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    Two chicks suddenly died with no prior symptoms

    It does look like all signs are pointing towards heart problems. It should be noted that Benny had a sudden growth spirt over the last two weeks, although the same could not be said of Daisy who was half his size and the smallest of the lot. I guess all I can do now is keep a close eye on the...
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    Two chicks suddenly died with no prior symptoms

    Not sure it makes any difference to diagnosis but I got their ages wrong. The Bantam is 8 weeks and the Silkies are 7 weeks, fwiw. I considered both of those causes as that is all I could think of given the lack of symptoms. It just seems a bit unlikely that it would happen to two within an...
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    Two chicks suddenly died with no prior symptoms

    That was my first thought when Benny died, but to lose two to heart attacks within an hour of each other? There were no stressful events, they were settling down for the night and were quite calm.
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    Two chicks suddenly died with no prior symptoms

    Hello all, This is my first post, though I have been lurking for a few weeks. Sadly, my reason for posting is not a happy one. I have six chicks, one is a six week old Pekin Bantam and the other five are five week old Silkies. This evening, shortly after they had settled down for the...
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