Another One Bites the Dust

Another chicken is dead.  This time Kevin noticed it was sneezing and showing respiratory distress.  It was dead within half an hour.

We are afraid that the meat chickens DO have the same illness our hens had.  The waterer was shared and it probably had bacteria from the ones that were sick.  But the waterer was outside the coop for a couple of months so it surprises us that the bacteria would still be hanging around. However, it was wet that whole time (or had frozen water) and maybe the virus or bacteria was able to stay alive under those conditions.

So, very discouraging. We're supposed to have the meat chickens butchered next Wednesday.  Now we are wondering if we'll have any meat chickens left.