Horrible news

[TravisE]

tractor supply is going to be start getting them on the 25th here in this state. wish you the best of luck.

 

[TweetyNPetey]

So sorry. I bond with my chickens so easily. I may lose one of my chicks due to crooked beak.

 

[PharmGirl]

So sorry just love the chick all you can for now

 

[ChucktheChick]

I am so sorry for your loss! I would be so sad too. I have only had 3 chickens pass in the 3 years I've had them; how many did you have? Again I am so sorry!! But I hope you get more and have better luck!!! ChucktheChick

 

[casportpony]

Sorry for your loss.... There is a guy on the peafowl forum, frenchblackcopper, he has some pictures of his heatlamps that he has mounted in his "pea palace". Send him a PM, maybe he could give you some ideas.

 

[cp3hend]

I can't tell you how sorry I am about your loss. I'm fairly new at chickens - first ones in July. So far, I have had five deaths, all for different reasons but this morning when I went in the coop I found my beautiful silver laced Wyandotte dead, I was devastated. She was fine yesterday, laid an egg and gone this morning. Who knows what happened? Chickens get so many diseases, injuries, etc. that it is hard to tell. I cried because she was such a sweet, calm chicken. No one understands how you feel about a loss of a chicken unless they raise chickens themselves. I don't dare tell anyone at work -- they always make some crude remark such as, "Did you eat her?"

I do heat my coop with a heat lamp that is on a bar at ceiling level and even a space heater at times. Chickens can't get to either of them. I live in Colorado and we have minus 40 below at times and even with my well insulated coop, I would not be able to sleep at night if there was not some kind of heat in there. I do let my chickens out every day and they will come out even if the temperature in zero and I leave the pop door open all day so they come and go.

There is a pretty safe heater called "Sweeter Heater" that is infraheat that you can mount on wall or ceiling. You can actually put your hand on it and won't burn, it can be cleaned and disinfected. It doesn't put out much heat but if the chickens stand in front of it, they will get warm and won't get burned. It will be great when the weather gets warmer - it will take the chill off in the mornings. Found it on line.

Good luck to you with new chickens - don't give up - they are too much fun.

Also from a fellow West Virginian.

 

[drdani67]

I had a nightmare the other night that all my chickens died because we forgot to close the coop door and a predator killed them all. In my dream I was inconsolable. So I can imagine how you must have felt.

It's hard when something that brings us so much joy can also bring us so much pain when the unexpected happens. Try not to blame yourself for what happened. Life is a risky proposition and you were doing your best to take care of them. A heat lamp is a reasonable thing in winter time.

 

[TweetyNPetey]

Don't give up on chickens. I have lost a LOT. But I keep getting more, and I love it.

 

[rbaker0345]

I would be happy to send you some hatching eggs if you have an incubator. I am sure that I speak for everyone else here, we all feel your pain. You have a giant hole in your heart and the only way to heal it is with a bunch of fuzzy, peeping, cheeping love.

 

[eggorthechicken]

im also in WV...right across from Chesapeake. I dont have any heat in my coop either. Its been pretty cold but they seem to be just fine. I do give them some scratch when its cold and also give them something warm to eat like oatmeal or leftovers occasionally.

sorry for your loss and I totally understand how we get attached.