Well a few weeks ago I went down to let the chooks out one morning & dead on the coop floor was a Wyandotte hen! All the chooks had been acting healthily & were not showing any signs of illness or disease. I know chooks can die at any age & from minor issues to major ones. I buried it in the woods. Then about 3 weeks later I let the chooks out & went to feed the goats & there was another dead Wyandotte hen! She just died & was super healthy looking???
So, being Sunday we bagged her & put her in the freezer. Immediately Monday I contacted the NC Animal Laboratory & chatted with their chicken expert. He said to only ever place them in the refrigerator as freezing eliminates several tests they can do. He said that by the sounds of it, the stress of going into winter was the cause.... the lessening of the daylight hours mostly. So we are to monitor them closely, feed them vitamins (leafy vegetables) & talk to them!
Since then the chooks still appear to be healthy & fine & the leg laying numbers have been between 10 - 16 which is great!
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