Dead chicken

[FunClucks]

Thank you! She was actually laying eggs every day. I was concerned for my other chicks because I saw them twitching or shaking their heads. I was wondering if it's Gapeworm. no vets near me and the only one there is does not have room until the end of July.

Sometimes, they can just be adjusting their crop when they do that. Gapeworm is actually pretty rare, so there is often another cause for the behavior. If you get a video of the behavior, post it on you tube and share a link here, and the community can let you know what they think.

Mites, lice, or flies or bugs, like previous poster said, is also a possibility.

 

[mygirlsandi]

Sometimes, they can just be adjusting their crop when they do that. Gapeworm is actually pretty rare, so there is often another cause for the behavior. If you get a video of the behavior, post it on you tube and share a link here, and the community can let you know what they think.

Mites, lice, or flies or bugs, like previous poster said, is also a possibility.

I can't thank you enough! This is the best community I have ever seen. Everyone is just so kind and helpful. Thank you so much. I will post that.

 

[mygirlsandi]

She might have herniated or been egg bound, I'm sorry.

Thank you for your reply!

 

[mygirlsandi]

I love that song too!!!

Your state if in USA or country if not USA is usually enough for us to help you troubleshoot what lice or mites or other things might be bothering your chickens. For instance, I'm in North Alabama, so my weather is similar to parts of texas, tennessee, georgia, mississippi, louisiana, and sometimes florida to name a few states. Location plays a lot into the advice you get. For instance, an open-air covered run / coop combo works great for me, but most of the USA has to build for snow load and long winters - I don't.

If you're up for it, you can perform a home autopsy on your chicken, and take lots of pics and post them on here, and folks may be able to help you ID what you see. Or you can send her body to a state lab for a necropsy - you would need to keep her body in the fridge until shipment, and ship over ice (don't freeze her).

But really, if she's a red sex link (production brown egger), reproductive problems / prolapse is the most likely culprit. Since she was laying an egg a day, sounds like a production brown egger to me. I'm sorry, it's hard to lose a hen.

I wish I would have thought of that. When I saw the post, I had already buried her.
It's just so funny how attached we get to these little cuties. I could spend hrs watching them. They have some personality. I really appreciate all your input. Thank you so much.