Help! Unknown death!

[BasqueLover]

Help! My sebright just died. I never could catch her she was so fast, now I could catch her easily! Her comb was blackened and her eyes were watery. And clear thick gunk was coming from her beak. Now it's yellowish tan and bubbly. Help!

 

[BasqueLover]

Also is it contagious?

 

[TwoCrows]

I am so sorry about your baby.

The only way to really know what she died of is take her fresh body and put it in a plastic bag and put her in the frig. Not freezer. Have a vet do a necropsy on her. The vet can then tell you what she died of. Yellow stuff coming out of the beak is common at the death of a chicken, so that is not an indicator what she died of. Could have been so many things.

I hope your heart heals soon.

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

Sorry about the loss

Now you need to watch the other chickens

The yellowish stuff you described in normal for a sick chicken
as it is really snot like when a little child is sick so I would put '
some Probiotic in their water just to be safe .....

gabder007

 

[roostersandhens]

So sorry about your hen

It is very sad losing chickens

As @TwoCrows said have a vet do a Necropsy, which I think are free in CA? It has been a while since the last time I needed to have a necropsy done, but I think it is free in CA.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome to BYC! Sorry about your hen.

 

[BasqueLover]

Thank you all for your support! She was my baby!

 

[drumstick diva]

very sorry about your hen