sudden chicken death

Hello, I have 12 chickens who are all a little less than 1.5 years old. On Sunday, my little Lavender Ameraucana, Clover, suddenly started flapping her wings while laying on the ground with her legs behind her, almost like she was paralyzed and couldn't use them. By the time we got to her, she...

Hi. I'm heartbroken. I found Trixie, one of my Rhode Island Reds, dead in her nesting box this morning when I went to let them out of their coop. She had been acting normal but yesterday began acting lethargic, walking gingerly, not running when I offered food. While watching her I saw her...

We have a small backyard of 6 chickens that are all 8 months old. We live in Florida so it can getting very humid and hot so we designed our coop with ventilation being a top priority. The girls have a outdoor fan in their run, 80% shade throughout the day, and frozen treats (their food just...

Hello everyone. Unfortunately this morning one of my Pullets left for chicken heaven. And I was wondering if I could get some help on guessing why she died to help me protect my other chickens. yesterday morning when I went to let them out of the coop I noticed that my favourite Hen didn’t come...

What could cause this? My little Old English Game bantam rooster, Vizzini, was fine when I left for the faire this afternoon. When I got home I found him seizing in the coop. He was mostly limp, the tips of his comb were deep purple and he had a small lump on his face under his eye. He passed...

We have a flock of ten 5 months old black australorp chickens that have just starting to lay eggs. About half of them have laid their first 1-3 eggs each during this past week. This morning I woke up to a dead chicken inside the coop. It was lying on the ground below the roost like it had...

Hi everyone, The reason for joining this forum is because we have lost all but 1 chicken this year. We live in Belgium. just so you know what is winter and what is summer for us. in the spring of 2017 My wife and i got 4 chickens about 6 month or so old. And 2 ducks (which turned out to be...

Yesterday we woke up to one of our hens in the corner of the coop dead, she was only 2, she was almost convulsing like but fully dead (head down and legs kicking slightly when you picked her up, which I’m not sure is a part of what this is or likely with all deaths in general) This morning, we...

my 9 week old chicks just moved out to their chicken tractor today after the overnight death of my favorite chicken in the brooder box. I hatched them out here on October 13th and was unprepared for how fast they would outgrow their brooder. If I had electricity or it was summer it wouldn’t have...

My 8 1/2 month old Silkie cockerel died today. I witnessed it and can only conclude it was Sudden Death Syndrome or something similar. All my birds were foraging quietly in the backyard. I was talking to DH in the side yard separated from the back by 4’ chain link fence. I heard a sharp...

Help! I had two very healthy hens that have always free ranged in our protected backyard. I've had them almost a year. Last week, both of them died suddenly. Many of their feathers were strewn 2-3 feet from where they were laying. There were no wounds. I let my littles out and within 30...

Early today we had one of our hens suddenly die (she showed no signs or symptoms of illness). Little bit of background information, we live in an area that has had 5+ inches of rain in the last week. The hens have a 10x10 run and a large wooden coop that they live in. With all of the recent...

Early today we had one of our hens suddenly die (she showed no signs or symptoms of illness). Little bit of background information, we live in an area that has had 5+ inches of rain in the last week. The hens have a 10x10 run and a large wooden coop that they live in. With all of the...

My hen is about 1 year old. She seemed fine all day, I didn't notice any illness. A thunderstorm started and I went outside to check on their coop. I found her laying outside the door on her side. She seemed dead but blinked when picked up. She was lifeless but hanging on a little. We brought...