Had to put a chicken down this morning....

[jgarreth]

We had to put one of our chickens down this morning. This is a first for me. This is our first year having chickens. She had a prolapse...I soaked her butt in warm water, lubed her up and even pulled part of an egg membrane out. She was suffering. I hated to have to do it but.....My husband was a trooper. Just needed to share it. This goes along with raising chickens....

 

[happyhens1972]

Awww, so sorry to hear that hon. It is always traumatic when you have to do these things but better that than leave her to suffer xx

Just a wee tip though....if you cover a prolapse in icing sugar, it will often retract on its own....I've done this with one of my chooks and also on an african pygmy hedgehog!!!

 

[jgarreth]

It did seem to go back in but after several days of rest and being kept away from the others, she continued to decline. I couldn't stand to see her suffer.

 

[happyhens1972]

I'm sure you did the right thing. Sometimes it is far better to bring forward the inevitable than watch a slow decline and painful death x Hugs x

 

[chickenboy190]

So sorry to hear that

My chicken had that and that was before I was on here so I didn't know what to do I even called friends that had chickens for years and they didn't know what to do so I just let her alone and somehow she lived. Sorry about your hen again

 

[donrae]

Kudos to you for stepping up and doing what needed to be done. It's a crappy part of animal keeping, but it sometimes needs to be done and it's mercy to the animal. Good for you.