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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. one of the sad side effects of keeping any sort of animals/pets/livestock is dealing with health and with loss.

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...