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Hey all, so a little more than a month ago, one of my perfectly healthy mature hens died suddenly, and we never found out the cause. There was no visible injury or discoloration of poop, and neither did she seem sick at all in the days prior. I decided that it was just an out-of-the-blue death, and not something to be concerned about, although it was very sad to see her go. So then, about a week ago, another one of my girls, also mature and very energetic, was looking lethargic, so I picked her up, and she had lost a lot of weight. I gave her some food + water separate from the others, and also noticed she had watery greenish poop hanging to her back tail feathers. Her comb was also darker, almost a purple sort of color, but seemed fine other than those symptoms. I kept an eye on her over the next day, and then she seemed completely fine the next day, but the night after, she was sleeping on the floor of the coop away from the others. I said my goodbyes to her, and the next morning, I found her under the tarp in the coop, close to death. found her that afternoon dead, and figured it was something internal that caused her death, and there was nothing I could've done to treat it. But here's the thing, today I went out and another one of my girls, Topaz, was acting strange like the others, not eating the treats I'd put out, but her comb is bright red as always, and her vent looks fine. She seems to be her normal weight, but I don't want to take any chances. Does anyone know what could be the cause of these deaths, if they are related, and maybe how to treat them or what action to take next? Please let me know asap, and thank you so much for your help!
