before her death... ...and immediately after (I moved her...
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    Thanks all for the replies. We're in Portugal where unfortunately there are no state vets, and where people think the idea of having a vet look at a chicken is crazy… All our chickens are mostly fed layers' rations. They don't like them, so in the afternoon we also give them some mixed grain...
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    Chicken sudden death – what could be the cause?

    One of my chickens has just died, and I have no idea why. Bernadette was bought from the local poultry merchant in June, along with three other youngsters. She was always very flighty and frightened. She was initially very frightened of my older chickens - and with good reason, since the four...
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    Chicken unable to stand – keeps both legs straight

    Thanks for the reply @azygous 👍 It's funny you mention the heat, because yes, it has been very hot for the last week (high 30s Celsius during the day) for the last week, but last night was actually the first cool (sub-20°C and breezy) night we've had, and today it's nowhere near as hot as it...
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    Chicken unable to stand – keeps both legs straight

    Hi all, I'm new to the forum and have a couple of fairly serious chicken problems to ask about... They're separate questions so I'll ask them in separate posts. One of our chickens, Polly, is unable to stand up today. She was fine yesterday, and last night when we closed up the coop she was on...
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