Help - My chicken died!

[ckneggfarmer]

So we are new to the chicken farming, this is the first time we have had chickens. We had 11 girls about 17 weeks. One of my leghorns laid an egg on Tuesday and another on Thursaday. This afternoon my daughter went out to the coop and she was dead. We didnt find any marks on her to suggest she was attached by anything. She was running around like normal this morning. Any ideas what could have happened? We are very sad to have lost her

 

[Kevin565]

Are you in a hot climate?

 

[ckneggfarmer]

not really, i'm in Vermont and it was in the 70's today with a breeze.

 

[chickenlover3]

The hen might have been egg bound. (which means an egg got stuck inside
of her.)

 

[ckneggfarmer]

when i was looking her over i did find an egg inside her, it was larger than the other two she laid. could she be egg bound even if she just laid one yesterday? this is all so new to me........

 

[six_eclectic_chickens]

I don't think she'd be egg bound if she laid an egg the day before. One of our hens didn't lay for several days, but she's older, and we figured she was just winding down production. She then suddenly looked obviously out of sorts (standing stock still and not eating), and after checking all over the internet, we decided she was probably egg bound. So we followed all the good directions on this website and others. The next day she laid an egg, and she's been fine ever since.
Sorry, I don't know what could have killed your hen so suddenly.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. So sorry about your hen.

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC

So sorry about your hen

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us. So sorry about your loss

 

[redsoxs]

Hello and welcome from Kansas! I am sorry to hear you lost a bird! Best of luck finding the cause.