Please help! 2 healthy pullets passed away out of nowhere

[Eggcessive]

Usually if you refrigerate the body in 2 plastic bags or keep the body cold not frozen in a cooler, you can transport the bodies M-F to the labs, or ship them overnight via Fedex. Some labs will email a shipping label for that. It is always less to take them in person. I and others do home necropsies, which are not as complete, since lab testing is sometimes needed. If you ever need to do a home necropsy, take pictures of the major organs (liver, intestines, oviduct, heart, etc,) and post pictures here. Here is a good video of a vet necropsy where organs are identified:

 

[Hloren]

Usually if you refrigerate the body in 2 plastic bags or keep the body cold not frozen in a cooler, you can transport the bodies M-F to the labs, or ship them overnight via Fedex. Some labs will email a shipping label for that. It is always less to take them in person. I and others do home necropsies, which are not as complete, since lab testing is sometimes needed. If you ever need to do a home necropsy, take pictures of the major organs (liver, intestines, oviduct, heart, etc,) and post pictures here. Here is a good video of a vet necropsy where organs are identified:

Thank you for the information!

 

[Hloren]

Sounds like a Crop Issue and perhaps something reproductive. (Fluid/Gas in the crop can cause respiratory distress in certain situations).

I'm sorry for your losses. If you lose another, then having a necropsy will give you the best information.

I thought it was sour crop at first but that doesn’t kill them that fast?
All the videos I watched on it said 24 hour food/ water fast before starting meds.

 

[Hloren]

I meant from a live bird as it may show something they had.

I will try that thank you.

 

[Debbie292d]

I will try that thank you.

You're right they don't die suddenly from a crop issue, especially not two or three of them within a week.

I suspect coccidiosis or something else silent with few symptoms, like worms. I'm at a loss as you should be seeing more symptoms I'd think. Are any looking or feeling skinny or underweight? No strange poop? No bubbles in anyone's eyes?

The deaths with silkies we have around here with no symptoms were mostly being hit in the head, either self inflicted in one case, or pecked in the head in two others. When we find a perfectly fine silkie laying in the yard or breeding pen, dead, we have to assume it got pecked in the head. It's like two a year out of 50 some. There was another with symptoms of liver disease (per vet) that we put down.

 

[PopoMyers]

I've had birds just drop dead with no prior symptoms. Sudden death syndrome. It's sadly part of raising chickens.