Buff Orpington Rooster

[jdc03270]

Hello all - I went out to put the chickens(9 hens and 1 rooster) to bed to night and noticed I was missing one chicken - Greg the rooster (19 weeks), so I looked in the run and there he was - dead. I looked him all over and there was no marks or anything. Any Ideas as to why he died??

Maybe a factor - One of the hens likes to fly out of the run and go into the yard all day. Was he stressed about this?

Cheers!

 

[chkn]

Was it real hot there? It's always sad to lose a pretty buff.

 

[LittleMamaBigPapa]

oh my!! I can't imagine he was stressed over the hen leeaving the run though. He certainly could have followed her out to be near her. Perhaps he ate a poisonous spider or other bug?

 

[jdc03270]

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it has been very hot for the past few days but yesterday it was not hot at all.

Any more ideas? anyone?