My Black Rhode, Skye died today, she was fine when I put them to bed last night, then this morning she didn't come out with the others this morning for breakfast and I found her inside the eglu laying on her side completely stiff.
None of them have laid eggs for about 5 months, they're 3 yrs old big apart from the no eggs they seem healthy, happily eating, drinking, we treat them for worms they have a large space for pecking around in.
No sinister looking droppings and no signs of anything that would have killed her, she was the leader of the peck so I guess they'll have to find a new order.
Will the others follow suit? I've scrubbed he eglu and put fresh bedding in and changed all the food and water.