\n\n| <\/th>\n | Frequency<\/th>\n | Why<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Predators<\/td>\n | 8.6<\/td>\n | Hawks, foxes, raccoons, dogs etc.<\/p>\n can kill poultry unless housing and yards are fully secured.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Diseases<\/td>\n | 7.9<\/td>\n | Illnesses like coccidiosis, marek’s disease, respiratory infections spread quickly and must be prevented.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Extreme weather<\/td>\n | 7.1<\/td>\n | Chickens are vulnerable to heat stroke, dehydration, freezing and weather trauma without proper shelter.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Injuries<\/td>\n | 6.8<\/td>\n | Cuts, bruises, fractures from fights or falls can become infected without timely medical attention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Parasites<\/td>\n | 6.5<\/td>\n | Internal worms and external lice\/mites sap nutrition and health leading to immuno-suppression.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Equipment failure<\/td>\n | 6.3<\/td>\n | Loss of heat, lack of food\/water from mechanical issues causes rapid mortality in many cases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Starvation<\/td>\n | 5.9<\/td>\n | Not providing adequate balanced diet specific to stage of life leads to malnutrition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Egg binding<\/td>\n | 5.7<\/td>\n | Retained eggs can cause deadly peritonitis within 1-2 days without intervention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Old age<\/td>\n | 5.5<\/td>\n | Most chickens only live 2-5 years, often passing of age-related diseases or organ failure.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Poor nutrition<\/td>\n | 5.3<\/td>\n | Lack of dietary essentials from incorrect or contaminated feed causes developmental issues.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Genetic defects<\/td>\n | 5.1<\/td>\n | Inherited flaws from inbreeding result in physical abnormalities and premature death.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Stress<\/td>\n | 4.9<\/td>\n | Overcrowding, noise, handling causes immunosuppression making chickens prone to illness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Lack of vaccination<\/td>\n | 4.7<\/td>\n | Many deadly poultry diseases like Newcastle’s disease can be prevented through vaccination.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Toxins\/poisoning<\/td>\n | 4.5<\/td>\n | Improper substances used in or near coop\/run like cleaning chemicals, pesticides or molds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Breeding complications<\/td>\n | 4.3<\/td>\n | Egg binding, calcium deficiency, infections in brooding hens endanger chick development.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Predator stress<\/td>\n | 4.1<\/td>\n | Witnessing attacks traumatizes flocks and weakens natural immunity to secondary threats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Mites\/lice infestation<\/td>\n | 3.9<\/td>\n | Heavy parasite burden drains blood and poisons skin if long-term, killing vulnerable birds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Equipment injuries<\/td>\n | 3.7<\/td>\n | Sharp wires, improper handling tools cause lacerations that easily become life-threatening.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Eye diseases<\/td>\n | 3.5<\/td>\n | Conjunctivitis, pox lesions on combs\/wattles leave birds vulnerable to predator attacks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Frostbite<\/td>\n | 3.3<\/td>\n | Extreme cold weather exposures causes toe\/foot necrosis which is rarely successfully treated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Sudden weather change<\/td>\n | 3.1<\/td>\n | Thunderstorms, wind storms induce panic heart attacks in unprotected birds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Improper lighting<\/td>\n | 2.9<\/td>\n | Inadequate daylight prevents natural rhythms and causes blindness\/weakness issues.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Wet conditions<\/td>\n | 2.7<\/td>\n | Soggy coops encourage hypothermia and life-threatening scaly leg mite infections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Poor air quality<\/td>\n | 2.5<\/td>\n | Ventilation issues cause ammonia poisoning as well as fungal\/bacterial respiratory disease.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Cannibalism<\/td>\n | 2.3<\/td>\n | Pecking order issues arise from overcrowding, injuries and deficiencies causing injury\/death.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Hail\/lightning<\/td>\n | 2.1<\/td>\n | Storm strikes and electrical injuries are unpreventable occasional tragedies for flocks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Sanitation issues<\/td>\n | 1.9<\/td>\n | Unclean coops spreads diseases, poisoned feed leads to entire flock Die-offs without warning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Brooder fires<\/td>\n | 1.7<\/td>\n | Overheating lamp fixtures or wiring can ignite wood shavings, killing all chicks inside.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| Human error<\/td>\n | 1.5<\/td>\n | Mistakes in medication dosage, water sanitation, butchering techniques result in accidental deaths.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now I know what y’all come here for – you wanna know why your feathered friends occasionally leave this here mortal coil. And believe me, I’ve seen my share of chickens kick the bucket over the years. One time, back when I was just a rookie on the farm, I thought it’d be a bright […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |