Hi everyone, the gash in Dellie's chest was much deeper than we thought, and the raccoon had cut into her abdomen... there wasn't any saving her. I loved/love that chicken very much, and she died painlessly while she was in a deep sleep. I'm currently grieving for her, and am deeply sorry that...
For us, our main hope is that she just gets to live a long life. We don't care if she lays eggs or anything, we kind of just want to do ANYTHING but euthanize her, but if she's suffering in vain, we might have to. We fear that it hurts to open her jaw to eat, so we're having a bird vet come over...
It's sort of a complicated set-up, where we have two separate coops but they basically share this entire fenced off back area of our yard. We need two coops because one flock is 1 year old, and the other is 3-4 months old, but we're planning on moving them into the big coop because they're...
Hello everyone, I'm emotionally drained, tired, and hoping that somebody out there thinks that there is hope for my 3-4 month old Speckled Sussex hen.
I'll start from the beginning: Last night, I was sitting at my computer and my sister came out and told me that she heard squawking. We rushed...