Lost of my favourite hen this morning, which really sucks. She was 7/8 months old, seemed perfectly healthy except I noticed last night her comb had flopped over. Didn't seem like a big deal as it was quite long. Other then that I didn't notice ANY other symptoms but I've been sick all week so not spending as much time with the chickens.
Found her dead on her roost. Checked her over, everything looks really healthy. Nice weight, no bumps or bruises, her vent even looks ready to lay more eggs
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My only concern is that I lost another chicken late last week. The chicken this morning was a nice healthy dual-purpose hen, the chicken last week was a rather unthrifty red-star who had been struggling for a few weeks. The red star didn't look very healthy, and I was actually going to axe her until I put it off until the next day & she was dead in the morning.
Any ideas?
Found her dead on her roost. Checked her over, everything looks really healthy. Nice weight, no bumps or bruises, her vent even looks ready to lay more eggs
My only concern is that I lost another chicken late last week. The chicken this morning was a nice healthy dual-purpose hen, the chicken last week was a rather unthrifty red-star who had been struggling for a few weeks. The red star didn't look very healthy, and I was actually going to axe her until I put it off until the next day & she was dead in the morning.
Any ideas?