sudden death hen

  1. QueenLottie

    Sudden Winter Death

    Hey all, Just a lil announcement mostly for me to decompress. Found one of my ladies deceased this afternoon after I stopped in to top off their water and feed. It was unexpected as these things usually are. My ladies started their molt pretty early in MN towards the end of this summer (that's...
  2. Ajp23

    Sudden death of pullet

    Hello all, happy Sunday. We’ve lost a hen today, very suddenly and I’m wondering what could have happened. She is a new layer, started laying about two weeks ago and had laid about five eggs since then with no apparent issue. Her most recent egg came yesterday afternoon. Yesterday she was her...
  3. AccidentalQuailKeeper

    Sudden Death in Young Coturnix Quail (internal rupture, prolapsed vent)/ Has anyone seen something similar?

    Hello, unfortunately I discovered my young quail hen (hatched september 2023) dead, I don't know exactly when she died as I discovered her late afternoon after being away all day, by the time I discovered her body her eyes were already sunken in, the gases had built up inside of her and she...
  4. CrazyChickenMom11

    2 Sudden Hen Deaths within Week

    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...
  5. E

    Sudden death reason?

    We have a small group of chickens, all about 2 & 1/2, seemingly healthy and laying & only free ranging when we are there due to many predators in the area. Sadly today I found on of our chickens dead on the floor of the coop. She was on her stomach with her head turned under her. Nothing seemed...
  6. E

    Sudden Chicken Death

    So last night I checked my coop cam like I always do and I didn’t see 2 of my chickens on the roosts. This morning I saw my Away Cemani Roo in the run before the coop was opened. So he must have spent the night outside the coop, in the run, which has never happened before. I found my Ayam...
  7. xChickrenMamax

    Sudden death

    Today I let my flock out for the first time to free range, I stayed with them the entire time and kept an eye out for predators etc. I had one broody hen who I had taken off the eggs because I don’t have a rooster & I didn’t want her brooding- I noticed she had been closing her eyes while out...
  8. Keyword: In Moderation

    Keyword: In Moderation

    *DISCLAIMER: I am not advocating for giving chickens NO treats at all. I believe that, as with humans, treats must be consumed wisely and in moderation.* Back in December and January, I had a sick hen. My posts about it are here, the onset of her sickness, here, when she aspirated the...
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  9. Raptorchick

    Mites spreading disease?

    Hi all :) I've had this slow spreading disease in my flock since I brought some girls home in September, I'll try to keep the story short. I've been keeping chickens a number of years now, never had a pest or disease problem... I also don't usually buy hens elsewhere, sorta have a hatching...
  10. S

    Found my girl dead.

    The other night my favorite girl was dead on the floor of the hen house. I was peeking in to say good night and saw her lying in the middle of the floor. I did not free range them that day so they were in yard and or hen house all day. The day before they ranged and she was her usual perfect...
  11. B

    Lost one of my girls this morning. Not definite on COD

    Keep in mind this is our first time raising chickens and up until today things have been going great! I came out to the coop this morning to feed the hens found one of the girls lying dead on the floor of the run. She was not missing any feathers nor did she look like there was any damage to her...
  12. snkjohnson

    Sudden death...now what?

    Went out to water the chickens (I have 13 hens all about 1 year old, with a few 4 month olds) and found one of my leghorns dead on the floor of the coop. I'm guessing she died yesterday because she was pretty stiff/frozen and it got down to about 9 degrees last night. I hadn't noticed that she...
  13. P

    Sudden chicken death

    Today at 9 am I went back to the cool to gather eggs. I found Walker my one barred rock hen who is about 6 months old dead on her side. No injury,not egg bound, abdomen was still warm but legs were stiff, eyes closed. :( She was one of my kids favorites not sure how I'll break the news to them...
  14. RenegadeJane

    Back to back hen deaths in 24 hours

    Hello everyone, We're in NH. So this morning my poor husband discovered one of our original hens (2 years old) dead in the chicken run, right under the hanging waterer. She was on her side, had no noticeable wounds other than some reddish marks on her neck. My husband assumed it was from the...
  15. ChickenLove1113

    Lost a sweet girl today, completely unexpected

    I have used BYC for almost a year now to find some of the most useful info when it comes to caring for my hens. This is my very first post, and unfortunately, it’s one that comes with some heartache. I have a small little backyard flock - three sweet Red Sex Link hens. They are 9 months old, and...
  16. Relleoms

    First birthday today & she died

    Our girl Maude would be celebrating her first birthday today, but I found her dead in the coop this morning. There were no signs or symptoms, and she laid an egg yesterday. We brought her to the university for a necropsy, but is it possible she died from stress? I cleaned the coop yesterday, we...
  17. kmisscluck

    Hen died , worried about the other two

    I posted about two months ago about my hen having crusty eyes. She never Coughed or got swelling and it responded well to cleaning with vetricyn pink eye spray, teramycin eye ointment and I have her doxycycline daily for two weeks. All drainage went away and my other two never looked sick. One...
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