Chicken found on her back

[TreehuggerMo]

About two weeks ago we found one of our hens dead in the coop with no obvious injury and no prior warning of illness. Now I have a hen (same breed) who is found twice now on her back and she seems like she is stuck there. When we turn her right side up she seems a little wobbly at first then seems ok for the remainder of the day. Does anyone have any experience with this? I tried to search for why this would happen but could not find anything and I am REALLY worried about her. Could the two be related? The hen is about 4 1/2 months old and is a Cochin. Otherwise eating/drinking fine.

 

[Naunnie]

I'm not sure if this will help, but I found some information when I scrolled down to "Metabolic Diseases" http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Poultry_Health_Disease.

 

[TreehuggerMo]

Thank you for the link...I read it and the sudden death seemed to fit up to where it said it shows at about 3 wks of age...my birds are 4 months. I am bookmarking the link for the future tho as it had some wonderful information. I am getting some vitamin e today to see if that might help. i wish i could find a matching set of symptoms so i would know what to do for her. I feel like I am working blind - hope dumb luck is on my side.