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I located 2 chickens (an easter-egger hen and a bantam silkie rooster) at the Denver animal shelter! They seem to be the only chickens up for adoption/rescue in the state of Colorado, sheesh. So, I am going to visit them tomorrow and hopefully scoop them up if all looks well with their health :)

Hi fellow Coloradans! I'm wondering if anyone knows of CO hen rescue organizations...I'd love to adopt some retired/battery/factory/aged/unwanted hens to give them a peaceful mountain home to live out their days, but a thorough Google search turned up nothing in our state - I looked at...

I did that yesterday, and it was a good idea. She seemed peaceful and was eating and drinking. But she got sleepier and sleepier as the day wore on, until she finally slipped away overnight. I'm heartbroken.

No, we already buried her. Didn't think of that at the time we were so upset. But we live in Colorado and I wonder if CSU could have done a necropsy. I do wish I knew for sure what was wrong, because I am majorly struggling with guilt over this.

UPDATE #2. She died last night.

True. But no blood in droppings. I know that isn't necessarily always a symptom, but lack of bloody feces in conjunction with the timing of illness after feeding her so much avocado, plus her urge to drink lots and lots of water, makes me lean towards exposure to toxins as the culprit...

UPDATE #1: It's been 2 days since she got sick. No improvement at all, but she hasn't worsened or shown any new symptoms. Up until this morning we had been leaving her alone in the coop except to occasionally pick her up to inspect her for new symptoms and make sure the others weren't picking on...

I posted yesterday about a similar problem and symptoms: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fed-avocado-to-flock-yesterday-1-sick-chicken-today.1204597/ My girl is still sick today, but I'm hoping against hope that she'll pull through. I'm curious if your chicken survived, and if so...

Background: I fed my flock of 5 the flesh (no pit or skin) of one avocado about 24 hours ago. They devoured it. I did a quick google check before giving it to them yesterday and the first article that came up said it was OK. But today I have a sick chicken and did some deeper research about...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I actually became a chicken mama on Mother's Day 2017 :) So my boyfriend and I are still relatively new to chickens and we are learning as we go. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 5 ladies that are 22 weeks old...