Sudden flock deaths…HELP!!

[Kiki]

Just over a year old. Basic layer feed but I know they also get table scraps. Not sure what and how often though.

Can he make an account here on BYC?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Ameraucanas are mutts. That's not a breed, or even an agreed hybrid.

Absolutely false. Ameraucana is an APA excepted purebred with a standard. They come in nine different color varieties.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Absolutely false. Ameraucana is an APA excepted purebred with a standard. They come in nine different color varieties.

As I have already acknowledged, I misread, and thought he was referring to Americana/Ameracana/whatever EE is being passed off in the farm store, rather than the much rarer pure breed. It not being his birds, he might be.

Or not.

and its APA "accepted" - excepted means "not included in the category or group specified."

Thanks Emma.

 

[cluckcluckhens]

High temperatures is a fact. I lost one last week we hit about 117. Make sure all the birds have fresh cold water. I changed water three times in our severe hot weather. Make sure they have shade. Ours didn't want food just water.

 

[Henny0831]

Ameraucanas are mutts. That's not a breed, or even an agreed hybrid. Unlike (for instance) the CornishX or the Golden Comet, they aren't famed for particular health issues.

Sure, it *could* be heat stress. But heat stress has symptoms - some of which match some symptoms of common chicken diseases. Claiming "no symptoms" isn't remotely helpful in answering the question posed, it just means the symptoms were most likely missed. Lethargy? Reduced Appetite? How were the poops? How were the wings held? Digging behaviors? Panting?

Ages? Diet? Where are you (and he), such that we can consider the climate? How much space do they have? Ventilation?

Too many possibilities, not enough info to armchair ER.

They are not mine so I can’t speak on what symptoms might have been missed. All I know is that he said they all seemed healthy with nothing happening out of the ordinary. He’s pretty attentive so I can’t imagine he missed something but stranger things have happened. Sorry if my original post wasn’t helpful. I was thinking maybe someone in this group may have experienced the same thing and could offer advice.

They are a year old and are fed layer feed and sometime scraps from my understanding. Last week we reached into the mid 90’s with high humidity and same for today.

They have plenty of space and ventilation.

 

[Henny0831]

Can he make an account here on BYC?

He’s not too great with the technology but I could ask

 

[Henny0831]

How hot has it been?

Last week when the first died it was mid 90s high humidity. Today high 80’s. Tomorrow we will hit triple digits with the humidity.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Last week when the first died it was mid 90s high humidity. Today high 80’s. Tomorrow we will hit triple digits with the humidity.

Do they have a pool outside for a secondary water supply?

 

[Henny0831]

Do they have a pool outside for a secondary water supply?

They don’t.

 

[MysteryChicken]

They don’t.

I'd kindly suggest that to your neighbor? I have one out in two different coops.