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Quote: Patty, sorry about your chicken.. but read my reply above.. I do not doubt that your chicken died from lack of oxygen as you indicated.. but I do not believe it was from anything in the crop..

OK I read that thread about the hay. It is another example of someone jumping to conclusion without proof.. I see a lot of that on this site.. A chicken cannot suffocate from a full crop.. the lungs are nowhere near the crop where it could crowd them.. and the esophagus(wind pipe) is...

I was just CMA.. I am always getting accused of being mean.. I don't mean to be.. I am just more blunt and to the point than most people are accustomed to.. I have 55 laying hens right now.. every few months or once a year, one keels over..(not the same one). I wouldnt think any more are...

Quote: sometimes a chicken will drop dead for no appearant reason..of course there IS a reason but we cannot always find it.. I would say that if your chickens are still laying eggs, they are not in bad shape.. A laying hen tends to be on the leaner side.. That is what many of us use to...