How did your chickens die? 💔

[Silkie Princess]

my pool. she fell in and couldn't get out. its a in ground pool.

Same here

 

[6BeachChicks]

Yes. Around our backyard. She was a bit too curious and fell in our pool. We have one of those big plastic covers but she found a way to get in that too

I’m sorry to hear that.

 

[Silkie Princess]

My first chickens were killed by a fox - but I never closed their coop
Georgie drowned
My laying chickens got killed by a fox also. 7/13 survived
And then Crooksie wandered off aafter my dog when our gate was left open

 

[Silkie Princess]

Here are my first chickens

 

[Smileybans]

Felt the same when my beloved Silkie Georgie drowned

Oh that’s heartbreaking

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

I have had 3 chicks die. I believe 2 overheated and 1 got scalped by a hen.

 

[NatJ]

I've had lots of chickens over several decades.
A few died as baby chicks.
A few were taken by predators (probably fox).

But the vast majority of my chickens have been killed for eating. Usually cockerels were butchered young, and hens were butchered after they were older.

In my family, that's the normal way to have chickens: they can be treated as pets while they are alive, but it is expected that every chicken will eventually be eaten.

 

[6BeachChicks]

I've had lots of chickens over several decades.
A few died as baby chicks.
A few were taken by predators (probably fox).

But the vast majority of my chickens have been killed for eating. Usually cockerels were butchered young, and hens were butchered after they were older.

In my family, that's the normal way to have chickens: they can be treated as pets while they are alive, but it is expected that every chicken will eventually be eaten.

A lot of people on here keep chickens as pets, me included. Your family sounds like you keep chickens for meat and eggs. The old fashioned way. It sounds like 99% of your chickens lives are great though.

 

[Smileybans]

Just had one die today of an impacted/ sour/ pendulous crop. I did so much for her and I still feel like I could have done more.

 

[Isadora]

We raise meat birds, so we butchered all of those ourselves. For my layer chickens that I also have as bug control, I had one get taken, probably by a coyote. But so far, that's the only chicken I've lost unintentionally.