Poultry Death in Adult Laying Hens

[RAGOT Emmanuel]

Hi guys. Today morning I found one of my hens dead in the coop, with its vent eaten out. I initially thought it was a predatorial attack but ruled that out when I did not find any bite or scratch marks. In the day, when picking eggs, I found another hen lying weak in the laying nest. On lifting it up, I found the hen stretching out and it died soon after getting it up. On checking the vent, it was in the process of laying an egg, which I easily squeezed out of its vent after it was dead. That's two hens in a day guys. What could the problem be? NB: I had not spotted any signs of ailment before this

 

[nedward]

You are experiencing problem referred to as vent prolapse. Kindly do sorting and cull all birds that doesn't meet the threshold i.e 3 to 4 fingers should fit between the bones at the vent area. Otherwise have your birds too on layers feed always in good time

 

[RAGOT Emmanuel]

You are experiencing problem referred to as vent prolapse. Kindly do sorting and cull all birds that doesn't meet the threshold i.e 3 to 4 fingers should fit between the bones at the vent area. Otherwise have your birds too on layers feed always in good time

Thank you