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  1. campbell

    hello and help!

    Regarding vaccinations - sorry to take so long to respond! I don't know whether the chicks were vaccinated, but I suspect not, since I got them from the feed store and I doubt they do it. The new chicks came from the same hatchery as my 2 year olds. I still am concerned about the nasal...
  2. campbell

    Sudden death in otherwise healthy chicken?

    Hi all, I am reposting a question I put in introductions yesterday - I think this is a better spot. I lost a 2 year old RI Red hen yesterday from unknown causes. She was my best layer. I let my chickens out to forage in the back yard all day, and the next morning she was dead in the nest box...
  3. campbell

    hello and help!

    Thanks, everyone! I've been trying to call local vets (no response until too late to necropsy), but the best info I got was from the feed store owner where I bought my chickens. He said that the most common cause of sudden death in an otherwise healthy hen was from being egg bound, which could...
  4. campbell

    hello and help!

    Hi everyone, I have been visiting this site since I got my first chicks three years ago, but I'm finally joining and posting due to the sudden death of one of our original chickens. We have 3 barred rocks, 2 Easter eggers, and a Rhode Island Red that my kids and I raised from chicks. This...
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