HELP. Chicken in distress!

[chantel with chicks]

Because you do not have the resources to care for the ill chicken in this case, it would really be best for you to end her suffering and humanely euthanize the animal. It has been multiple days and you are not able to provide what is needed in this case. Please do not be selfish and just end her suffering. The bird is suffering because she cannot eliminate her waste, is starving/not eating, and cannot move properly, the bird is in pain and suffering. Put her down, and learn from this situation.

 

[christwodog]

You should consider either having your friend with chickens take her in, since she can bring them in the house or contact a local humane society to see if they can take her. As long as your dad is calling the shots, you are severely limited as to what you can do. I personally would put her in a box and drive her to the friend's house. Your dad needs to get over it. There are much worse things in life than having a chicken in your house or car.

 

[Thebossbaby]

But how do I put her down? I'm not going to just pull out my 45 and shoot her, I'm not gonna cut her head off. How else can I do it painlessly?

 

[chantel with chicks]

The first time I had to put down a chicken I was very nervous/scared. Nothing will stop you from feeling nervous until it is over, but I can tell you because a chicken's body is very fragile and small compared to people/other animals, it is much easier then you think. If you have a very sharp knife (kitchen or hunting knife) it only takes 2 quick strokes of the knife at most to end the life. Use a block of wood to put the chicken down against to cut off the head. Get everything ready before you get the bird, by getting the wood block set up, the knife, and a garbage bag to put the body into. Have someone hold the chicken body, while you hold the head outstretched over the block of wood and quickly with just 2 hard/downward strokes cut the head off. It will be very quick, literally a couple seconds. The chicken will calm down very quickly if you just hold her upside down for a moment before the cutting, then put her body down aligned to the edge of the wood block and cut quickly. Put the body in the garbage bag right away, and it will spasm around for about a minute, but the animal will be passed on already. A chickens bones/neck are very small/frail and it will be done very quickly and they do not suffer.

 

[WVduckchick]

You may also want to search for the "broomstick" method. No blood, and when done correctly, is very quick and humane.
Also, with a chance of her having Mareks, I would advise against having a friend take her in. You do not want to possibly transfer something to her flock, if hers are healthy.

Best of luck dear. We know you are trying your best.

Oh, one other thing...those hot hands. If you use them, definitely have a layer of rag between her and them. They can cause burns if she can't move them around.

 

[micstrachan]

The hot hands were smart. They’re not touching her so she gets burnt, right? Also, the cage wrapped in the tarp... is one end open for ventilation? In the cage, is she still in her sling set up?
I do wonder if the constipation (huge poops when you squeezed her and she seemed relieved) is a clue. Is she any better? Maybe she has a blockage or tumor causing the paralysis. What do you feed her? Can you give her a little coconut oil or olive oil on her feed?
Where is the chicken area relative to your house? Is there a porch or something where her crate could sit out of the raiin?
Sadly, your girl may need to be put down. In case you decide to go that route, I am including a link to a post from the Chicken Chick. Good luck. Sorry about your girl.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2017/02/how-to-humanely-euthanize-chicken-by-dr.html?m=1

 

[Thebossbaby]

its done guys, and it was much much harder to do than I thought it would be. I miss her so much. she was my brothers favorite, he called her chikaleta from paw patrols. thanks for all the help guys but she just wasn't going to make it, she was getting worse everyday, and she was in so much pain, so I took your advice and killed her. but it took me 25 minutes because she kept looking up at me with watery eyes and it broke my heart, but I know that what I did was the best for everybody. thank you all for all of yalls help.

 

[rebrascora]

I'm so sorry to hear that but it was the right decision.
I know how hard it is and I too have psyched myself up to do it and then walked away because I couldn't bear to, then had to give myself a good talking to in order to get the job done and cried both as I was doing it and after. The more you try to save them, the harder it is to end it for them, but it is the most loving and caring thing you can do when they are suffering and probably one of the most important parts of animal husbandry. Well done to you for finding the courage to do it.

 

[WVduckchick]

x2
It's always rough, I'm on the fence with one now, one day I think she's done, then she improves, then declines again. Roller coaster. But sadly we have to make hard choices. Kudos to you for getting it done. I'm sorry for you and your brothers loss.

 

[christwodog]

Sorry to hear about the outcome for your hen...Good job trying to save her, it doesn't always work out as we would like. If it did, we would all have about 1000 chickens!