Sudden Death

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Jan 28, 2020
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This morning I found a young Brahma, 6 months old dead. She had blood either around her mouth or eyes, couldnt tell since some bedding had matted to her face. She has been eating and drinking regularly and often, nice weight on her so not like she was wasting away. She was middle of the pecking order. Any ideas on what could of happened? No way any predators or anything could of gotten in? Super secure raised coop, I lock them in at night and let them out in the morning. Just really surprised, and heart broken, first death I've had to deal with since getting backyard birds 2 years ago 😭
 
I'm sorry about your pullet.
Could she have gotten into a fight with other hens? How many birds and how much space do they have when locked up?

Without necropsy, it would be hard to know what happened. If you still have the body, your state lab can run some diagnostics to see if an illness was the cause.
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html
 
I'm not sure, I don't use poisons for this reason. My wife reminded me that about a month ago she was acting kind of weird, was kind of pecking the air at flies but there were no flies because of its February..
 
I'm not sure, I don't use poisons for this reason. My wife reminded me that about a month ago she was acting kind of weird, was kind of pecking the air at flies but there were no flies because of its February..
But that was it. No gasping or acting strange. I handle the birds everyday so I would notice any changes
 
Ya I probably should of done more to see signs when i found her, I wasn't in the right headspace when I was handling her. I just hope it is something that was a one off. Really nervous for the night tonight, hoping I don't find more dead chickens in the morning 😬
 
I am so sorry! With the blood around her eyes and such, was this due to pecking? I have had experiences where the chickens have pecked each other causing certain injury and some rare cases of death. This could be caused by the environment situation and how small the living space is... Of course I could be wrong Haha. But good luck!
 

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