Hello from San Antonio Texas

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Dpennell said:
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Hello! All 28 of my hens have bright red combs and waddles, they look amazing other than 2 of them have messy vent feathers from watery poops. Even the two hens that I lost looked great and behaved perfectly normal. The only think I can think of in common with them is they both were still warm and they had their legs pulled up to their bellies. Our weather has been between 60°-85°, foggy and drizzly in the a.m. and sunny in the afternoons. Perfect spring weather. They have an oil filled heater in the hen house for super cold nights ( below 32°) and an in wall double ventilator for either blowing cooler air into the hen house on hot days and nights ( this is south Texas) or it will suck out the hot air and dust. I clean the hen house, run and enclosure twice a year, it's due now and is on my "next to do" list. I just can't figure out what could have cause the two deaths and the two hens I have now that presently show the same outward signs the first to had. The beaks were not wet, no crusting around the eyes or nostrils...nothing...
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You don't really need a heater. They are more comfortable without it.
Did you feel their Bellies? Were they swollen?
I would cut back on the treats, especially the grubs or meal worms. Too many can cause fatty liver disease.
If another dies, you want to call A&M to see where you can send the body, for an autopsy.
 
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