UrbanFlock
In the Brooder
We're a year into owning chickens. We've had two deaths of 8 birds. One at Easter and the other last night. They both had the same symptoms. Sudden change showing significant signs of weakness and when I picked them up they had dropped a very noticeable amount of weight, seemingly in a very short time. Still eating, not drinking as much as normal, and too weak to stand. The first was a Copper Maran (9 mos old) this one, last night, was a lavender orpington (1 year). When I picked them up I didn't feel any hardness, indicating a lodged egg. Nothing coming out of any oriface. Just this massive drop in weight and weakness. None of the other birds are showing any signs of sickness and when the Maran died, they all survived and lived on just fine (no sickness). Any ideas? (sad)