one thing I learned - duh!-
I had considered culling when necessary and had that covered, I thought. There are quite a few folks who would do the honors in order to invite a chick to dinner or freezer camp.
I had accepted that some chickens would die; predators, illness, mis-adventures, old...
Thank you for your time! Made a quick trip to town, when I got home Patsy had died.
The only necropsy lab in the state works with tissue samples so figuring out cause isn't likely. We are not predisposed to try it ourselves...
I *was* going to ask about the most humane way to euthanize...
Patsy: almost 9 month old Buff Orp, had been laying almost daily until our temperatures and daylight took a nose dive. Until 3 days ago she was active, roosting at night, eating, drinking, eliminating.
Two days ago we noticed she was huddled, head into the corner. We thought this might be to...