So, it is coming around 5 years since I've owned my first flock, I started with four and now have two left the other two have passed, one randomly (devastating to see your first go) and the other was diagnosed with an egg lash infection. The weird part about her was I continued to give her antibiotics, she looked like she was getting better then she got worse took her to the vet, passed away over night and test came back with kidney failure?? I'm 22 now and got them around 2018, so sad about my babies and I feel guilty all the time when I look at the other two knowing their sisters are gone, I got them together as chicks. My one red has been having random scares, cases of poopy butt and sometimes swollen. Vet put her on birth control and that has helped a lot, but poopy butt has come back and she is secreting similar stuff that my last chicken had that labelled her with an egg lash infection. I'm calling the vet tomorrow, hoping to catch the case early. But it reminds me on when the inevitable comes where there's one left. The healthiest one has been my favorite since I've gotten them, the thought of rehoming her breaks my heart cause she's my girl you know? I can no longer afford to keep more chickens even though I would like to, but I will be moving out of my parents house eventually, and cannot bring anymore into the coop. I tend to think that I am a sentimental person when it comes to my pets, I’ve buried the first two in my backyard under a beautiful tree, and I have the plan to bury all of them together but if I rehomed my last one, would it be weird of me to ask them to call me when she gets sick or passes so I can have her body back to bury them with her sisters? I would like to keep my last one at home with me, but I feel like that would just be worse for her being alone in the backyard. I know some say that chickens can stay by themselves for a little bit, but they are flock animals, and I know how important it is to have others with them, but I can’t bear to part from her, even though it might be the best option.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Any thoughts or suggestions?