And then there were 3. The Ameracuna died this evening. I opened the coop and shortly after the Ameracuna was passed out on the lawn. I went to the feed store to get some antibiotics and in the hour I was gone it expired.
It had been so flighty and lively there were no indications of a problem. From what I could see when I inspected it (it was so weak I could handle it) it had what looked like canker sores.
The seller claims that chickens sometimes get sick due to new environments however the other 3 birds were just fine. So I wonder if the Ameracuna breeds are just not hardy as other breeds.
I'm going to put the chickens on some Duramycin (antibiotic) tomorrow as a precaution in addition to apple cider vinegar (immunity booster).
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