Hen died today

[Eggcrack]

My hens are 5 yrs old and one started acting lethargic about a 2 weeks ago. She was eating and drinking but moving slowly and all buffed up. About two days later she started diarrhea and her crop wasn’t emptying. I treated her for sour crop and she seemed to perk up a bit but 2 days later she was even worse and this morning I found her dead. I looked her over when I found her and she was just bones with diarrhea on her feathers. She lost an alarming amount of weight in a short amount of time even though I saw her eating normally. Any ideas wha might have caused this? I separated her from the rest of the flick at the first signed of illness. The rest of the flock is healthy.

 

[SkyAJK]

I am sorry for your loss.
It is really a mystery how she was going through. The educators here might be able to shred some light on this.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

I'm so sorry for your loss. One starting point could be to research about internal parasites which is a big possibility, i personally do not have any knowledge on that, but I know that diarrhea, weight loss, and lethargy are all symptoms.

Coccidiosis could be another possibility that you could look into.

 

[Eggcrack]

Thanks for your ideas. Very helpful.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Thanks for your ideas. Very helpful.

Of course.