I am so sad and no one understands

[TcherDawn]

It is so hard to tell a non pet chicken owning person that we had to euthanize one of our five gilrs last night. I can't stop crying and it is mother's day. I am supposed to be happy and I am just so sad. She kept getting worse and we took her to the vet. He gave us some antibiotics to try but it didn't work. We think it was internal lay, which alot of high production breeds die of. This is my first chicken to die and I am as sad as any pet of mine that has passed away. I am sorry I am rambling. We did everything we could. She was suffering. I kept reading threads about how plucky and resillient chickens are and we kept trying to treat her. It was awful. I hope we did the right thing. My husband is a trooper for doing it himself. Do I need mental help for feeling this sad over a chicken? Please tell me it gets better...
Dawn

 

[jerseygirl1]

I'm sorry for your loss, it will get better, but you also need your time to mourn......................I DO understasnd

 

[Imp]

I'm so sorry

Imp

 

[WriterofWords]

We understand, some of us just have more capabilities to love than others.

 

[Siler]

No I lost one of my ladies overnight/sometime this morning and I sobbed like a crazy woman. I've lost pets before, but I knew it was their time due to advanced age. This came suddenly and without notice so yes I understand what you're going through. I sobbed for hours then pulled myself together and brought the other ladies a nice plate of tomato, plum, and mashed potatoes. It was the least I could do not only for myself but for them because I swear they felt it too. I think we're all a little nuts.

Isn't it a wonderful kinda nuts? I'd never trade keeping the girls for anything else. Just know that you did the right thing because it's better she went quickly versus suffering for a long time.

 

[TcherDawn]

It gets sadder- we have kept my 8 and 4 yr old inside this morning. We still have to tell them. I am just trying to stabilize myself so I can tell them.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=340334

Here is a thread I started might help?!?

I am so sorry

Sometimes I wish chickens were invensible and lived forever. Then chicken owners would never have to worry, but saddly its not and we just have to be prepared for the worst. Try to have a good mothers day and think on the bright side.

Everything will be ok!

Maybe you can go to your local feed store and pick up some chicks, and that can be your present to yourself?

It might help you to have them around a maybe add them to your flock?

Hope I didnt make things worse.

 

[Oven Ready]

To everyone else it's 'just' a chicken, like every other chicken they've ever seen.

To you, and I'm sure many on the forum who have faced the same sadness, she's an individual & someone you loved.

There's no need to worry about being overly sad, you cared for her as well as you could and when the time came you put an end to the suffering, that's the best any of us can hope to do in these kind of situations.

Like losing a cat, dog, parrot, fish or whatever, it's never easy but life goes on and you have other chickens to look after, if they have chicks then the delight of seeing life begin more than outweighs the sadness of seeing a life end.

 

[chickenlover222]

I'm sorry for your loss!!! and no you don't need help, I understand what your going through.
Ever since i was little, I'm now 16, but iv had chickens since i was 7 or 8 maybe younger.
Whenever one of my chickens would die i would cry for hours. When i was in the mountains with my family
i got a phone call from my uncle and my mom had told me that something got in and wiped out all of my chickens and i
cried for about 2 days. But like i said its totally understandable that your sad.
But everything will get better!

 

[chickenzoo]

You did the right thing, she was suffering and with internal laying you can only buy a little time, not cure it, so you did what was right..... although it hurts like heck. We understand, hugs to you and your hubby. Try to remember the good times and how she made you smile... she would want that I'm sure.