mystery death

  1. mybuttercuproo

    Heat Lamp Danger

    20 dead chickens on the floor of my coop this morning. After taking them to the University of Missouri veterinary pathology department, the necropsy showed inflammation of the lungs from noxious fumes. This was tracked back to the only thing that had changed was a new heat lamp that had Teflon...
  2. R

    Mystery Death

    My alpha hen (Mama) just died yesterday night and I have no clue as to why. I am going to explain my set up before explaining the mystery death. First off, I have a small flock only 4 now reduced to 3. One barred rock hen (Name:O.G.), one mix hen (Name:Miss Grey), and one Maran...
  3. O

    Pullet did not grow, did not start laying, and then died

    Hello all - I am trying to solve a sad mystery. I received 3 leghorn pullets a couple months ago. I was told that they were all the same age, and when I got them, they were all the same size. One of three did not grow at the rate of the other two - always a bit smaller. Additionally, her comb...
  4. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Beware of Rat Snakes **GRAPHIC IMAGES**

    Hey everyone. I'm posting this as a warning about large rat snakes, which are commonly regarded as helpful to keep around for pest control. We recently had seen several in our coops--one of them over 5 feet long--and caught/released them thinking they were harmless (despite the egg casualty) and...
  5. E

    Dead female guinea fowl.

    My wife has had chickens,ducks and now guineas since little and loves her animals. Today we came home,one of the females was acting normal and then suddenly the bird started convulsing and flailing about and died right in front of our eyes. She gives them fresh water 2 a day, they free range get...
  6. K

    Mysterious Deaths...Any Advice?

    Over the past 4 days, we have had two of our young chickens mysteriously die. On Thursday we left on vacation. On Friday, our housesitter notified us that one of our chickens had passed away. No signs of illness, no blood, nothing to indicate what could have happened. Today we returned home and...
  7. TattooedChicks

    Bantam pullet dead under roost

    Just found my Bantam EE girl cold and dead, face down on the coop floor beneath the roost bar when I opened the coop up. Everyone else looks bright eyed and bushy tailed. She laid an egg yesterday, and was almost a daily layer. She was alive at 9:30 last night when I locked everyone up. Crop was...
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