bantamlover3
Hatching
- Aug 6, 2016
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I had 9 hens (2 dutches, 3 silkie mixes, and 4 silkies) that were all over a year old. We bathed (first tub was a little bit of soap in the water, second tub was plain water, and last tub water with a little bit of vinegar) and dusted them with sevin (they had some mites) and sold the 3 silkie mixes. So far they seem to be fine with the other owners. About a week after the bath and dusting one of our dutches started sitting in the coop all day. We thought she was just brooding but the next day we found her dead in the coop. After that all the other chickens seemed to be doing fine but about a week later we went out to find one of our silkies dead. She had seemed healthy before and hadn't seemed to show any signs of sickness before dying. Right now the other chickens seem healthy but we don't know. What is wrong with them? There are squirrels that come in and eat their food I don't know if that could have given them a disease? Is there anything we can do? Please help