death chicken

  1. Mirrium

    Hen passing on, need help

    To give context, this morning all the hens and roosters were perfectly fine (as far as I could tell) and I hadn't noticed anything up until today either (I check them over daily). However, I went out this afternoon to find one of my broody hens laying on the floor of the coop. I didn't think to...
  2. ArtJuice

    What happened?

    Today I was going to feed my chickens when my birchen cochin bantam rooster (named "Stormy") was laying on his side nearly out of my view, next to the wall of the coop. I thought he was dead but when I went to pick him up with a trash bag he was still alive, just seemingly weak. He couldn't...
  3. M

    Hens stopped laying eggs in the box

    Hello friends, one of our hens died in a previously very popular nesting box a few months ago. Ever since all our hens have refused to lay eggs in there. We thoroughly cleaned the box multiple times but they won’t go in it. Instead they all squeeze into the remaining two nesting boxes...
  4. snkjohnson

    all 8 hens stopped laying suddenly

    Hello! I have 8 hens who have decreased in production the last couple of weeks and have laid nothing for the past few days. Light is still sufficient, water and food readily available. They are not free-range but have lots of room. Hasn't been too hot, and they have plenty of shade. Otherwise...
  5. P

    What is killing my hens? Two died, a third one seems about to.

    Hi. Sorry, this is probably going to be a really long and complicated case. If you find it too long to read, please tell me and I'll shorten it. I adopted 3 hens from my neighbour, about a month ago. Two of them died, in circumstances I'll detail later. In total, I have 7 hens. I had 9 before...
  6. MotherOfChickenss

    Random death all found in same spot

    Hi all! For the past few months I’ve found 4 chickens dead inside the coop. 3/4 have all been found in the same corner of their coop. At first I didn’t think much of it as my girls are getting old but today I found the third one in the same spot. As far as pests, I’ve never witnessed anything...
  7. Tsmith1414

    13 week old pullet suddenly died.

    Edited: all are in a covered contained run with zero free range access. 13week old Maran pullet suddenly died today. She was fine this morning eating running around. Acting like a normal chicken. No signs of sickness. We had just finished the coccidia treatment but she didn’t seem to have...
  8. 6

    What killed my hen ?

    (( CONTENT WARNING// DEAD ANIMAL PICTURE, MENTIONS OF DEATH )) if any of these topics make you uncomfortable please exit out of this post. | | | 4/4/22 yesterday my hen died from an unknown cause. I need help in figuring out what had killed her. My hen started showing symptoms of illnesses this...
  9. R

    Bantam chicken died without any signs

    I am heartbroken. My beloved frizzle bantam died today without any sign. I let all of my chickens out of the coop and into the run in the early morning. Then my husband lets them out of the run and into our large yard to free range by around 10. This morning, all went as normal until my...
  10. W

    Why did my chicken die??

    Hi all! I was so sad to discover one of my 2yr old Bielefelder hens dead in the coop this morning. Nestled into the corner at a funny angle. No signs of illness or injury previously. It looks like she fell off the roost (only 1.5 feet high) and got wedged between the feeder and the walls, OR she...
  11. CottageMamaof3

    Follow up on my dog who killed my 7 week old barred rock.

    I just wanted to write a follow up to my thread about my dog killing one of my 6 week old chicks. I'm a city girl with a country heart and now in the hill country of Texas I'm able to realize my sweet dreams of having a cottage/farm. After I watched my dog attack one of the chicks that I had so...
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  12. Y

    Help please !🙏

    My whole flock die in single night😭 I'm a newbie in this field. Please experts tell me the reason of death. I have given them onion and Cucumber in the evening. And the next day I came and see all death😭 Is it because of Onion and cucumber? The chicks are very healthy. I never thought they will...
  13. S

    my chicken died suddenly.

    Hi there, I have six chickens... some are golden brown, others are black with purple and orange tinge and two are big white ones. all about 9 months. On Monday we saw the two black ones in the same nesting box as they only want to use one and one black one is brooding, the other was trying to...
  14. Deejo20

    Mail order chick arrived sick and splayed

    The worst possible outcome other than dead chicks in the mail... I mail ordered a small batch of chicks to pad my hatched batch (only 4 hatched; I ordered 8 more). 7 were exuberant and healthy. One was splayed and sickly. It made me sad but the complicating factor is my 11 y.o. daughter...
  15. benjaminzygs

    Foxes issue

    Bad news that a fox killed 4 of my hens, 3 remain left (2 girl,1 boy) this is a tragedy to us so please respect our loved hens which we tried to raise them. I am so sorry for announcing this. and now Stephanie and Peach the remaining hens are so traumatised they are cowering in the shrubs. Got...
  16. D

    CHICK DIED SUDDENLY AND I WANT ANSWERS!!!

    Hello, So about a month ago i got baby chicks, one of them who we called Lulu was always the most lethargic one out of them since the day we got her. I noticed on day 2 that she slept a lot and didn't seem very energetic and she remained this way the majority of her life. A week later she...
  17. Scissors65

    Lost my Hen today, so heartbroken

    I just had to share, none of my non chicken owning friends would understand. I am a new chicken owner. I got my first four chickens in April 2019. Two Leghorns: Opal and Pearl and Two New Hampshire: Ruby and Scarlet. I let my girls out when I got home from work to free range the fenced in...
  18. Jajika

    Found dead this morning, no signs of distress

    I found one of my "twins", a Wheaten Aracurna, dead this morning. It appears she died in her sleep as her head tucked under her wing. I don't know what to think? Has this happened to others and your thoughts? Very sad, I love my little girls as we all do. Thanks
  19. hobbyhomesteader

    Dirty vents and deceased birds

    We've got (or had) 5 hens housed with 3 ducks. A couple of our hens have had chronic dirty vents and some diarrhea. They're housed in a huge outdoor pen (with coop inside) so it's not easy to tell who is laying or what poo looks like in great detail, but it's clear that 2 of them had diarrhea...
  20. HuskerHens18

    Are Hens More Likely To Die From Heat?

    This has been going on since May. For nearly two months my chickens have been dropping like flies. At first it was coccidia, but the deaths I always saw coming. Chickens were weak, super thin, and died within hours of these symptoms. But somewhere in that turmoil, something else began killing...
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