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Hi,
Up until 3 weeks ago we had 7 lovely chooks:, 2 warrens, 3 black rocks, an amber star and a bluebell. One of the warrens (aged about 3 and 1/2) became quiet and withdrawn died within a couple of days. She didn't really have any other symptoms. About 3 days after she had died we noticed our other warren looking a bit seedy. She was vomiting and had yellow diarrhoea. When we felt her crop it was full so we self diagnosed her with sour crop and isolated her and treated her with natural youghurt and garlic for a week. She seemed to get a bit better initially but then went very quickly downhill and died. Now 2 days after she died, one of the black rocks is looking ill. She's not vomiting but has yellow diarrhoea. She's not eating but otherwise has no other symptoms. The other 4 look really well and I can't work this out. They have been wormed and de-mited. Does anyone have any ideas. We're getting very anxious about our girls.
Thanks!

If you have wormed and de-mited I should contact your vet. Call in advance to check they are happy to see a chicken. If 2 of your cats had died you would not wait to see if any more died before seeing the vet.

Even viruses can result in secondry systemic bacterial infections in hens (due to their anatomy, thin cell barriers in their gut) This can very easily kill the bird.

Chickens are often very sick before you notice any changes.

Good luck, I hope you don't lose any more

CL x