Dying chickens

[twarncke]

My chickens are just over a year old and have been doing really well laying just about everyday and well over the winter too ( we have very cold winters) didn't have any die but recently over the last month I have had 4 die And have no idea why, this is my first flock of chickens and thought maybe there was something I was doing wrong or is it common, any advice or thoughts would be great thanks

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It's not unusual to have one die here or there from various reasons. What breed were they?

 

[twarncke]

They are brown leghorn they had their mareks vaccine and are not free range but have a large inclosed coop 30x30 just thought it was weird as I have had none die before this last month and then 4 all within a few weeks

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It is strange for so many to pass so close together. Was there any symptoms or signs as to what they may have died from?

 

[twarncke]

Not any symptoms that I noticed they all looked fine everyday I went in to feed and collect eggs, But I also don't really know signs for unhealthy chickens either they all seemed to be eating and have energy

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Is it hot where you are at?

 

[FlyWheel]

Just what I was going to ask (you don't have a location tag). I had a perfectly healthy pullet die 'for no reason' last summer when we had three months without a single day under 90F. Hottest day, the day she died, actually it was 109F (That's American Southeast degrees. Read: Humid). After that I made it a point to put large chunks of ice into their fount and gave them a little "bathing pool" to help keep them cool. No more deaths after that.

 

[twarncke]

We live northern bc so it has its days but not crazy heat, but we did have a number of pretty warm days this last month (28-30 Celsius) so that's a possibility I will have to get them a pool or something for hot days thanks