loss of a chicken

I'm posting this for advice but also just to lament the loss of my Prairie Bluebell and Production Red. I did not know how absolutely devastated I would be. The red especially (named Red aka the Colonel) was the sweetest bird. She would run up and greet my husband when he got home from work. She...

hi, I am a 25f raising hens for the first time. I have four girls.. three as of last night. we had a very intense surprise thunderstorm come through and she seemed to have had a heart attack 💔. I'm devastated and having a hard time figuring out how to cope but am happy to be here and learn ways...

It’s an interesting thing to raise chickens and know that they aren’t like other ‘pets’ given they don’t live as long and have predators who want to eat them at every turn. I have been telling myself that often during the three years I’ve had chickens, and it doesn’t make loses any easier. I...

Hi, No emergency here, just wanted some other fellow chicken keepers experiences. I’ve been a chicken keeper for about a year now and had three losses. One from heat stroke, one from egg bound, and another I’m not quite sure. She was always lethargic and sickly but she ate and drank water. She...

I just lost my Big Brahma male. 8-10 lbs. No trace- no feathers or blood, at least where I can see. My dad found a very skittish female by herself hiding close to roosting time. My only guess is he chased something off into the woods, where he got got, because I can’t imaging him going out...

I just wanted to write a follow up to my thread about my dog killing one of my 6 week old chicks. I'm a city girl with a country heart and now in the hill country of Texas I'm able to realize my sweet dreams of having a cottage/farm. After I watched my dog attack one of the chicks that I had so...