Oh God, I can't do that. I'm too emotionally attached to cut her open. I buried her next to a beautiful bougainvillea by the fence. I'm going to call a veterinarian tomorrow. So damn sad.
Ugh, I'm so sorry. They are so cute and sweet and easy to fall in love with. Guess it's a good thing I live in the city because I would have a nonstop broken heart on a farm.
Yes, Google is totally freaking me out with the million things that could cause them to get sick and die.
I found her right on the edge of the back of the coop beneath the nesting boxes. They have an enormous chicken run but if she tried to fly up into the nesting box in the coop and missed then she could have hit her head, maybe? She was beautiful and sweet. Blegh
Ugh I didn't take a picture. It was just a little bit of blood and she was perfect yesterday. I spend so much time with them I would have noticed if she acted funny. I couldn't believe it. I did notice another chicken sneeze yesterday. I've never seen them sneeze before. Going to call a...
I was so proud of myself being a new chicken Mom in December of 2022. All 8 of my chicks survived shipping and life with me. They will officially be 15 months old on the 2nd of March. I went out tonight to play with them and my favorite Black Australorp was lifeless in the coop. She had a little...