I have lost 3 birds in a year...healthy one day and dead the next....no clue to what happened...they just dropped dead..I think my rooster froze due to the very cold winter...one other one died in the winter...one in the spring...healthy then gone.....sad
Funny I have an orpington that sits all day on nothing...use to sit on eggs but now she sits in the box all day...took her out when the other girls were outside running around..she didn't like me putting her outside...screamed like crazy...got her treat and goes back in the box...
We had a rooster died in Dec...the girls were good layers but have slowed down...only 2 -4 eggs ...we have 8 girls..they are 2 years old..good food let them out to roam 2 times a week...don't know why they aren't laying more eggs...