I really like that you bring up all aspects of the farm life and doesn't cover up "imperfect" things like thses. With pages like Instagram etc. it seems like everyone is always presenting their perfect life. I like that you take things in a different direction! Keep up the good work. Hilsen Søren fra Danmark :)

I know that this was posted 4 years ago, but I just lost my beautiful Bielefelder too to a heart attack in front of me...

Just happened to my rooster yesterday🙁he was eating, fine. I went to fill their waterers, heard a weird strangled crow, and found him flat in the dirt, legs stretched out behind him. I called his name and he made a cluck cluck and faded right away in my arms. I tryed squeezing his chest, but no response. I am so sad. He was about 7 years old. Best rooster I've ever had. Calm, gentle, and always on the lookout to portect the hens. Raised him from an egg.🥚🐣😞

I had this happen on Saturday with one of my hens. She was fine the night before. I really appreciate you taking the time to talk about your experience.

I also have seen this happen and is shocking to see when you do not know what is happening, but after raising chickens for a long while now it does happen from time to time.

Thanks for the video, I was feeding someone else’s flock today when this happened to the largest hen in the flock. At first I thought it was starvation; I was actually there to feed my own 4 chickens (in a chicken tractor in a shared yard), and noticed these other hens had been out of food for a week. Thus, it’s possible they were fighting over the food before this one died. Anyway, yes she fell over, and all I saw was that she was flapping her wings and kicking her feet for about one minute. I tried to help her, but her neck was already limp while this was going on. It was quite a shock!

Sad to see the cute hen dead..... my hen Monique died of a heart attack in 2022. She was very healthy or I could say she was fat. The veterinary guy cut her open for post-mortem and confirmed it was a heart attack. Take care of these birds you've got a precious breed as it seems from the outlook of poor dead hen

I have chickens all my life, and similar things are happening to them. You have a good channel keep up the good work.

I'm not a farmer but I'm learning more about animals from your channel in a couple of weeks of random watching than I have in 55 years. It's all extremely interesting and outside the norm. Please keep this up as long as you continue to enjoy it.

So sorry for your loss. :( One morning a few years ago, I went out to let my Ameraucana chickens out of their coop only to find my head rooster was dead. No predators, the other chickens were fine, necropsy was inconclusive; I think that he also had a heart attack. It is very disturbing to lose an animal, especially like that.

Good luck with the new blood line. My grandmother used to say chickens and rabbits go down quick. Love videos. 👍

Thank you very much for your comments on finding your chickens dead...and the probable cause. I am only 2 years into having chickens and our few are more like pets than workers. Perhaps we feed them too many snacks/let them feast in garden/free roam in choice bug areas, but they are all hearty. I found my favorite hen dead laying on a portion of her wire section floor (below roosts where the poop can fall through and keep clean) and she had been fine the night before when we tucked them in. No cause could be found, and the other chickens looked worried and stressed because they watched her die. A couple of her toes were stuck in the wire, which has never happened to any of our chickens before and I have a vision that she somehow got stuck in the wire floor and struggled til her death. I have terrible guilt and grief and hope that was not the case and that she did have a heart attack or seizure and as she died, that is why it looked like her feet appeared like they were caught. Are Buff Orphingtons prone to anything like this? Also my Orphingtons seem to be in broody periods so often and we are in the city & can't have more chicks than 4-5. Sorry this is so long. You seem to be a wonderfully kind farmer. Dottie

I just saw what I thought was the most healthiest chicken (Brahma) die of what appears to be a heart attach. Was running around just fine minutes before. It was a little over a year old and was so large people always confused it with a young Turkey.

Inbred defects is what i thought too immediately. I think people should breed more for health standards than only for looks and weight performance and egg laying. I can imagine they have bred most of the domestic animals for the wrong standards, not health which should always be first on the list. Most dogs like the dachshund, the german shepard and boxer are already considered to be well beyond repair. The same often goes for livestock. I don't think it's your fault, Simeon. You have your heart in the right place and know what you're doing.

I lost my male Freedom Ranger this morning, he was almost a year old in March!! I witnessed it all happen myself this morning! I live in Tennessee, we have some cold weather currently, but nothing major!! He was fine, then he wasn't!! Sad day at this Homestead!! Sad day indeed!!! RIP - Big Bird!!!

As a relatively new backyard chicken owner, I had no idea chickens could have heartatches. I really learn a lot from your channel, thanks and keep up the great work.

That's definitely what happened to my rehabilitated hen today! She was stuff minus the neck in such a painful position, poor old hen.

I have around 20 chickens. Started with 8 3 yrs ago. Had 24 and lost 4 over the past year. I have them as pets and for eggs and could never butcher them. I think mine died from sour crop or some other blockage. I have been able to catch it early and massage the crop among other things to help them recover. But it is always very sad to find one has passed.

I wish there was a different button, I liked the video but not that your chicken randomly died. Take care and thanks for sharing!

I had two roosters do that in the same day. One died when I lifted the roof on his cage to feed him. He looked up at the top being lifted and rolled all the way over and died. While I was getting him out another one in another cage rolled over , flipped a few times and was dead. Like less than 10 minutes apart. Neither one had been sickly at all. I dumped the feed I had been feeding out and washed out everything. It wasn't like poisoning tho. They were happy L was there and perky then just died.

lost my beautiful Maggie this morning 😔😔😔 she had heart attack

Thank-you now I understand what has happen to few of my birds

I just witnessed the same thing. One of my hens came running out to the large yard. My chickens suddenly fell over, flapped her wings, looked like she was having seizures and just died, all within 30 seconds.

My neighbor just lost her chicken today he died right in front of me today the coolest chicken I've ever met Rosetta when I would come home from work she would run up to my car and the neighbor's cat very sad today have earned a huge plastic bag going to bury her tomorrow morning rest in peace Rosetta thank you for always making me smile I believe she had a heart attack sob

The same type thing just happen in front of my eyes with one of my frizzle sizzle. The problem is he didn't pass. He is not suffering and the others are offering support they are not attacking him like what happens with the weak and sick. May God be with my beautiful Black Pearl.

you should purchase a chicken difibrillator, it's powered by a 9 volt battery and has two little paddles to deliver the current to the chickens heart.

I was thinking of getting some Bielefelders this spring....now I may do more research. They are a new breed to me

My Rooster died on Feb 1. 2023

A found a chick lying almost dead outside. It couldn't move and was gasping for air. I thought it got over heated and gave it some glucose water to drink(just dipped the beak in water) . After a while it spat it out and died. Do you think i chocked it? It is warm outside but there are plenty of water feeders and shade. It was 5 days old and was fine in the morning. The temperature was around 88-90 degrees

I just found a dead NH Red this morning. It's skin looked white or pale to me and it's vent looked fine. No signs of being attacked by a predator either.

I just lost my leghorn today and am quiet sad as I've witnessed it and it's really sad. I called the flock to throw some feed and roamed arou d to find random eggs that have been laid.on my way back in the bushes my girl was on her back then her side flapping her wings a little and I know this was not good at all and was something like a heart attack. It happened for around 3-5 minutes. Guessing that old age often will result in a heart attack. I also hope that one a cunvilsion happens that they are unconscious by then and as bad as it looks ot not be as painful as what it seems ... A bit of a cry I'm not having such a nice day as I love my pets !

One of my Belifeilders did that too.

I just went to water and feed my broiler chickens. I watched one on it's back flapping and screaming. I flipped it over and it died instantly. Legs outstretched. Found one two days ago on it's back stretched out as well. It was cold the last 3 nights. Might have something to do with it. Broilers are full grown I. 10 weeks and barely have feathers.

Probably egg bound. Look at the vent and squeeze around area....if u feel an egg there u know

In the US there was/is an epidemic of pets dying terrible deaths (I used to work at answering service for a veterinarian hospital). Many times the food had molded at bottom of the large bag... and some had been contaminted. Many products from China tainted, even kid's toys here covered in lead. Also a few years back China had many babies die from contaminated baby formula.

Thanks. Interesting

I have my 1 year old polish chicken there we found there was nothing wrong with it it was just sitting down in the grass looking tired and weak. We put it in a separate box from the cooper with bedding and a light to just have it recover from it. We left and checked on it 5 minutes later we just find it dead could this possibly be a heart attack?

Ha name Is David I now live in Echo MN but When I was a Child I grew up in the Hills of Kentucky Wear on my Grandma's homestead She had some chickens And told Me we needed A roosting pools put in to keep the stress down I felt she was nuts But in you put in your hen house Long poles about 5FT to 10 FT long a few feet off the ground tow or three one in front of the other about 1 ft apart and as said the first one about two to three feet from the ground and the other a foot hi'er and the next 1 foot hi'er then it one right in front of the other it keeps the stess down gives them a pecking order at less a set of two at a bare minnem but that is what it looks you need is roosting pools put in about 1 inch to 2 inch round stack.......try that

I had that happen to one of my hens recently but she just dropped dead without any symptoms of pain.

Just now it happened to my older dominique rooster. I heard flapping and squawking, went to see what was going on, and the rooster was huddled in a heap with te hens acting freaked out. I had it happen to a hen of the same flock several weeks ago. And several years ago, I had a big white rooster who had apoplexy mid stride, dropped dead.

If you give them very cold water and it's very cold outside they will have a heartatack so watch out

I love your channel I watch it whenever I get the time I own 22 to 25 hen and one massive mixed breed rooster he weighs about 13 pounds but he is very aggressive I have to carry a wooden broom handle just to clean out the coop I also raise my own chicken and turkeys and I let them out loose to eat and play my turkeys were not afraid of me and I was able to just walk over to them and pick them up same with the meat chickens I learned how to kill and process them by watching channels like yours so please keep up the good work

Too bad, you must have to deal with that on a farm all the time! Hope my favorite cow Sally is doing OK. We look forward to your videos, the quality is great. Thank You, Stay Safe, Vinny

Very sorry to hear your rooster kicked the bucket. On a brighter note I am sure he'll make a good roast ? Hope you can recover from your grievance. Kind regards.

Thank you for the info. I'm planning on picking up some chicks in a day or two for the first time in YEARS. I was leaning toward some of the larger breeds...Orpingtons or Marans. Not any more! I also live in a subtropical climate in the U.S. and don't want to worry about them getting overheated.

What to you do with a dead bird?

wtf is there a chicken ad

Can you still eat that chicken after his heart attack?

chickens really do not like stress just like we do not like it

That's what happened to my pet chicken Ruby over 2 years ago. Did you take him to the vet?

I'm certainly not a bird expert by any means, but isn't there a chance it's the avian influenza?

I do a lot of kneecaps on chickens and roosters. I seen a lot of things happen like this and what it is it's electrical ground fault if you have Artesian ground water well. I would definitely get a electrical ground probe and check around see if you get any voltage readings that's the thing I see a lot with chicken just hot in the Flop over and die because little current there is will put a strain on chicken and roosters hearts.

Well seems I have my answer then all my chickens were all fine yesterday and I woke up this morning to check on them and one of my hens was just dead no signs of attack and the others didnt seem phased, more confused then anything

If you can't bleed them out right away how does that affect the meat?

I just found one of my chickens dead. No sign of attack 😢 do not know what happened Iam so heart 💔

you rock my man love to live like u one day

I’m going to have a heart attack if Sally goes. Rally for Sally, Sally stay, Sally stay.

love your show

Line breeding can exacerbate problems. Hybrid vigor is true. Also, chickens are fickle creatures. They are tough yet vulnerable. I've worked on chicken farms and those hybrid birds raised for meat grow so fast that their bodies struggle to keep up. They die of heart attacks often. Good luck!

Wow.. I am wanting to get an Orphington, Australorp, Speckled Sussex and Easter Egger, do they have heart attacks???

Not only farm live because I am farming with chikens in town

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good video, as always I like the info given. take care

What's the black-looking bird in the background around 1:45?

i have never thought of that with a chicken, im sorry things happened the way they did, i dont like to see any animal suffer.SIMEON, when do you have winter there, i see no snow there.

You have COVID 19

Sorry about your chickens. maybe they need a cardiac diet.

A little off the sub but want to share did you know the lining of the gizzard when taken off the gizzard boiled down will stop diarrhea fast when you drink it old remedies from way back

Better that it happened before you do to much breeding. Hopeful that you didn't pass on heart disease in your chickens. Just found you channel yesterday and I am enjoying watching them. Thanks.

You may wish to look up Dr. Joel Wallach online. Lots of free information. He Grew up on a Farm, Became a veterinarian, researcher, author, ND, And formulated preventive nutrients for animals and humans.

Part of it , good job....

Huh

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my chicken had a heart attack few min ago I soon sad. I not sure but she is dead

Well that's your fault

it could be beard flu