That happens, lol...
Sorry for all the epic losses, everyone...
Congrats on the bouncing baby boy, Briard Chickens!!!
Fails and losses this year... had super hot summer, lost a couple hens and a cockerel to what seemed to just be heatstroke... added electrolytes and vites to their water, losses stopped... weather started cooling down and ducks started having breathing problems... got scared I had a severe respiratory issue... just as a last resort with my special needs girl, I tried dewormer... come to find out, my entire flock got severely infested with gapeworms... awful, nasty worms... a real pain to treat... found some tapeworms as well...
Losses were my best black split Ameraucana hen and my last Cream Legbar boy...
Epic fail... my Lav Orpington/Australorp cross project... finally got to 2 Lav pullets and at almost 9 months they haven't laid a single egg...
Anyways...
Ugghh... So glad we haven't had worms, mites or bugs, diseases of any sort with our birds, lucky I guess. Wish you and yours the best,
Hope you had a great Christmas, Merry Christmas to you too!