Sudden death

[ItsjustMxrgan]

Last night I was doing my daily night-check and found my chicken peanut lying on the ground unable to walk (( legs stretched out and wings too )) She was making a croaking noise as she was breathing.. she was perfectly fine 2 hours ago! She showed no signs of anything wrong till last night. I tried to get her up and give her some things to boost her. When I got her to stand up her legs would split and she would fall back on her side. I tried to feel for anything like a stuck egg but I couldn’t feel anything. There was nothing else I could do. So I just prayed and hoped everything would be fine in the morning..

Anyways skip to morning and she’s dead
I really need help finding out what could’ve made her die so sudden and that she won’t spread it to the rest of the flock.

Thanks

 

[nuthatched]

I'm sorry you lost your hen.
It likely wasn't contagious.
You can perform a necropsy if you want and have the stomach for it

 

[bhaugh]

The only way you would know as mentioned is either send the bird to State lab or do yourself. Have your birds been vaccinated for anything?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Does this sound like a choking incident to anybody? The croaking, limbs outstretched in distress?

 

[ItsjustMxrgan]

Does this sound like a choking incident to anybody? The croaking, limbs outstretched in distress?

At the time I thought of that too and checked her throat for any blockage but there was nothing…
I looked up what it might’ve been and it said it could be that she had fluid in her lungs

 

[ItsjustMxrgan]

The only way you would know as mentioned is either send the bird to State lab or do yourself. Have your birds been vaccinated for anything?

When I bought her as a chick the store said they were vaccinated. She’s 2 years old now and had never been sick before till now.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

At the time I thought of that too and checked her throat for any blockage but there was nothing…
I looked up what it might’ve been and it said it could be that she had fluid in her lungs

Wow, poor thing. But one still wonders how that happened.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Does this sound like a choking incident to anybody? The croaking, limbs outstretched in distress?

@ItsjustMxrgan
I had a chicken that had these conditions, croaking, gasping, (I forgot if it was pale or a deep red color) irregular colored comb. She was crouching though, and waddling in distress. She had fluid in her lungs.
Another one was choking on a ‘rope’ of long grass she’d eaten. She had the same conditions, except her movements were limited because she was in the ‘sick hen’ cage.