Two perfectly healthy hens drop dead within hours need help!

[Jay2017hesser]

Jay, the fact that a fair number of these birds had cross beak, and the one you pictured also has a wry tail (is this one of the ones that died?) indicates to me that they came from a flock that may have been malnourished to start with. (or bred from a bad gene pool) Unfortunately, if the parents were malnourished, the chicks already started out with one strike against them. And if the breeder had them for a while before you got them, and did not feed them properly, those chicks were doomed to a life of marginal health from the beginning. The cross beak makes it very difficult for them to eat well enough to keep their weight up, and even take in enough nutrients for proper growth and immunity development. How old were they when you got them?

Both of the chickens came from two different flocks the majority of my chickens come from Tractor Supply which get them from Moyer's Hatchery near me. The Swedish flower hen that I got was from a reputable breeder and I also have five other healthy chickens from her. The one in the picture is one that died I had gotten eight of those and sold 7 of them right away to my Mexican friends I kept her because she was the one in the worst condition she had not one feather on her body just on her head she was always a real b**** to keep clean I had to bathe her every week and I watched her put on the pounds despite the crossbeak she did not have any problems eating I had a cross beak that I had to feed with an eyedropper for a while definitely not keeping or getting any more chickens with cross beak not even if they're free and I'm trying to rescue them from poor conditions!

 

[Jay2017hesser]

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As you see my flock are all perfect besides that one in the pic...I saw potential in that white one to breed with an asil I have...wanted to breed out the crossbeak. My friend who breeds oriental chickens saw her potental

 

[Sara Ranch]

Have you treated EVERYONE with Corid?

Have you treated EVERYONE for worms?

*hugs* It hurts to loose a chicken.

 

[Jay2017hesser]

Have you treated EVERYONE with Corid?

Have you treated EVERYONE for worms?

*hugs* It hurts to loose a chicken.

Every body was wormed a week ago and everyone except my chicks on my deck over an acre away and my extra rooster pen which is 2 acres away. I just got the corid will do my roos in the morning....is corid really safe for my 7 week old isa brown pullets?

 

[Jay2017hesser]

Every body was wormed a week ago and everyone except my chicks on my deck over an acre away and my extra rooster pen which is 2 acres away. I just got the corid will do my roos in the morning....is corid really safe for my 7 week old isa brown pullets?

Thx for huggs...I lost one of 2 of my brabanter chicks...expensive! Also a few weeks ago...he drown in my toilet! Lots of tears for this grown man! My chickens are what keeps me alive!

 

[micstrachan]

So sorry for your loss. My first thought is poison of some kind. Any idea where it could have come from? Or are you quite certain it was coccidosis?

 

[Isaac 0]

I have bought two dozen chickens but I also have adopted over another dozen and I'm constantly taking in dozens and dozens of chickens and putting them on pens several Acres away from my flock and I rehome them for free or a charge a fee depending on the condition of the chicken and how long I had to feed them and care for them and make sure they were healthy before I rehouse them

Are you doing a One/Two Month Quarantine on the new birds?

 

[Jay2017hesser]

So sorry for your loss. My first thought is poison of some kind. Any idea where it could have come from? Or are you quite certain it was coccidosis?

I'm not 100% sure of anything...doubt anyone could have been on my property to poison them...I have a big ass dog and neighbors know better than to come on property without calling first...almost shot a neighbor who was drunk one night and was stumbling around. Hawks and foxes have learned too lol

 

[Jay2017hesser]

Are you doing a One/Two Month Quarantine on the new birds?

I haven't added new chickens to my flock in 3 months I have 3 coop spaced out on 5 acres and a brooder on my deck. All newcomers go in a dog run for a month then i sell the ones I'm not keeping and move the keepers to a coop farthest away...then after a month or longer when I have a small group I integrate them to my large flock or into my breeder coop if of good quality

 

[Sara Ranch]

Whether the chickens are in a run or free ranging, any and all of them can have internal worms and coccidious.

It can easily be found in flocks that are far apart (distance wise).

Although I hate doing this, I do it anyway. I adopt animals that need a new home, including roosters. When the new chickens come in, they are usually quarantined for 4 weeks and treated for worms and for coccidious regardless of whether they show any symptoms.

Most chickens are symptom free of many of the possible ailments. When they finally show symptoms that tell us, the humans, something is wrong, the chicken is making travel arrangements to go to chicken heaven.

Sometime the chickens leave without saying goodbye!

Anyways - point is the chickens, despite our very best efforts to keep them super healthy and happy, can get something like worms. They get bad stuffs from eating bugs, worms, grass, etc. Visiting or flying by animals/birds can also share bad stuff with our chickens. I cringe every time I see one of my chickens slurp down an earthworm. I think - roundworms or coccidous. I wonder if they are getting one of those ickies from the earthworm they just ate!

Yesterday? I saw one of my chickens nibbling on a potato plant. Normally, they leave the bad stuff alone. I don't know if they were just tasting it or if they decided it was tasty. *sigh* Potato plants are toxic to chickens.

All kinds of things could result in the chickens moving to heaven suddenly. Even a stupid move on the chickens part by eating something that is toxic to them.

We do the best that we can for our chickens (and other pets.) I treat everyone - all of my flocks - regularly. It's not up to me whether they get something icky or not, but it is my responsibility to treat them all.

*hugs*

And uhmm, STRONGLY recommend you leave the seat down when you finish in the bathroom! Or close the bathroom door so the chickens can't get in there. I never thought about a chicken drowning that way, but it's a good reason to keep the doors closed! Yes, I too, have some chickens in the house.