Chickens dying with no explanation

[Jinx3726]

It sounds like it was most likely malnutrition. Unless you really know what you're doing, feeding them a commercial feed that has been formulated to meet their nutritional needs is your best bet.

 

[Jinx3726]

I agree. They need to be on a 16% protein feed with a calcium supplement like Oyster shell.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

Yes, I second that.

 

[Eggcessive]

I see a lot of meat spots in hens who are 3 and older. We once had a young hen who laid bloody eggs, and later stopped altogether. There are viruses, such as a mild case of infectious bronchitis that can affect egg formation, shells, and some bacteria that also can create problems in the ovary and cause egg yolk peritonitis. Without a necropsy, it is hard to know why chickens die. Some of us do our own to look at organs, the digestive tract, the egg tract, and some things that are easy enough to spot.