Help! Chicken death

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My 10 week old Easter egger suddenly died this morning. Last night, her tail feathers were droopping and she had white diarrhea. She was panting and would not move, eat, or drink. I noticed one of my other chickens from the same flock mouth breathing and walking around with tail feathers down. The others seem fine. ige also attached a picture of a weird looking poop they had
 

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Sorry to hear this. Is it super hot where you are and could it be heatstroke?

I usually deworm and delouse my flock if I get an unexplained death, just to make sure it's not a common thing I can treat easily and avoid more deaths.

Coccidiosis is a common killer of young chickens. Have you seen any bloody poops? You could treat the rest for this anyway as it won't harm them.
 
Sorry to hear this. Is it super hot where you are and could it be heatstroke?

I usually deworm and delouse my flock if I get an unexplained death, just to make sure it's not a common thing I can treat easily and avoid more deaths.

Coccidiosis is a common killer of young chickens. Have you seen any bloody poops? You could treat the rest for this anyway as it won't harm them.
I think it could’ve been heat. It has been 75 ish and jumped to 85-90 today. I haven’t dewormed or deloused, or seen any bloody poops. Thank you so much! I will treat for cocci.
 

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