Single hen

[organic_chick]

Purchased our first chickens last November and everything seemed to be going like a dream until today. One of our three chickens was very quiet and must have spent the day on the nestbox in our eglu as we found an egg laid in the run, when I picked her up she had what looked like sick hanging from her beak so I put her in a box and brought her inside, within minutes she seemd to have a fit and sadly passed away. The other two seem fine at time of writing and we are baffled as to what caused her death, the only reason we can think of is that last Sunday we put weed & feed on our lawn which says that children & pets do not need to be excluded but as a precaution we have kept them off the grass for 4 days following rain. We let them out on the grass yesterday and sadly Henny Penny died today, has anybody else experienced this or similar problems.

[chelsea]

So sorry to hear about Henny Penny, what a shock for you.

 

Chickens hide their illnesses very well and can go downhill quite quickly. She might have been "under the weather" for some time but not showing signs of illness. Chickens can die from weak hearts/heart attacks, respiratory infections, infections related worms etc etc (there are quite a few diseases) so I wouldnt worry too much it is something you might have done.

 

Have you wormed your chickens recently? If not it might be worth routinely doing this from now on, I am a big believer in worming to keep hens healthy.

[iar fach goch]

We lost our first last Sunday, she too went very quickly, did not display any signs of ill health until Sunday morning and was gone mid afternoon. She was feeling very sorry for herself and also appeared to have some kind of fit, and then was gone. A big shock.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm really sorry to hear about Henny Penny . It's almost certainly nothing you did wrong, don't blame yourself.

[Cooks]

so sorry

[Groovychook]

Very sorry to hear your news xx

[organic_chick]

Thanks for reply, tried to get some wormer for chicks but can only find a wormer for pigeons which the supplier says will do just as well, not sure if he's right can you recommend a worming product.

 

Thanks to all who responded good to know that theres plenty of advice and sympathy out there

 

So sorry to hear about Henny Penny, what a shock for you.

 

Chickens hide their illnesses very well and can go downhill quite quickly. She might have been "under the weather" for some time but not showing signs of illness. Chickens can die from weak hearts/heart attacks, respiratory infections, infections related worms etc etc (there are quite a few diseases) so I wouldnt worry too much it is something you might have done.

 

Have you wormed your chickens recently? If not it might be worth routinely doing this from now on, I am a big believer in worming to keep hens healthy.

[organic_chick]

Everybody says not to blame yourself which is good advice but you can't help wondering why she died - we have decided to put it down to experience and hope our other two chicks live a long and productive life

 

We lost our first last Sunday, she too went very quickly, did not display any signs of ill health until Sunday morning and was gone mid afternoon. She was feeling very sorry for herself and also appeared to have some kind of fit, and then was gone. A big shock.

[quickcluck]

I think lots of people use flubenvet which you give for 7days and repeat every 3 months. there is no egg withdrawal period. It can only be purchased from the net though. But it arrives very quickly