Wow, what a puzzle on the Dels. Did you autopsy any to see if it may have been an egg issue? Seems odd that it would happen three nights in a row though if it had anything to do with pol. Could they have gotten into something together and just happened die from it over a three day period? Just tossing some ideas out there............
I thought about that, too. I checked all the feed. It is all fresh. I do wonder if there was some kind of poison they could have got. I did put out mouse-rat poison. But, I threw it UNDER all the coops, where the chickens can not reach.
I have had a predator here. Don't know what. Two of my Icelandics are gone. Just gone. Not to be found anywhere.
These are the 2 left. One male and the only female.
That is not all. About 10 days ago began another "problem." I lost 3 Delaware pullets.One each night, 3 nights in a row, and each time they were found on the nest in the morning. Dead, just dead, with no marks or anything. I am frantic. The last few days I have not lost any, but each morning I go outside to let them out - I enter the coop with reluctance.
I have had no symptoms of disease. Well, I had the Barred Rock pullet with the dropped wing. That coop is furthest away from where the Delawares are - in the layers coop. No further problems in the breeder barn (where the Barred Rock pullet was).
We had a stray cat here - for a few days. It was skinny and hungry. Tyler fed it and it kept coming back. It has not been back for a week. Could it have been the cat?
I am fearful. I do know that at point of lay (which is the age of my Delawares), there is sometimes problems and death. I say that because, each one was on the nest.
It is free in Missouri. However, they don't think I have reason for one. Because "only 3 out of my high population is an acceptable loss. Actually, it is much fewer than acceptable." If I pressured them, they would do it.
Well, I totally bought into the video. I don't know how I feel about that. Nothing is what it seems these days or maybe it's just me.
Kathy, that is terrible. Had they been sleeping in the nest boxes or were they trying to lay at night or early a.m. I would be out of my mind trying to figure it out. As soon as I have Icelandic eggs I'll send you some. My little blue boy is getting his freak on these days now all I need is for the girls to start laying.
Well, I totally bought into the video. I don't know how I feel about that. Nothing is what it seems these days or maybe it's just me.
Kathy, that is terrible. Had they been sleeping in the nest boxes or were they trying to lay at night or early a.m. I would be out of my mind trying to figure it out. As soon as I have Icelandic eggs I'll send you some. My little blue boy is getting his freak on these days now all I need is for the girls to start laying.
Someone said that the difference between a City kid and a country kid is when a chicken dies, the country kid is sad but soon thinks "now I have room for more chickens"!
I have had a predator here. Don't know what. Two of my Icelandics are gone. Just gone. Not to be found anywhere.
These are the 2 left. One male and the only female.
That is not all. About 10 days ago began another "problem." I lost 3 Delaware pullets.One each night, 3 nights in a row, and each time they were found on the nest in the morning. Dead, just dead, with no marks or anything. I am frantic. The last few days I have not lost any, but each morning I go outside to let them out - I enter the coop with reluctance.
I have had no symptoms of disease. Well, I had the Barred Rock pullet with the dropped wing. That coop is furthest away from where the Delawares are - in the layers coop. No further problems in the breeder barn (where the Barred Rock pullet was).
We had a stray cat here - for a few days. It was skinny and hungry. Tyler fed it and it kept coming back. It has not been back for a week. Could it have been the cat?
I am fearful. I do know that at point of lay (which is the age of my Delawares), there is sometimes problems and death. I say that because, each one was on the nest.
