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I'm sick to my stomach right now. I just went to check on my girls for the THIRD time today and I found Adeline, my faverolle dead. I've never lost a bird other than a couple chicks and I'm really mad at myself. I knew a few of them had recently developed a few dirty feathers on their behinds but I checked a couple of them out and didn't see anything alarming so I decided to just continue to treat for vent gleet (jic) and bathe them all when the hubby got back in a couple days and I had the additional pair of hands. Anyway when I found her I looked closely at her vent it looks like this girl had a prolapsed vent that had become infected. I don't know if I wouldve been able to make a difference but I wish I would've at least tried. I'm not a hold and pet my chickens kind of keeper. I feed them and LOVE watching them but they aren't my pets and I don't ever handle them. I guess I need to start doing so more often tho. Adeline in particular was skittish so I also avoided trying to restrain her. Anyway I can't believe this just happened and I'm pretty grateful I've actually been using this thread so much bc I need this outlet right now. Btw I do not have any plastic gloves but I still took a pic (which was disgusting btw) for you guys to inspect. I never noticed her acting odd which really does throw me. Anyway now I have to find somewhere to flipping dump a chicken body- gross- and break it to my kids. :hit IMG_6703.JPG :mad:
 
jwyles said:
I'm sick to my stomach right now. I just went to check on my girls for the THIRD time today and I found Adeline, my faverolle dead. I've never lost a bird other than a couple chicks and I'm really mad at myself. I knew a few of them had recently developed a few dirty feathers on their behinds but I checked a couple of them out and didn't see anything alarming so I decided to just continue to treat for vent gleet (jic) and bathe them all when the hubby got back in a couple days and I had the additional pair of hands. Anyway when I found her I looked closely at her vent it looks like this girl had a prolapsed vent that had become infected. I don't know if I wouldve been able to make a difference but I wish I would've at least tried. I'm not a hold and pet my chickens kind of keeper. I feed them and LOVE watching them but they aren't my pets and I don't ever handle them. I guess I need to start doing so more often tho. Adeline in particular was skittish so I also avoided trying to restrain her. Anyway I can't believe this just happened and I'm pretty grateful I've actually been using this thread so much bc I need this outlet right now. Btw I do not have any plastic gloves but I still took a pic (which was disgusting btw) for you guys to inspect. I never noticed her acting odd which really does throw me. Anyway now I have to find somewhere to flipping dump a chicken body- gross- and break it to my kids. :hitView attachment 1467379:mad:
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I am so sorry this happened to you, thank you for posting this as My 2 broodys had small amounts of poopy butt while caring for chicks. Now I will give butt baths for sure and examine both butts extensively. :hit :th
 
jwyles said:
I'm sick to my stomach right now. I just went to check on my girls for the THIRD time today and I found Adeline, my faverolle dead. I've never lost a bird other than a couple chicks and I'm really mad at myself. I knew a few of them had recently developed a few dirty feathers on their behinds but I checked a couple of them out and didn't see anything alarming so I decided to just continue to treat for vent gleet (jic) and bathe them all when the hubby got back in a couple days and I had the additional pair of hands. Anyway when I found her I looked closely at her vent it looks like this girl had a prolapsed vent that had become infected. I don't know if I wouldve been able to make a difference but I wish I would've at least tried. I'm not a hold and pet my chickens kind of keeper. I feed them and LOVE watching them but they aren't my pets and I don't ever handle them. I guess I need to start doing so more often tho. Adeline in particular was skittish so I also avoided trying to restrain her. Anyway I can't believe this just happened and I'm pretty grateful I've actually been using this thread so much bc I need this outlet right now. Btw I do not have any plastic gloves but I still took a pic (which was disgusting btw) for you guys to inspect. I never noticed her acting odd which really does throw me. Anyway now I have to find somewhere to flipping dump a chicken body- gross- and break it to my kids. :hitView attachment 1467379:mad:
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Sorry for your loss. It sucks when they just drop like that.
Could you repost the same picture but as a “full image” instead of a “thumbnail?” It’s more clear and easier to zoom in on.

Edit: also, if the garbage is being collected soon, it’s not crazy to wrap her body and throw it away. Just in case you don’t have access to woods or whatever.
Sorry if that comes off as cold, I’ve done it for chickens I wasn’t attached to but I wouldn’t do it to a pet.
 
I know that it looks like a huge gaming thing in this pic but it really isn't. All it looked like while just observing her walking around was a little bit of dirty feathers. I grabbed a couple that I could catch while I was in the coop checking her out and no one else has anything like this. I cannot believe it got to this point and I didn't know anything was wrong with her. I feel like a real winner here.
 
jwyles said:
I'm sick to my stomach right now. I just went to check on my girls for the THIRD time today and I found Adeline, my faverolle dead. I've never lost a bird other than a couple chicks and I'm really mad at myself. I knew a few of them had recently developed a few dirty feathers on their behinds but I checked a couple of them out and didn't see anything alarming so I decided to just continue to treat for vent gleet (jic) and bathe them all when the hubby got back in a couple days and I had the additional pair of hands. Anyway when I found her I looked closely at her vent it looks like this girl had a prolapsed vent that had become infected. I don't know if I wouldve been able to make a difference but I wish I would've at least tried. I'm not a hold and pet my chickens kind of keeper. I feed them and LOVE watching them but they aren't my pets and I don't ever handle them. I guess I need to start doing so more often tho. Adeline in particular was skittish so I also avoided trying to restrain her. Anyway I can't believe this just happened and I'm pretty grateful I've actually been using this thread so much bc I need this outlet right now. Btw I do not have any plastic gloves but I still took a pic (which was disgusting btw) for you guys to inspect. I never noticed her acting odd which really does throw me. Anyway now I have to find somewhere to flipping dump a chicken body- gross- and break it to my kids. :hitView attachment 1467379:mad:
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I'm so sry! :(
 

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