I found one of my Sexlink hens dead yesterday morning. I'd like to try to figure out why she died. I'm new to yardbirds ... can anyone help?
She was a one-year old that I raised - looked healthy. No discharge or wound that I could see. She was fed and watered every morning. I have always tried to keep the coop clean ... sweep out the manure as needed and new oak shavings every couple of months or so.
One of the hens had stopped laying in the last month ... maybe it was her? The rooster (Barred Rock) is pretty robust and lays down the law for the hens ... especially around the feeder and waterer (where I found her dead). Could he have killed her?
Thanks in advance for any theories you may have. I have two hens left and would like to make sure this doesn't happen again.
She was a one-year old that I raised - looked healthy. No discharge or wound that I could see. She was fed and watered every morning. I have always tried to keep the coop clean ... sweep out the manure as needed and new oak shavings every couple of months or so.
One of the hens had stopped laying in the last month ... maybe it was her? The rooster (Barred Rock) is pretty robust and lays down the law for the hens ... especially around the feeder and waterer (where I found her dead). Could he have killed her?
Thanks in advance for any theories you may have. I have two hens left and would like to make sure this doesn't happen again.