unexplained death

  1. georgiegoose

    Silkie sudden death - no apparent cause

    Hi, Today we sadly lost one of our silkies out of the blue with no clear cause, disease, or injury. She was one of our healthiest (at least we thought) and seemed to be doing well. She was happily interacting with the flock this morning, eating and moving about as usual. This afternoon she...
  2. Barb Root Hinkkanen

    Silkie death

    I’m so sad. This morning I found my sweet little Silkie boy, Festus, dead. He was fine yesterday. The day before he was “helping“ me build his new geodome home. He was prancing around, singing and humming. I have never had one sing and hum like him before. He was so happy and had such a sweet...
  3. jeffi

    Unexplained rooster death - murder mystery?

    Hi all, first post here, have been coming to this forum for years raising my flocks and always find the most helpful advice and info thank you. After finding my 7m/o Roo dead yesterday, this is the first time I’m just flat out perplexed and cannot get to the bottom of the problem. I hope you can...
  4. 3cousinsfarm

    Lost my chicken?

    My chicken, Eugene , just died for no apparent reason. I'm not even sure if Eugene was a pullet or a roo. Think he was a roo because he and my other roo were starting to chest bump. Barred rock about 4 months old. Anyway, just yesterday I found him lethargic in the barn. I assumed heat, so I...
  5. dorothymcd

    Both Roosters dead from heat stroke in 3 hours?

    I love my chickens and always try to find them the best homes.. yesterday I brought 2 of my young roosters that I love so much but cant keep, to a lady with a farm. I brought them to her house so she can watch them until they go to farm later. She put them in the shade in a cage with food and...
  6. Doulaness

    Poor husbandry?

    I got into the chicken raising life from my cousin. He set me up with a few already layers and I have added layers since. So i took a big leap and decided to start with fresh baby chicks. Initially i started with 7. On day one, 2 had died. Then i replaced them. We have been losing 1 on average...
  7. R

    Unexplained death in 12 week old EasterEgger.

    Found my 12 week old Easter Egger dead in the coop this morning. She was acting completely normal yesterday and I couldn't find any sign of trauma. What could have happened? Is this kind of situation very rare?
  8. missmarielayne

    What killed my chick?

    I went out to feed our chicks this morning (we purchased them back in the middle of May) and one of them was dead. She had no wounds that I could see. This particular chick has a deformity of the beak, which we didn't notice when we purchased her, but it was crooked. The top went one direction...
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