We lost our first chicken tonight and it's not been easy for us. Problem is, we have no idea why?
She was healthy, active and eating this a.m. when I left, the kids collected eggs after school and she was fine, then we got a bad storm when we noticed she was laying under the ramp of the chicken run. We ran out in the hail storm to get her and she was literally passing away in my husbands arms. Can a chicken be scared to death? I have no idea what happened. There was thunder and lightening and hail with heavy rains but they do have a bit of a cover to the run. I don't think hail was hitting her but maybe making extra noise as it hit the run cover? I just don't get it. My kids are quite upset and really so am I.
She was a Silver Laced Wyandotte, just shy of a year in July. RIP my Lacey.....
She was healthy, active and eating this a.m. when I left, the kids collected eggs after school and she was fine, then we got a bad storm when we noticed she was laying under the ramp of the chicken run. We ran out in the hail storm to get her and she was literally passing away in my husbands arms. Can a chicken be scared to death? I have no idea what happened. There was thunder and lightening and hail with heavy rains but they do have a bit of a cover to the run. I don't think hail was hitting her but maybe making extra noise as it hit the run cover? I just don't get it. My kids are quite upset and really so am I.
She was a Silver Laced Wyandotte, just shy of a year in July. RIP my Lacey.....