LIGHT BRAHMA HEN SUDDENLY DIED!!

[poultry person]

Hi

If her abdomen was bloated then it sounds like she had ascites which is a build up of fluid in the belly. There are a number of things that can cause it but in a larger bird like a Brahma, it may be related to her diet. What do you feed them including treats and how many do you have in your flock? How old was she and how old are your roosters? Stress from over mating can cause other illness issues and it is one of the prime causes of Marek's outbreaks in my experience.... nothing to suggest this is Marek's with this girl but you also can't rule it out. The only way to know for certain what she died of it t send her off for a professional necropsy but if you can't do that for whatever reason and you are not too squeamish, you could cut her open yourself and see if there is anything unusual. If you do, take photos of all her internal organs.... pay particular attention to the colour and texture of her liver and how much fat there is in her body.
My gut feeling is that she probably died from Fatty Liver Haemorrhagic Syndrome where the liver becomes unstable and eventually ruptures.

Ok. She was a year and the roos are still cockerels until December, I have a flock of fourteen and she was the only Brahma.

 

[poultry person]

Sounds to me like she may have been egg bound.

What does that mean exactly?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

it means that (very short un-scientific)she got a eggs stuck in her.

 

[poultry person]

it means that (very short un-scientific)she got a eggs stuck in her.

Ohh...