Silkie gasping for breath open mouth with drop of blood in beak.

[Anitaw]

Our silkie who recently hatched 8 chicks 2 weeks ago was floppy and gasping with open mouth when I went to check her this morning. She had a slight drop of blood on her beak. Next then she started jerking around the hen house and died all of a sudden. She was such a good mother and it was very sudden. Any clues on what it was and will I need to check the chicks?

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Our silkie who recently hatched 8 chicks 2 weeks ago was floppy and gasping with open mouth when I went to check her this morning. She had a slight drop of blood on her beak. Next then she started jerking around the hen house and died all of a sudden. She was such a good mother and it was very sudden. Any clues on what it was and will I need to check the chicks?

I would check all the chicks very carefully, and clean out the hen house. This is very strange and I'm sorry this was has happend