Sudden death of Guinea Fowl

[Laurie Williams]

Hello,
I feel terrible. I raised my Guinea flock myself, and there are two flocks, one I got four months ago as babies (6 of them),
and another similar flock (7) about three months ago. They live with chickens I got at the same time as first batch, and second flock I got with 4 Indian runner ducklings.
I went out to the run this morning and found one of the guineas from the first flock dead on the ground. It’s an indoor coop and run set up, off the ground with hardwire around it. No predator got in. The Guinea’s body has no trauma and wasn’t ill. None of the other birds look sick or were harmed. Only two things changed recently. 1) I added a 55 gallon stock tank filled with water as a pond for the ducks two days ago. It’s above ground requiring a ramp to get in the water.
2). The night before, I gave them celery and carrot pieces. I sliced the carrots and the seemed too big so I cut them in quarters. The celery was cut from the store but was too big so I cut them down too.
Could the Guinea have got in the pond, struggled in the water, and aspirated? He didn’t look wet at all, but may not mean much.
Could the Guinea have choked if I didn’t cut the veggies small enough? I didn’t give them anything from the nightshade family.

 

[R2elk]

I didn’t give them anything from the nightshade family

While the foliage from the nightshade family is toxic, normally fruits from the nightshade family are not toxic.

The Allium family is toxic to poultry. Alliums are garlic, onions, etc.

I would not give celery or carrots to my poultry.

Providing poultry with a balanced diet is more important than giving them "treats".

In the case of adult guinea fowl, a good balanced diet is a quality all flock feed with free choice oyster shell on the side.

The only way to know why your guinea died is to do a necropsy or have one done.

 

[someonewholovesgeese]

Hello,
I feel terrible. I raised my Guinea flock myself, and there are two flocks, one I got four months ago as babies (6 of them),
and another similar flock (7) about three months ago. They live with chickens I got at the same time as first batch, and second flock I got with 4 Indian runner ducklings.
I went out to the run this morning and found one of the guineas from the first flock dead on the ground. It’s an indoor coop and run set up, off the ground with hardwire around it. No predator got in. The Guinea’s body has no trauma and wasn’t ill. None of the other birds look sick or were harmed. Only two things changed recently. 1) I added a 55 gallon stock tank filled with water as a pond for the ducks two days ago. It’s above ground requiring a ramp to get in the water.
2). The night before, I gave them celery and carrot pieces. I sliced the carrots and the seemed too big so I cut them in quarters. The celery was cut from the store but was too big so I cut them down too.
Could the Guinea have got in the pond, struggled in the water, and aspirated? He didn’t look wet at all, but may not mean much.
Could the Guinea have choked if I didn’t cut the veggies small enough? I didn’t give them anything from the nightshade family.

they could have choked but that wouldnt make a lotof sense. maybe soak their food in some water with vitamins/electrolytes for a few minutes. it may be vitamin or electrolyte or calcium deficiency