Guinea keet died, no obvious reason

Chickiemom25

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May 13, 2011
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I had 6 eight week old keets in a dog run, they can get out of the rain and have a sun shade. Clean water and i put out more game crumbles usually twice a day. I noticed one on Tuesday night wasnt up on the roosts with the others. Last night it was dead. I don't see any feather plucking and it seemed to be reasonable weight for its size. Others were still fluttering around this morning and acting normal. on tuesday I dumped the old feed out as they like to stand on the feeder and poop and noticed a couple maggots in the bottom ( apparently part of it had gotten wet. ) Could it have eaten some and gotten sick? I figure it will eat a whole lot worse in the yard ( found a partially consumed frog the ducks or chickens left for me on the driveway. )
 
If the feed got wet, there is a good chance it started to mold. If that guinea happened to eat a lot of the moldy feed, that certainly could cause it to die. Birds do not tolerate mold very well at all.
 

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