Chickens keep dying 😭

[Look at all them chickens]

Do they feel thin? Have you ever wormed them?

I use the apple cider in their water every now and then. And they were not thin. My girls are fatheads. Like some thick girls.

 

[Look at all them chickens]

I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m wracking my brain and all I can come up with is access to wild water fowl poop brining a disease. My heart goes out to you from one Kentuckian to another

Also - is your name based on that video of the girl and the geese? We say that here all the time. Very funny

They have not been around any water fowl since last summer. I got rid of them ducks as they were not nice to the chickens. We do have the little wild birds fly in the run and coop when the door is open for them to free range in their outside extended run. But we are just at a loss of what is killing them. My husband watched the camera from the one we found yesterday . She was on the roost at 3:30 pm and dead at 4:30 when I went out to let them out for a bit. He said she never got off the roost all day but was not acting strange or anything. Just fell off the roost and flapped her wings as she was falling and never moved after that.
And yes!! It is from the video! Lol

 

[KRack]

I use the apple cider in their water every now and then. And they were not thin. My girls are fatheads. Like some thick girls.

I don’t think ACV is going to prevent worms fully. I had a beautiful fluffy buff Orpington who acted normal and looked healthy, but when I actually felt her body she was really thin (her feathers hid it so well). She died in one day from a roundworm infestation. So I always mention it just in case!

 

[MaeM]

Perhaps you should see if your nearest state vet is available for necropsies. I don't think there is another way of knowing 100% what happened to them.

They could've eaten something toxic or contracted a random disease from wild birds. Worms can also be a great deal if they have them in large amounts and you didn't deworm them with meds (I wouldn't trust natural remedies on this).

It's true that sometimes they can look all fat and fluffy but when you touch their bodies they're actually skinny. If you're 100% sure that this is not your case... well, are you sure that they weren't too fat? Just like us, overweight and obesity put them at risk of heart attacks.

Other than that, I have no idea. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Kiki]

They get layer feed, scratch, any bugs they can find and they get scraps from the table. But they don’t get anything they are not allowed to eat. I am very careful what they get and google anything I am unsure about. They were all fat little ladies that were fine the day before. And the are so spaced out. One today and one last week. Then the other one was 3 weeks prior. The first one two months ago. I am so confused.

Lots of treats can cause fatty liver disease which shows no signs....they just literally drop dead.

If you can't send one into your state lab to have a professional and necropsy performed, you could learn a lot if you opened one up yourself and had a look at its insides.

 

[Kiki]

Lots of treats can cause fatty liver disease which shows no signs....they just literally drop dead.

If you can't send one into your state lab to have a professional and necropsy performed, you could learn a lot if you opened one up yourself and had a look at its insides.

Your state lab:

http://vdl.uky.edu/submissions-and-lab-info/shipping-and-packaging-instructions

 

[MamaFox78]

Lots of treats can cause fatty liver disease which shows no signs....they just literally drop dead.

Just to clarify - How much is too much for treats?

I'm sure it depends on the type of treats too... like for us, snacking on fruit & veggies all day would obviously be better than Twinkies.

 

[Kiki]

Just to clarify - How much is too much for treats?

I'm sure it depends on the type of treats too... like for us, snacking on fruit & veggies all day would obviously be better than Twinkies.

Too much would be anything more than 10% of their daily diet.
10% amounts to about a tablespoon worth.

 

[Look at all them chickens]

I don’t think ACV is going to prevent worms fully. I had a beautiful fluffy buff Orpington who acted normal and looked healthy, but when I actually felt her body she was really thin (her feathers hid it so well). She died in one day from a roundworm infestation. So I always mention it just in case!

How would you treat worms?? Please and thank you. Will it hurt them if they don’t have it?

 

[Look at all them chickens]

Do they feel thin? Have you ever wormed them?

No.. how would I do that?? Please and thank you