Sudden Hen Death help!

[123Pumpkin123]

Hello I need some help with a diagnosis...any help or advice would be appreciated!!

One of my hen's just suddenly died...I just separated her with the flock, had duramyacin ready to go in a water for her and boom she's dead! In fact, after I separated her I came in here to join this site (I've been on it before with a different user and was very happy with this site) and post a thread about it and when I went outside to take a picture she was dead.

She was a Dominique hen, around three or so, and over the last few days I noticed she wasn't herself...
Her symptoms include:
-gurgling EVERY time she breathed, also spitting and coughing occasionally
-when she drooled it was a bright yellow greenish color
-she didn't feel light, or skinny but not heavy either (will go test out if needed)
-I noticed that when I tried to hold her to see if she had worms in her throat or anything strange, her face decolored super quickly into a mulberry color
-She was standing fluffed up in a corner of the coop, refusing to roost
-Her face remained mulberry colored until her death, very shortly after I held her to see what was going on
-saw a substance at the back of her throat
-she was also I believe the egg eater of the flock (idk if that helps)


I haven't noticed any symptoms in any of the other birds, but am worried that the nostalgia I am feeling is right -a few years ago we had a outbreak in the flock, birds wilted quickly, seemingly in a never ending molt and they spit and got mulberry colored combs
I recently had chicks have cocci but its been treated and the chicken shared no common symptoms with it... For some reason I feel like it matches a disease I've read about...

Sorry for blabbing

I just hope this helps sort this out

Any advice is appreciated!!thanksssss

 

[Kiki]

Hello I need some help with a diagnosis...any help or advice would be appreciated!!

One of my hen's just suddenly died...I just separated her with the flock, had duramyacin ready to go in a water for her and boom she's dead! In fact, after I separated her I came in here to join this site (I've been on it before with a different user and was very happy with this site) and post a thread about it and when I went outside to take a picture she was dead.

She was a Dominique hen, around three or so, and over the last few days I noticed she wasn't herself...
Her symptoms include:
-gurgling EVERY time she breathed, also spitting and coughing occasionally
-when she drooled it was a bright yellow greenish color
-she didn't feel light, or skinny but not heavy either (will go test out if needed)
-I noticed that when I tried to hold her to see if she had worms in her throat or anything strange, her face decolored super quickly into a mulberry color
-She was standing fluffed up in a corner of the coop, refusing to roost
-Her face remained mulberry colored until her death, very shortly after I held her to see what was going on
-saw a substance at the back of her throat
-she was also I believe the egg eater of the flock (idk if that helps)


I haven't noticed any symptoms in any of the other birds, but am worried that the nostalgia I am feeling is right -a few years ago we had a outbreak in the flock, birds wilted quickly, seemingly in a never ending molt and they spit and got mulberry colored combs
I recently had chicks have cocci but its been treated and the chicken shared no common symptoms with it... For some reason I feel like it matches a disease I've read about...

Sorry for blabbing

I just hope this helps sort this out

Any advice is appreciated!!thanksssss

Sorry for you loss.
Can you send her for a necropsy?

 

[123Pumpkin123]

Sorry for you loss.
Can you send her for a necropsy?

Its a good idea, but I don't think I could afford it at the moment (but of course, if I notice any other birds showing symptoms, ill definitely consider it. Otherwise, I could have a family member of mine do a surgery of some sort to see if it matches last time we had a weird breakout-thanks for the advice!

If anything, I am praying this is something common or not contagious; of course there's wild birds by our house so idk if they could carry something

 

[Kiki]

The "last time" was it something deadly and seriously contagious?
If so..it could still be on you property.

 

[Kiki]

@BantyChooks

Could this be Mareks?

 

[BantyChooks]

Possibly. See symptoms list below.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq

 

[123Pumpkin123]

Last time this happened it spread at a decent pace, so it was indeed contagious striking mostly roosters though lot of hens lasted longer but still died. I remember treating with corid at one point but I know it wasn't coccidiosis ( unless coccidiosis weakened their immune system first)

 

[123Pumpkin123]

Possibly. See symptoms list below.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq

ok awesome thanks!

 

[Kiki]

Last time this happened it spread at a decent pace, so it was indeed contagious striking mostly roosters though lot of hens lasted longer but still died. I remember treating with corid at one point but I know it wasn't coccidiosis ( unless coccidiosis weakened their immune system first)

So you did not have a necropsy done last time?

 

[BantyChooks]

Last time this happened it spread at a decent pace, so it was indeed contagious striking mostly roosters though lot of hens lasted longer but still died. I remember treating with corid at one point but I know it wasn't coccidiosis ( unless coccidiosis weakened their immune system first)

That sounds quite like Marek's. I suggest a necropsy ASAP.