Happy hen lover
Free Ranging
I had a year old Speckled Sussex that I noticed looked pathetic. Pale comb, lost weight, no eggs, holding tail to side, lethargic, almost a yellow hue to her comb and eye area, wasn't eating and a dirtyish butt. I gave her butt a bath and noticed she was gurgling with breathing and didn't fight off bathing her. So I decided to quarantine her and sat down to calm her and she threw her head back to breathe gave one good kick and flopped over and died . DANG IT ! No mites or lice my DH helped cut her open and all looked well organ wise ( at least to me no worms in intestines no foul smell ) I'm thinking heat stress. She was drinking electrolyte water a lot. RIP Girl