Early morning attack, Please help!

[Kathy Golla]

She's in shock, you should have just not listen to these people and left the chicken alone to recover....... by trying to force feed her a syringe, she's already soo tired and weak and have to exert energy to fight back and that will cause even more problems!! Unless she's got a hole in her the size of a quarter or in dire need of intervention, LEAVE HER ALONE!!

Ok Cmon @Shamo Hybrid , we all get what you are saying, but the way you are saying it is not helpful. Please turn your filter on with this one....

 

[hispoptart]

....It's the last gift of love you can give her, to release her spirit to fly free.

I buried a sweet 4 month old pullet this morning. She was hatched a runt and stopped growing when she was 3 months old. She was less than half the size of one of my full grown bantam hens and looked more like a 2 month old bantam. She stopped eating a day ago and was growing weaker. I said good bye to her last night knowing she was on her way to the Rainbow Bridge and sure enough, I found her dead this morning. Such a sweet little girl. She would fly up and sit on my shoulder when I gave the grow out pen group their food and water or waddle out to greet me every morning.

Rest in peace, Marty. Tinkerbell is waiting to play with you.

I've lost dozens of chickens to Mareks Disease or just to them being stupid. It never gets easier, especially when you have to euthanize one to keep it from suffering.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Tinkerbell sounded like a really sweetie. Thank you for your support, it means a lot.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Ok Cmon @Shamo Hybrid , we all get what you are saying, but the way you are saying it is not helpful. Please turn your filter on with this one....

I'm just saying after the attack the chicken was recovering well when she left it alone (head up, eyes open and everything) until some folks came in here with the bright idea of putting more stress on the chicken trying to force feed her with a syringe AND trying to wrap her up like a burrito with a towel! I shudder to think this unnecessary added stress on the chicken cause her demise! Sorry, I just thought it was such bad ideas given that the chicken was showing signs of improvement when left alone to recover.

 

[hispoptart]

So sorry for your loss. At least she was warm and comfortable. She knew you were there for her.

So very sorry. Sometimes love does mean having to say goodbye.

She's in shock, you should have just not listen to these people and left the chicken alone to recover....... by trying to force feed her a syringe, she's already soo tired and weak and have to exert energy to fight back and that will cause even more problems!! Unless she's got a hole in her the size of a quarter or in dire need of intervention, LEAVE HER ALONE!!

For your information, I quit trying to get fluids in her last night, and left her alone till I peeked in on her this morning. What "I" saw was worsening condition. Her head and neck was way more twisted up then it was last night and she appeared to be having mini seizures. You were not here to make "my" decision, and if you had bothered to ready all of my posts you would have seen that "I" had made up my mind and said my goodbyes. I read quite a few of your posts and I can honestly say you are not the type of person I ever want to get to know.

Ok Cmon @Shamo Hybrid , we all get what you are saying, but the way you are saying it is not helpful. Please turn your filter on with this one....

Thank-you everyone else again, it was a painful decision to have to make. Your support is amazing.

 

[AmyJane725]

....It's the last gift of love you can give her, to release her spirit to fly free.

I buried a sweet 4 month old pullet this morning. She was hatched a runt and stopped growing when she was 3 months old. She was less than half the size of one of my full grown bantam hens and looked more like a 2 month old bantam. She stopped eating a day ago and was growing weaker. I said good bye to her last night knowing she was on her way to the Rainbow Bridge and sure enough, I found her dead this morning. Such a sweet little girl. She would fly up and sit on my shoulder when I gave the grow out pen group their food and water or waddle out to greet me every morning.

Rest in peace, Marty. Tinkerbell is waiting to play with you.

I've lost dozens of chickens to Mareks Disease or just to them being stupid. It never gets easier, especially when you have to euthanize one to keep it from suffering.

Aw. RIP Tinkerbell.

I had to bury my tiny 19 g BLRW Bantam chick named Minnie on Saturday. She was fine. Went outside to spend some time with the teenagers and when I came back in she was going. Held her for a few minutes until she died in my hands. Rest In Peace my sweet baby. You’ll be tiny and cute forever.

 

[Kathy Golla]

I'm just saying after the attack the chicken was recovering well when she left it alone (head up, eyes open and everything) until some folks came in here with the bright idea of putting more stress on the chicken trying to force feed her with a syringe AND trying to wrap her up like a burrito with a towel! I shudder to think this unnecessary added stress on the chicken cause her demise! Sorry, I just thought it was such bad ideas given that the chicken was showing signs of improvement when left alone to recover.

@Shamo Hybrid I’m not discounting your comment. It would just be more helpful if you thought about how your initial post might be perceived vs apologizing for it after the fact. Most of the time you do have important things to say that we can all learn from if one can get past the initial blast of your first post!
This is a sensitive situation. Lets move on.

 

[guineapeeps]

@hispoptart
I’m so sorry! What an awful situation. My thoughts and prayers are with you!

 

[coach723]

I'm just saying after the attack the chicken was recovering well when she left it alone (head up, eyes open and everything) until some folks came in here with the bright idea of putting more stress on the chicken trying to force feed her with a syringe AND trying to wrap her up like a burrito with a towel! I shudder to think this unnecessary added stress on the chicken cause her demise! Sorry, I just thought it was such bad ideas given that the chicken was showing signs of improvement when left alone to recover.

 

[hispoptart]

Aw. RIP Tinkerbell.

I had to bury my tiny 19 g BLRW Bantam chick named Minnie on Saturday. She was fine. Went outside to spend some time with the teenagers and when I came back in she was going. Held her for a few minutes until she died in my hands. Rest In Peace my sweet baby. You’ll be tiny and cute forever.

Awe I'm sorry for you loss. RIP Minnie

 

[K9SPY]

I had one chick severely stressed out in shock and I thought for sure she was gone. She got out and got pounced on by the dog. Not intent on murder, but more mouthing the newly found squeaky toy. Pretty sure she did not get bitten down on. That dog is gentle with the cat. Just scared the chick to deathish. She was lying on her side and legs were out straight, eyes closed, neck extended and stiff, labored breathing... My trick was to hold her in my hands over head, and drop my hands fast enough that she got the free fall feeling, but didn't actually leave my hand. When she felt the fall, she began to instinctively flap. This "woke her up". I massaged her and cooed to her, etc. Did the free fall a couple of times to get her blood flowing. Little shakes up and down every time she started to close her eyes again. Got her inside and sliced up some grapes. super tiny slices. 1/8 - 3/16" thick. The sliced these slices into strips about 1/8" x 1/8" x 3/4" long. Little grape-worm-strips. I then pried open her beak and dropped one in straight into her throat. After a few seconds, she worked the mouth/throat/tongue and swallowed it. I force fed about half a grape that way. She made various responses. Generally became interested, but still would not actively choose to eat one. Still wanted to "go to sleep". I took a "don't let a potential concussion victim fall asleep" approach... I did various massages... pep talks... whistles... gentle shakes... partial freefalls... anything to keep her awake in between all the feeding and watering. After half a grape, I started force drinking her with a coffee straw and water. She would do the cough/choke/shake/drink/drink/drink routine. Seemed a little rude... but the alternative was death. It worked. She's absolutely bonkers this morning! And I thought for SURE she was dead last night. Almost... dispatched her... out of her misery... but wanted to try!
This was my most intensive counter-shock treatment to date. Took about three hours before she began to pip again.