The necks were not broken and I have double checked for tunnels or breaks. I think the feathers fell off due to the others pecking them. Nothing got in or out. They all seemed to just have dropped dead..
I have a backyard flock of 14 hens( well 9 now) that were all seemingly healthy and producing well. Yesterday I only collected and fed them at night but they were all roosting and seemed happy. When I went out this afternoon feathers were all over the run and 5 hens were dead. I thoroughly...