It was... Thankfully those don`t happen very often. My sweet hen isn`t suffering any longer... The Amish guy was super nice, his whole family is super nice! His brother was in my class in school. He and his other brother got killed in a car accident in 1975.Oh man....what a lousy day.
It really is hard to make those decisions. Ultimately, I knew it had to be done. She was an Isa brown and was 2 3/4 old. I think she had salphingitis to start with and was holding her own then sadly she started molting it was too much for her weakened state. She got to the point she could`t stand up. I knew it was time... If I had known then what I know now I wouldn`t have gotten any Isa brown birds. But, they were free! Great layers but at the cost of a shorter life span. Not worth it. I think in the long run a heritage breed will lay as many eggs over a longer lifespan.
