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[Clauclau]

This afternoon, I found my Rode Island red dead. No sign of injury., and no sign of her being sick. She was very friendly and I could pick her up and pet her anytime. When I lift her up to check her well all over, a pale yellowish orangy liquid kept coming out of her break. I had never heard of sour crop, but after reading about it, I'm wondering if that was the problem. Is it contagious between chickens?

 

[DemeterAD9]

The only sure way to figure out why something died is to do a necropsy. You can send them in to be done but you can also do it yourself and rule out a few common causes if you know what to look for.

Sour crop is not contagious though. And leaking from the mouth could very well be normal assuming she had a crop full of food/water and you were manipulating the body just so. If she was not displaying any odd behaviors prior I would think it was something more like a heart attack or fatty liver leading to hemorrhaging of the liver and then death.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How old wss she? I'm sorry for your loss.