Six week old chick died (not sure cause)

[kris13]

All of ours (sixteen before this) are the same age, this was our dark brahma. She was fine this morning, nothing remotely out of the norm. All were eating / bopping around, no worries at all. Came home, she was gone. No sign of illness or anything. The only thing my husband said was she looked a little trampled, some blood on her butt, but a few of the others were sitting on her when he found her, so maybe that was a post-mortem thing? Just never have had a healthy (to us) chick not make it the four-five hours we were gone. They're in their enclosed pen, plenty of space per chick. Hadn't noticed anyone picking on anyone recently minus a few "who's top chick" but she was never involved in those.

 

[LaFleche]

I am sorry you lost her.

Was it this particular chick that had already been pecked before by the others? https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...away-from-the-heat-lamp.1458867/post-24295716

 

[kris13]

I am sorry you lost her.

Was it this particular chick that had already been pecked before by the others? https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...away-from-the-heat-lamp.1458867/post-24295716

No, that was the wyandotte. (At least a good update for her, she has all her feathers back, separating the bullies worked out well.)