No Symptoms One Day then Dead the Next

[Rock-n-Roo]

So what could it be??

I lost a 1yr old rooster in April then in early June another roo only 20 weeks old and now a one year old pullet yesterday.

 

[Daisy668]

No signs at all? Have they been able to get to anything that is posinous to them such as Ivy, foxgloves or anything else... http://wiki.omlet.co.uk/index.php/List_of_plants_that_are_poisonous_or_harmful_to_chickens
Daisy. xx

 

[Rock-n-Roo]

As far as I know there is nothing in the field.

Thanks for the link. I will check it out.

 

[Daisy668]

Its ok. Are they old at all? Otherwise i have no idea what might have happened. I hope someone can help you.
Daisy. xx
P.S i dont think the links working soo....
The List
Alfalfa
American Coffee Berry Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Bloodroot
Bouncing Bet
Bull Nettle
Bracken or Brake Fern
Burning Bush see Fireweed
Buttercup
Carelessweed see Pigweed
Castor Bean
Clover, Alsike & Other Clovers
Cocklebur
Creeping Charlie see Ground Ivy
Crown of Thorns
Curly Dock
Daffodil (Narcissus spp.)
Delphinium (Delphinium spp.)
Devil's Trumpet see Jimson Weed
Dogbane (Apocynum spp.)
Dutchman's Breeches
Elderberry
English Ivy
Ergot
Fern, Bracken
Fireweed
Foxglove
Ground Ivy
Hemlock
Poison (Conium maculatum L.)
Water
Hemp
Horse Chestnut, Buckeyes
Horse Nettle
Horsetails
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Ivy
English
Ground
Poison
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Jamestown Weed see Jimson Weed
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc.)
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson Weed
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Kentucky Mahagony Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Klamath Weed see St. Johnswort
Lamb's Quarters
Lantana
Larkspur (Delphinium spp.)
Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis)
Lupine
Mad Apple see Jimson Weed
Mayapple
Milkweed, Common
Mint, Purple
Nicker Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Nightshade
Oleander
Ohio Buckeye
Philodendron
Pigweed
Poison Hemlock
Poison Ivy
Poke
Purple Mint
Redroot see Pigweed
Rhododendron
Rhubarb
Squirrelcorn (Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.) see Dutchman's Breeches
Staggerweed (Dicentra spp.) see Dutchman's Breeches
St. Johnswort
Stink Weed see Jimson Weed
Stump Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sudan Grass (Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Hitchc.)
Summer Cypress see Fireweed
Thorn Apple see Jimson Weed
Tulip
Water Hemlock
White Snakeroot
Wild Onion
Yellow Sage see Lantana

 

[Michie]

This happend also to one of my girls last week. IDK what it could have been, but I almost wonder if its possibly the heat? I am in S. Tx & she was a barred rock. Since then I am putting water on the ground in one end of the run every day to cool off the ground, just in case!

 

[Daisy668]

ROck n roo... Is it hot where you are? Even if it's not do they constantly have the sun on them or can the get to shade? They don't even need it too be hot if they have the sun on them all day long and its quite powerful it can bring the weaks one down.

Hope you find out soon..
Daisy. xx

 

[AngelzFyre]

Was just going to say same thing as Michie! Could definitely be the heat and humidity!
I've lost 2 this year to heat and saved one. After that I put frozen bottled water bottles in their waterers at least once a day and more if it's really bad out. We dump the waterers every evening anyway and clorox them and refill with cool water.
This is 4th yr I've had chickens and 1st year heat has gotten to them, but I've not remembered it ever being this doggone hot...or humid before.

Sure hope you find what's causing it and I'm very sorry for your losses!!!

 

[Daisy668]

This year i've nearly lost one to the cold... but i saved it but it was close. But unfortunutly i was too late for the other chicken..

good luck to you and your chicks!
Daisy. xx

 

[Rock-n-Roo]

Thanks,

The link didn't work but I got there.

Who doesn't have clover in their field? At least here in the northwest it's as common as dandelions and grass. In fact my last brood of 50 chicks cleaned it up in their run and they are all looking good.

But I will make a thorough scan of the field and see what else is there.

 

[Daisy668]

Some on the list are a bit pointless to be honest. Fields covered with clover but chickens apparently know what they can and can't eat when it comes to plants so you don't often hear about them being poisoned. It could be heat stroke but they normally show signs for heat stroke..
Daisy. xx