Hen just died

[nroubo]

One of our flock of 10 RI Red crosses was in the nesting box tonight, so my husband pulled her out and she started "throwing up" a clear watery fluid. She was very lethargic and weak, but otherwise looked healthy. Suddenly, she started to struggle a bit, so my husband set her on the ground and then she had a seizure and died. Any ideas of what might have been wrong? The rest of the flock looks fine, but so did she up until this evening.

 

[americana-lover]

i have no idea, but im crazy sorry for your loss!

 

[Mskayladog]

So sorry for your lose.
How old was she. Had she been acting .

 

[nroubo]

We got her in June and she was 18 weeks, so she was less than a year old. We didn't notice any odd behavior until tonight. When he went out to close up the coop, my husband found her in a nesting box. They don't go in them at night, so he picked her up and she was throwing up. It was so hard to watch!

 

[casportpony]

One of our flock of 10 RI Red crosses was in the nesting box tonight, so my husband pulled her out and she started "throwing up" a clear watery fluid. She was very lethargic and weak, but otherwise looked healthy. Suddenly, she started to struggle a bit, so my husband set her on the ground and then she had a seizure and died. Any ideas of what might have been wrong? The rest of the flock looks fine, but so did she up until this evening.

That's just part of the dying process. Necropsies for CA residents are free, Maryland has a reasonable fee for out of state poultry. Maybe you could send her to a lab?