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All the chicks were acquired the same day from Mt Healthy Hatchery. When they roost at night they consistently bunch up as tightly as possible at one end of the roosting bar, usually the end near the lame hen. The Wyandottes and Orpingtons were new to us this year. Since day one I thought the...

Thanks for the reply. Husband insisted on burying hen. Just waiting now. So far none of the others appear ill, but the dead ones looked perfectly fine to us, also. The coop is off the ground and 8X3X3 feet with a full length roosting bar. Regular metal 2 gal water can and feed bins are inside...

This is our third year with chickens. In a new coop this year we raised Silver Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, and Austrolorps (all hens). All are doing fine except two of the Wyandottes have just dropped dead in the last two weeks. There was no evidence of sour crop (had that in our other coop and...