Our chicken, called Peanut, suddenly went ill.
She appeared OK two days ago when I fed them, but this afternoon when my son went to feed them, said she was unwell. She just lay in the nest, eyes closed, bluey tinge to her comb and wattles, beak open gasping slowly with her tongue going in and out. She looked like she was having difficulty breathing.
I rang the vet who suggested a few things like eggbound, shocked, old age, tumour.
I checked her out and thought the old age was more significant for her. She has always been the easy one to catch, she just stands there and never resists being held. Some days she would just stand in the sun tail drooping, but never ususally looked unwell. She acted like an old girl.
She just looked awful, so I culled her. Had a cry.
BTW We have only had the chickens for a year, (second hand so to speak), and this was my first cull.
Eddie
She appeared OK two days ago when I fed them, but this afternoon when my son went to feed them, said she was unwell. She just lay in the nest, eyes closed, bluey tinge to her comb and wattles, beak open gasping slowly with her tongue going in and out. She looked like she was having difficulty breathing.
I rang the vet who suggested a few things like eggbound, shocked, old age, tumour.
I checked her out and thought the old age was more significant for her. She has always been the easy one to catch, she just stands there and never resists being held. Some days she would just stand in the sun tail drooping, but never ususally looked unwell. She acted like an old girl.
She just looked awful, so I culled her. Had a cry.
BTW We have only had the chickens for a year, (second hand so to speak), and this was my first cull.
Eddie
