Unexpected Death

[redhen123]

Today all of a sudden one of our chickens died, it died in the /cage/fencing mid afternoon. In the morning it was eating and drinking perfectly fine but in the afternoon we found it dead. We were wondering what could have killed it, our first guess was a snake. could you please help me with your answers, THANKS

 

[silkiechicken]

Lots of things can cause a chicken to die. Could be what you suspect, a heart attack, or something you might need an necropsy to identify. Sometimes chickens just "fall over dead", especially just before laying age, or coming out of a period where they have not been laying. If she was healthy, the rest of the flock is normal, and she is an only case of drop dead for no reason, I'd not worry about it.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Lots of things can cause a chicken to die. Could be what you suspect, a heart attack, or something you might need an necropsy to identify. Sometimes chickens just "fall over dead", especially just before laying age, or coming out of a period where they have not been laying. If she was healthy, the rest of the flock is normal, and she is an only case of drop dead for no reason, I'd not worry about it.

Good post!

 

[redsoxs]

Sorry to hear about your hen...as was mentioned...sometimes a bird just up and dies. I'd monitor the rest of the flock just in case, though.

 

[drumstick diva]

what posture was she in? Sometimes chickens are found dead, on their backs - from a heart attack and they just call it "flip"

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[monita]

Greetings from Tennessee.

wishing you the best of luck with all of your chicken endeavors.

 

[kbjb123]

i have about 15 game chickens which range from 2 years to 6 months i just had one die yesterday he was up and eating fine and now not even 24 hours later another one dead both about a year abd half old . cant figure out whats going on

 

[drumstick diva]

if, you don't see any obvious injuries, or punctures - it probably wasn't due to a predator.