There's been a death in the family, Klaus died today. I came over to let them out and I counted and there was only 13 so I looked in the coop and she was laying dead on the floor underneath the smaller Roost. She was already stiff and she had a full crop. So I don't know if she died sometime last night after I put her in or if she died sometime today. She was acting fine last night. Walking around normal, running, eating. She looked fine, except a spot on her back where it looked like they'd been pecking at her a bit, or possibly it was poop. I didn't look too closely but when I saw it I thought it looked like they had pecked at her. Her eyes were closed, beak shut and head down. Like she laid down then died. I guess it's possible that she could have been bitten by something. There's brown recluse spiders around here, but I wouldn't have any real way to tell if that's what happened anyway. I'm not going to do a necropsy or anything unless I lose someone else. For now I think it was just her time. She was one of the Tetra Browns I got from Tractor Supply about 2 and 1/2 years ago. One of the survivors. And now I get to tell Kyra, Klaus was her favorite.
