Just wondering who here has chickens? We got our original 5 girls (2 bluebells, a blackrock, a buff leghorn and another breed I can't remember) in April 2017. Big ginger died in December 2018 on Christmas Day. Just keeled over in hen house. We then rehomed 4 ex battery hens. A few months later two of our original girls died (one stopped eating, lost ability to stand and then went, the other stopped eating and was back and forth to vets before I decided enough was enough). Then we lost one of our ex battery girls. Again slipped away suddenly overnight. Last week, my favourite ex battery hen keeled over in the run and was gone. No warning. My vets are awful with hens. No real interest in them and never optimistic. Hubby wants to rehome more ex battery girls. I'd love to, but I just can't cope with them dying on me! My vet says chickens just die and to get over it. Anyone else experience such a high mortality rate? No idea what I'm doing wrong. Our remaining 4 girls are thriving. They are on half an acre paddock with a spacious hen house too