CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV — 6:30 AM NO FOWL PLAY in yesterday’s death! A cause of death has been determined: cardiac infarction due to stress from unknown sources.
Extreme heat in the coop is a possibility as is change of schedule, bullying among the old hens, the death some weeks ago of Pauline Pullet and the disappearance of the silkie hen. According to this article, there is a reason chickens are called chickens, everything upsets them. http://poultryone.com/articles/stress-html. This morning, all ten surviving birds are accounted for and three eggs have been produced.
Until there is more news in the barnyard, we are through broadcasting. Have a sunny, stress-free day.
