I was wondering if this was a coincidence or if there's something going on in my flock. I've had 2 chickens die now but about a month apart. I had the first one on her own because she wouldn't get along with anyone in the coop and she didn't lay eggs for a long time (she was a BR, one of my best layers) and she suddenly started losing weight, would fall asleep standing up and in the end just wouldn't move until we found her dead one day.
Now a month later I had another one, although she was more active at the end I noticed that yesterday she was falling asleep standing up and didn't want to move; well I found her dead in the coop just a little bit ago. The second one happened to be my other best layer (UGH!!) and she hadn't laid an egg in almost 3 months. Most of my girls are going through/getting over their molt so some of them are a little on the thinner side but boy are they active! These two were definitely different.. and the second (A leghorn) was always acting strange so I don't know if it was just those two or if it's something I should be concerned about for the rest of them. What do you all think?
Now a month later I had another one, although she was more active at the end I noticed that yesterday she was falling asleep standing up and didn't want to move; well I found her dead in the coop just a little bit ago. The second one happened to be my other best layer (UGH!!) and she hadn't laid an egg in almost 3 months. Most of my girls are going through/getting over their molt so some of them are a little on the thinner side but boy are they active! These two were definitely different.. and the second (A leghorn) was always acting strange so I don't know if it was just those two or if it's something I should be concerned about for the rest of them. What do you all think?
