Jayden Owens
In the Brooder
- Feb 26, 2022
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Just a few hours ago, our 2 year old silkie rooster died of what I assume is a heart attack. I saw him he thrashing around on the coop camera and immediately ran out to him, he was atill moving literal seconds before I ran out to him but we were unsuccessful at bringing him back.
We still have 1 one more rooster (we had a total a 4 in all the time we've been keeping chickens, 1 was relocated, 1 drowned last September (my best baby boy), 1 is the son of the drowned rooster.
I really want to know what are the chances of this happening in pet chickens (they're our babies, we still have americauna hens who are 8 years old this year), from what I looked up it only mentioned the chances are bigger for broiler chickens, but our chickens arent raised anything like broilers.
I also want to know if there is a way to prevent the likelihood of this happening with our last rooster (he is all I have left of my baby boy I lost, and I never recovered from losing him and I dont want to lose anymore.) We're thinking of getting him checked at the vet to make sure his heart is in good condition.
We still have 1 one more rooster (we had a total a 4 in all the time we've been keeping chickens, 1 was relocated, 1 drowned last September (my best baby boy), 1 is the son of the drowned rooster.
I really want to know what are the chances of this happening in pet chickens (they're our babies, we still have americauna hens who are 8 years old this year), from what I looked up it only mentioned the chances are bigger for broiler chickens, but our chickens arent raised anything like broilers.
I also want to know if there is a way to prevent the likelihood of this happening with our last rooster (he is all I have left of my baby boy I lost, and I never recovered from losing him and I dont want to lose anymore.) We're thinking of getting him checked at the vet to make sure his heart is in good condition.