Hi,
This morning I went to the chicken pen and found 2 dead laying hens outside the coop and a collapsed and almost dead young rooster in the coop. No apparent injuries. There were some extra feathers in the coop.
Yesterday I emptied a yellow jacket trap into the pen. The chickens seemed uninterested in them. This morning when I went down and found the dead and dying(?) chickens I noticed that the yellow jacket pile had been disturbed and possibly some of it consumed. Is it possible that the dead yellow jackets had botulism? The trap hadnt been used this year until about a week ago, so the oldest dead bugs could have been a week old.
The rooster this after noon is still alive, but completely listless. Is there anything I can do for him?
Thanks
Chris
This morning I went to the chicken pen and found 2 dead laying hens outside the coop and a collapsed and almost dead young rooster in the coop. No apparent injuries. There were some extra feathers in the coop.
Yesterday I emptied a yellow jacket trap into the pen. The chickens seemed uninterested in them. This morning when I went down and found the dead and dying(?) chickens I noticed that the yellow jacket pile had been disturbed and possibly some of it consumed. Is it possible that the dead yellow jackets had botulism? The trap hadnt been used this year until about a week ago, so the oldest dead bugs could have been a week old.
The rooster this after noon is still alive, but completely listless. Is there anything I can do for him?
Thanks
Chris