Greetings, better late than never

[cngsoft]

Hello everyone. I discovered Backyardchickens.com two or three years ago and it proved an extremely valuable source of documentation and advice that helped me in some very difficult moments with my birds.

I wish I could give good news together with my greeting, but unfortunately right now I'm down to just one chicken, a four-year-old RIR hen named Caroline, whose health began deteriorating a month or two ago. We assumed it was old age (short sightedness, slower motions) but things took a turn for the dramatic 24 hours ago, when she had a seizure while she sat down on the sofa she's been sleeping on for the past year. Symptoms kept worsening today; I'll write the details on the Emergency forum.

Even if she doesn't survive, I'll be eternally grateful to Backyardchickens.com for the many times that I could help my fowl thanks to the good threads and better comments I found here, and I'll only regret that I didn't join in months and years ago.

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

So sorry to hear about your losses.

Hopefully someone will have a helpful answer as to how to treat her. That age is getting a little old for a chicken. Good luck and I hope she gets better soon!

 

[roostersandhens]

 

[cngsoft]

Cluckcluckgirl, Roostersandhens, thank you very much for your warm welcome.

I already created the thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/842434/sick-hen-seizures in the hopes that I'll be able to save Caroline's life. Now I'll knock on wood. As long as she's stable, resting in her cradle, there's hope.

 

[TwoCrows]

I am so sorry about your hen. I hope she gets better soon.

But welcome to BYC!

 

[cngsoft]

Thanks for your nice words, TwoCrows. Right now Caroline has suffered another seizure; I had to hold her, hug her, talk to her until she calmed down and I could return her to her cradle. Now... now I'm down to praying and hoping for improvements.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about your first hens and Caroline, best wishes to both of you and hopes that she will get well.

 

[liz9910]

hope she gets better soon.

 

[cngsoft]

Kelsie2290, thanks for your welcome and your best wishes.

Unfortunately it's too late now: Caroline passed away. She was our last hen, the most charming, docile and intelligent of them all. She's survived by our 12-year-old budgerigar, a wood dove whom she was friends with, two young partridges who saw her as a role model, and yours truly. I'm in shambles.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!