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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    Thank you. She really was a sweet girl. After 3.5 years I still feel new at this and didn't realize how hard my first hen loss would be. They are like family.
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    Thank you. I looked up the necropsy information and I am tempted to do it, but it looks like they charge $90... which I would gladly pay in a heartbeat if it would bring her back, but it might be more than I can afford for an just an answer. Struggling with the decision.
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    She passed away this afternoon. That photo was just an older picture that I liked, I think the color is just off in the photo. Before I brought her in yesterday her comb looked very pale and slightly purple. I took this picture of her in a bath last night when the color started to come back. The...
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    I did notice her pulse seemed faster this morning than yesterday. I just looked up average chicken resting heart rate and found 250–300. I am almost positive her heart was not beating that fast yesterday... it felt closer to a human heart rate. I had no idea it was supposed to be so much faster...
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    Do you mean her comb being pale.. is that a symptom? Thank you for your help.
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    Thank you. Yes, I wish I could go back and look more closely at that time. I had been trying not to pick her up the past couple weeks since her new feathers were coming in. By the time I brought her inside yesterday she seemed very bony and not swollen. Just wish I knew if there is anything I...
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    We'll miss you Flannery.
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    Our sweet hen Flannery is dying. Would appreciate any advice.

    We have three hens all around 3 and 1/2 years old. They are not laying right now, but I assumed it was because they were all dealing with the season change and finishing molting. Flannery the buff orpington has always been a bit nervous and smaller than the others. I very vaguely remember her...
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