How to make a chicken comfortable

[chickenlittle21]

Sorry, but she did not make it. She just died, I think she was comfortable. But thank you all anyways, now I'll know what to do next time

Sorry for your loss

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. Her comb looked very dark like she was not getting enough oxygen to her heart. How old was she and what breed? Did she lay eggs? Could she have been a meat chicken? Her bumblefoot may have just been extra that she had, but her main illness may have been something more seeious.

 

[Zombie Chicken_]

Sorry for your loss. Her comb looked very dark like she was not getting enough oxygen to her heart. How old was she and what breed? Did she lay eggs? Could she have been a meat chicken? Her bumblefoot may have just been extra that she had, but her main illness may have been something more seeious.

She was around four years old and I'm pretty sure shes a Leghorn. We got her from Tractor Supply when she was a chick. She layed eggs every day, but recently most of our chickens stopped laying eggs, possibly due to the weather. We also have pigeons in our coop, which I know is a bad idea, but my parents wont listen to me about making the pigeons a separate coop. Could she have gotten a sickness from the Pigeons? Also, we live in Michigan.

 

[Eggcessive]

What respiratory symptoms did she have? Pigeons can carry canker, a disease that causes yellow lesions inside the mouth and throat. Could you see any yellow material in her beak, or smell a bac odor? If you want to try and find out what caused her death, you can either do a home necropsy to look at her internal organs, or get your state vet to do a thorough one. Many chickens at that age can get cancer, ascites, or infections of the reproductive tract. If you do your own necropsy, take pictures of the liver, intestines, and abdominal contents to post here. Here is a list of state vets to contact, and keep the body cold, not frozen:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

 

[Zombie Chicken_]

What respiratory symptoms did she have? Pigeons can carry canker, a disease that causes yellow lesions inside the mouth and throat. Could you see any yellow material in her beak, or smell a bac odor? If you want to try and find out what caused her death, you can either do a home necropsy to look at her internal organs, or get your state vet to do a thorough one. Many chickens at that age can get cancer, ascites, or infections of the reproductive tract. If you do your own necropsy, take pictures of the liver, intestines, and abdominal contents to post here. Here is a list of state vets to contact, and keep the body cold, not frozen:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

We just buried her and I do not think I could do an autopsy on her. I checked her mouth and I didnt see anything weird. I smelled her breath and it didnt smell like an infection. Ive smelled chicken infections before, I dont think I smelled anything terrible, but my memory is bad, so I might have forgotten. I'll be keeping a close eye on our chickens, well, even a more of a closer eye since predators have been targeting them recently. respiratory wise, she breathed normally, She didnt have any leaks in her eyes or nose. So I guessed nothing was wrong with respiratory wise. But she was very skinny and didnt eat or drink.