Dead Chicken - No Illness or Injury

[Kfults]

Keep us posted! Sorry for your loss

 

[PattyNH]

If you do a necropsy, please take photos and share them here. A few of us are rather more experienced at it than we should be and could maybe help you.

Absolutely. I will take photos as I go. Here is a pic of my coop showing the locks and such. It is dark now so I can take pictures of the scratch Mark's tomorrow.

My hens free range during the day so their coop is semi fenced but not a secure run. This was before the chain link fence and netting went up. ETA Pics don't show the latches. I will add photos of them. Not sure how to explain them...

 

[PattyNH]

@rebrascora Any advice you can offer on the necropsy?

 

[Kiki]

http://web.uconn.edu/poultry/poultrypages/Poultry necropsy manual 02008.pdf

 

[Kiki]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/necropsy-photos-any-input.1266864/

 

[grmakk]

Absolutely. I will take photos as I go. Here is a pic of my coop showing the locks and such. It is dark now so I can take pictures of the scratch Mark's tomorrow.

My hens free range during the day so their coop is semi fenced but not a secure run. This was before the chain link fence and netting went up. ETA Pics don't show the latches. I will add photos of them. Not sure how to explain them... View attachment 1537772 View attachment 1537776 View attachment 1537777

 

[grmakk]

Nice coop!

 

[grmakk]

Nice coop!

Thank you for sharing this. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[PattyNH]

Thank you for sharing this. I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you! I got it on Craigslist for $200 - amazing deal! Locks on all the windows and door have a clip hook on a chain that lock it down. I did notice during my inspection that some of the nest boxes were leaking during the heavy rain we got today. During the winter I cover the roof with a tarp to prevent ice damming.

 

[PattyNH]

I figure sharing it will not only be helpful to me (hopefully) but also to others so we'll see how it goes. I had to take care of the chicks and ducklings then checked out the info @KikisGirls sent. Almost ready to start.