Recent content by Junebugsin

I'm interested in this topic. I have 4 three-week old chicks and will soon be receiving a dozen new chicks. Would the same "few days" approach be recommended with my chicks?

Probably your best bet is to sneak it under her at night while she's sleeping. Sooner rather than later

Lunch is doing very, very well. She's walking fine, she's perky, alert, eating and drinking fine, though one of her wings is a little droopy. In light of all that happened, and could have happened to her, I believe a bit of a droopy wing is nothing to be concerned about, especially since she...

Nightmare inducing!

I'm going to try to help her get better for a bit longer. And I'm a little afraid... what if she comes back again?!? Did you ever hear about the chicken that lived without it's head? I'd have to jump off a cliff if something like that happened. **shivers**

I think i'm going to designate euthanasia as hubby's job now. :D

Thanks, bunches. ((hugs))

Thank you. That was exactly how I felt.

Lesson learned.

Actually, yes she did eat. My daughter brought some cracked corn out to her to see if she was interested. She was interested. So, DD picked her up and put her back in the cat condo cage. I'll get to see Lunch for the first time tomorrow. I've had to be away from home for a few days and...

I certainly can't say that I disagree after this experience. But I was so horrified at having to put her down. And I so didn't want to have to do it (Freud, anyone?) so I dispatched her as fast as I could to get the deed done and over with. I guess this is something that shouldn't be done...

I know. It's unbelievable. I can't get it out of my mind. Didn't sleep very well last night.

Well, she certainly deserved to be super, extra pampered. And I'll try to do the best I can.

Hi. The answer is in the previous post, which is linked at the beginning this post. But the short answer is, I didn't "just" throw her into the woods. I thought I had put her out of her misery first by wringing her neck. Apparently, I'm not very efficient at that. :hmm

... I'm a pretty bad one. Some of you may have read my post from a few days ago: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-feel-like-a-cold-blooded-murderer-need-some-support.1316877/ Last Saturday night, I killed my chicken. I threw her in the woods behind my house, onto a brush pile down...