keggimann
Hatching
- Nov 14, 2018
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Hi,
I'm looking for some advice or answers. I came home yesterday evening and 5 of our chickens were dead in the coop. There was no sign of trauma - no blood - and it did not look like a predator breeched the fencing around the coop/run. All of our birds looked fine that morning except they were still on the roost and not outside when I left for work about 7:30 am. It's was really cold but we have a heat lamp in the coop so I figured they were staying in out of the cold. Out of 17 total chickens, 5 of them died. 4 of the 5 were about 6 months old and have not laid an egg yet. The other was an older bird who had lost most of her feathers (we attributed this to rooster mounting). The other chickens and rooster (now 6 months old) we bought in July with these younger birds appear to be OK as well as all of our other older birds and rooster. I am baffled at what could have happened to them and am seeking some answers, ideas or solutions so this doesn't happen again. Thanks for you help.
Kelly
I'm looking for some advice or answers. I came home yesterday evening and 5 of our chickens were dead in the coop. There was no sign of trauma - no blood - and it did not look like a predator breeched the fencing around the coop/run. All of our birds looked fine that morning except they were still on the roost and not outside when I left for work about 7:30 am. It's was really cold but we have a heat lamp in the coop so I figured they were staying in out of the cold. Out of 17 total chickens, 5 of them died. 4 of the 5 were about 6 months old and have not laid an egg yet. The other was an older bird who had lost most of her feathers (we attributed this to rooster mounting). The other chickens and rooster (now 6 months old) we bought in July with these younger birds appear to be OK as well as all of our other older birds and rooster. I am baffled at what could have happened to them and am seeking some answers, ideas or solutions so this doesn't happen again. Thanks for you help.
Kelly