You can only extend their lives for so long. I spent 2 weeks caring for my favorite hen who had a vent prolapse, but it wouldn't stay in. I chose euthanasia instead of surgery because surgery wouldn't necessarily fix the problem, just prolong her life. Surgery would have just prolonged her suffering. She was living in a box in my basement because her friends would hurt her more when she went outside.
I think that that is the perfect option.I think the best option would be start breeding chickens for Less laying instead of for more laying. We can make their lives easier if they are only forced to lay once every few days once every week or once every two weeks rather than completely shutting down a body part or forcing them to pop out too many eggs. I have a silkie who's a good candidate LOL she only lays like once every two weeks
What was her name? I'm sorry you and she went through that experience but you did what you could for her. You kept her inside and cared for her and comforted her. Prolapse is sad to see.
That's not a particularly good comparison. That poor girl was already sick and laying lash eggs (puss pockets). The implant stopped the lash eggs but she has a lot going on. I would not be so quick to say implants are a bad idea. Imagine if she was healthy when first implanted?
Her name was Clover. She was only about a year and a half old. I wouldn't have implanted anyway. She was a Rhode Island Buff Orpington cross, and bad breeding was certainly part of it. She was undersized and layed much too large eggs.
Clover is a sweet name. She must have been very pretty, that cross sounds nice. Sometimes there really isn't much we can do but love them the best we can. Clover left this world too soon but it wasn't anyone's fault. It was her time to go.
