Wow I didn't know that the cracked corn was not a great thing to feed them, that's just what I was told to buy at the local farm store.
Actually I can't help but feel a little guilty now, I'm always sad when they're gone - but now maybe they won't die like this.
Thanks for your help everyone -...
I'm posting here because over the last year or so I've had a number of Red Star chickens die in the night.
There's no blood or feathers around so I'm sure a predator didn't kill them, and they seem healthy enough so I don't suspect an illness - though I can't be certain of that because I don't...