trouble breathing

[luckybutterfly]

I had a flock of 5 chickens for over 2 years, doing great. Went out 4 days ago and found one dead. No symptoms the day before. Now today I went out and one is having trouble breathing. standing not moving much. I read through a bunch of thread on this site, and thought it was impacted crop, as my grandkids were here 3 days before the death and were feeding them grass and weeds. I didn't know long stringing grasses could get caught in crop. So I massaged her crop several times throughout the day, but nothing came out, and gave her eye droppers of water with baking soda. she still died a few minutes ago. does this usually result in death this quickly? and is there more I can do? The other 3 seem to be doing ok, am watching closely, they are eating and drinking right now.

 

[GitaBooks]

I'm sorry to hear that.

No, that doesn't sound like a crop problem. The weeds may have had chemicals on them, however. This sounds dangerous, I hope some one else can tell you what it may be. Is it hot there?

 

[luckybutterfly]

Yes, it is hot here, high 80's, but they have lots of water and shade. The other 3 are ok so far, I keep checking often.