I lost my Dorking. Think she was an internal layer

[cicene mete]

My Dorking Penelope was about one-year-old. I don't think she ever laid an egg. Unfortunately, as the days have become longer, she started to become listless. She would lie down in a corner and was clearly beginning to waste away. She had a swollen area below the vent, which had all the symptoms of egg peritonitis.

I think the longer days stimulated her system and caused her to get much worse. She was a beautiful little bird, very sweet, and a little bit shy. I'm going to post pictures below; you can see that she was a very inquisitive. Even as a chick, she would sit for hours staring out the window!

She really started to decline today, and I had to finally put her down. Always a very sad thing to have to do, but I'm glad she was with me.

I tried to stay calm and not give off any negative energy, but she struggled a little when I picked her up, and I think she knew something was up.
Staring out the window:

She was such a cute chick:

Penny, sitting on my lap

Almost a full-grown hen, just before she started to decline

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I'm sorry. I know that the death of a chicken is a hard thing.

 

[cicene mete]

Thanks for the kind words. It doesn't seem to get any easier. She was a good bird.