dying chickens

  1. Ab1010

    Dying chickens no symptoms

    My mom has chickens ranging from 3 years to 2 years old. All of them free range, they get treats, oyster shells, quality feed, their coop is regularly cleaned and there's no poison being used on their property. They clean their waters too. A year ago her first chicken just dropped dead with no...
  2. L

    Need advice after all but 1 in flock of 4 died

    My friend just had 3 of his 4 Pullets die. First one showed signs something was wrong last Friday (May 19) & by Sunday afternoon she passed. They didn’t bother coming to get Corid powder from me until Saturday evening & didn’t quarantine the sick bird like I advised them to. Then over the next 2...
  3. S

    Dying Chicken

    Hi I’ve had chickens for a few years now, started with 4. One died at one year old due to sudden death syndrome. One died around 7 months ago due to being egg bound. Now, pebble, is sick. She hasn’t layed for around a year and the vet says she has some sort of mass or tumor and will likely need...
  4. LightswitchRaves

    Rescue Chickens Dying

    Hi! I’ve been a forum lurker for a while, but just joined. Sorry, this is going to be long. In June 2021, I bought a house and inherited seven chickens. I’d never had chickens before, but as a wildlife biologist and avid learner and Googler I wasn’t super concerned. The owners we bought the...
  5. C

    Silkies dropping like flies

    My flock consists of a variety of different breeds. However in the past month I have lost 3 silkies with a 4th on the way. Its the same pattern of events. The bird will start to show signs of weakness and can't keep up with the rest of the flock yet tries like hell (slow movements, easily...
  6. jackietheturkeylover

    Full crop when dying?

    My mother says that when a bird dies they’re body will stop digesting food and their crop will be full. Is this true? I try looking online but i don’t know where she’s getting this information from. I cannot question her about it because she’ll just grouch at me. So has anyone heard of this...
  7. Aschuchert

    Euthanize a Chicken Humanely - step by step

    When you come to the hard decision to euthanize one or more members of your flock there are many ways to do so. If you aren't able or willing to eat the bird then your options increase. If you are like us, you read as many posts as possible and decided that cutting or shooting and the subsequent...
  8. C

    Help my peeps are dying fast!!!

    I have recently bought 8 peeps and 4 ducklings and all are kept in the same pen. They are at most 2 weeks old. I have had them for a week. They were doing great when i brought them home. They were very lively and ate and drank healthy. Then with in the past 2 days the peeps seemed a little off...
  9. FrostyWind

    Chickens are dying all of a sudden

    It happened this morning when i woke up for school. I heard a strange chicken noise and when i look out the window from the kitchen, i saw one of my black hen was bubbing its head, couldn't move, rolling around, and bubbles and stuff started coming out of her eyes, nose and mouth (it was gross...
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