Recent content by grannyhowie

Thank You for understanding.

Yes, I agree that we do have a responsibility to our animals and should be prepared for taking care of them just as we take care of our families. What you fail to understand is that sometimes things happen in our live such as job loss (in my case) and we struggle to do the best we can. My...

Thank You for being understanding and your kind words. For that is the reason I went on line was to warn people what not to do.

I am so sorry for what you went thru. As I know firsthand how traumatizing it is. I have never purposely harmed or caused pain or suffering to any living thing in my life. That said, I do believe now that the fastest way is the best. I understand that once you sever the spinal cord that even...

God gives us a choice, and I chose to end needless suffering.

Thank You for your kind words.

What can I say. You are right. At the time I really did believe that my hen would just fall asleep. My ignorance and trusting what I read on this site and many others was why I did what I did. It was not an experiment on my part. I really did believe that it would work the way they said it would.

Thank you so much and I almost didn't want to read the responses because I was afraid that people might make me feel worse then I already do. I really just wanted to warn others of what really happens. I didn't want them to go thru what I am going thru. I am very thankful for the encouraging...

I want to thank all of you for the great input. I put a very secure heat lamp in the hen house. It seems to be working for her so far and it was down in the single digits last night. I have a red heat bulb in it and hope the light doesn't bother them to much. I will be going to the fabric store...

Thank you so much for your kind words. It does make me feel a little better because it just happened yesterday and I feel so guilty. I kept waking up all night thinking about it and crying. She was one of my sweetest hens. We babied her for over 6 months. I would make an awful animal farmer. I...

I wished I'd never done it. After reading a few threads saying how humane it was and that they wouldn't suffer I decided to use this method on my adult EE. She needed to be put down because she had been unable to move her legs for about six months, had stopped eating and was losing weigh. So I...

The weather in our area is below freezing already at night, and my poor little EE has just started to molt. It seems like it's all at once. She has many big bald spots. I have seen her shivering. Whereas I do know that a sweater on a fully feathered bird would not be good because it would...

I have a 19 month old EE hen. About 5 months ago she started to sit down to rest a lot. We would find her under a bush just sitting there for hours, When she did walk it was very slow and for short distances. After about 2 weeks she seemed to get back to normal except that she wasn't laying. I...

Thank you