jp57
Chirping
One of my girls died yesterday and I don't know what happened. She was a buff orpington that I got in March of last year with the rest of my flock of 8. They whole flock has been doing great with the exception of one that disappeared without a trace in October (assuming a predator got her). They free range on 5 acres surrounded by hundreds of acres of cornfields. None of them had any signs of distress or sickness, but one of them was dead yesterday when I got home from work. This time of year, I am letting them out right before I leave for work as the sun is rising. I rely on my kids to close the coop and enclosure as the sun goes down before I get home. Last night when I got home, my son realized that he forgot to tend to them. He went out but came back in crying saying one was dead. I went out and she was laying on her face. I pulled her out of the coop and she didn't have a mark on her. They were all fine in the morning. When I let them out, they all follow me back to the house because I throw them some corn or other goodies. They were all out of the coop and eating yesterday, so she either went in and died sometime during the day, or after they went in at night time. I am worried that if she was sick, my other girls might me sick too, but I didn't see anything to cause any red flags. Any idea of what could have happened?
