Hey guys,
I know if anyone can understand how I am feeling right now, its you all.
I had to have my not even 10 month old sweet Pez euthanized today and I'm devastated.
3 days ago I noticed her wattle was pale and she was a little less active and had some watery poo.
Yesterday she was pretty lethargic but still eating.
This morning I came out and she was still up in the coop which she never does.
I picked her up and immediately felt that her crop was huge and very hard.
I brought her inside and gave her a warm Epsom bath just to try to make her feel better and gave her a little olive oil.
By the time I had finished drying her off, she was panting and in obvious pain.
We took her to the vet and everyone ooohed and awed over how beautiful she was but the vets expression when he felt her crop told me it wasn't good.
We did xrays and they showed her crop was solid packed and her stomach and intestines were bloated.
There was nothing they could do. Even if they were able to operate successfully on her crop there was nothing they could do for her stomach or intestines.
If we hadn't decided to allow them to preform euthanasia, she would have suffered a very painful death.
I held her, kissed her, snuggled her, cried on her, told her I loved her, that I was sorry, that she was a good girl.
My husband, big tough strong man, cried with me, held her, we said goodbye.
It was heartbreaking.
We had them do a necropsy on her to find out what had killed her.
It was mulch.
She was filled solid with mulch and her little body couldn't get rid of it.
I've had to say goodbye to a lot of things I've loved but I honestly wasn't prepared for how hard saying goodbye to one of my chickens would be.
I guess love is love.
Loss is loss.
Hurting tonight guys, thanks for reading.
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I know if anyone can understand how I am feeling right now, its you all.
I had to have my not even 10 month old sweet Pez euthanized today and I'm devastated.
3 days ago I noticed her wattle was pale and she was a little less active and had some watery poo.
Yesterday she was pretty lethargic but still eating.
This morning I came out and she was still up in the coop which she never does.
I picked her up and immediately felt that her crop was huge and very hard.
I brought her inside and gave her a warm Epsom bath just to try to make her feel better and gave her a little olive oil.
By the time I had finished drying her off, she was panting and in obvious pain.
We took her to the vet and everyone ooohed and awed over how beautiful she was but the vets expression when he felt her crop told me it wasn't good.
We did xrays and they showed her crop was solid packed and her stomach and intestines were bloated.
There was nothing they could do. Even if they were able to operate successfully on her crop there was nothing they could do for her stomach or intestines.
If we hadn't decided to allow them to preform euthanasia, she would have suffered a very painful death.
I held her, kissed her, snuggled her, cried on her, told her I loved her, that I was sorry, that she was a good girl.
My husband, big tough strong man, cried with me, held her, we said goodbye.
It was heartbreaking.
We had them do a necropsy on her to find out what had killed her.
It was mulch.
She was filled solid with mulch and her little body couldn't get rid of it.
I've had to say goodbye to a lot of things I've loved but I honestly wasn't prepared for how hard saying goodbye to one of my chickens would be.
I guess love is love.
Loss is loss.
Hurting tonight guys, thanks for reading.
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