Michigan

[M.sue]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

X2 here

 

[RaZ]

very sad here. The silkie/cochin that I got as a couple-day old chick from Chickenstock (Keyt), was making a very high-pitched sneeze for two days. Not like a cold, more like she had dust in her nose. She would sneeze repeatedly then not, then sneeze repeatedly then not. When I heard her breathe, she sounded like a kitten mewing. Really. I first looked for a kitten in my chicken coop. This was two days ago. I figured I would give her a couple days- watch her, see if she was indeed sick, or if she had just gotten a feather stuck in her nose before I posted and freaked out.
I just found her dead and snowed on. Not just dead, but dead on her back, feet up. Dramatic dead.

Its sad. I checked Mama and her babies, the fruitloops- then opened the coop door to check my 'early-to-bed' girls and she was missing.
I knew immediately that she had either gone broody/unlikley nobody is laying, or was dead. As soon as I checked under the rabbit hutch where they like to hide when broody, and she wasnt there (i did find a frozen egg, though) I KNEW I was going to find her dead.

I have absolutely no idea what happened to the poor girl. The other chickens appear fine, no sneezing, no mewing, nothing unusual.

If I could have easily caught her, I could have maybe checked her over better.

Keep a close eye on the rest of your flock, just in case something is going around.

So sorry for your loss.

 

[LyonFuzz]

Sorry to hear about your chickie

 

[Farmerboy16]

Proof that we live in winter wonderland.



Our puppy loved the snow.


The snow pushing the honeysuckle bush over the water pump, I had to push the bush aside to get the water for the calves.


The breeder coop. The chicken's water was not frozen as everything outside. Proof that greenhouse plastic works.


The view from the front of the coop to the road.


This was taken from the road, as I was waiting for my sister to get the mail.


This what our area looks like in the summer- I sure miss those warm days, but I am glad for the rest as winter brings. Still, can't wait to plant those seeds that I got from Bakercreek seeds. I love to garden.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Its a sad feeling compounded by guilt.
Like I should have done something and didnt. I really figured she would sneeze out whatever it was she had in her nose. Do chickens have noses? Her nostrils.
I feel really guilty.

 

[keyt1969]

very sad here. The silkie/cochin that I got as a couple-day old chick from Chickenstock (Keyt), was making a very high-pitched sneeze for two days. Not like a cold, more like she had dust in her nose. She would sneeze repeatedly then not, then sneeze repeatedly then not. When I heard her breathe, she sounded like a kitten mewing. Really. I first looked for a kitten in my chicken coop. This was two days ago. I figured I would give her a couple days- watch her, see if she was indeed sick, or if she had just gotten a feather stuck in her nose before I posted and freaked out.
I just found her dead and snowed on. Not just dead, but dead on her back, feet up. Dramatic dead.

Its sad. I checked Mama and her babies, the fruitloops- then opened the coop door to check my 'early-to-bed' girls and she was missing.
I knew immediately that she had either gone broody/unlikley nobody is laying, or was dead. As soon as I checked under the rabbit hutch where they like to hide when broody, and she wasnt there (i did find a frozen egg, though) I KNEW I was going to find her dead.

I have absolutely no idea what happened to the poor girl. The other chickens appear fine, no sneezing, no mewing, nothing unusual.

If I could have easily caught her, I could have maybe checked her over better.

OH NO!!! I'm so sorry!!! That's so sad!

 

[Farmerboy16]

Sorry about your hen, Mom.
I agree with RaZ, keep an eye or two on the rest in case something is going around.

 

[babigyrl22]

For the study, any hen between 26 weeks and 5 years will be considered. Girls gone broody are not to be counted.

Alright. I will give you a head count and the number of eggs starting tomorrow. My DH was worried about them getting too much snow blowing in the coop so he kept them shut in today.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Its a sad feeling compounded by guilt.
Like I should have done something and didnt. I really figured she would sneeze out whatever it was she had in her nose. Do chickens have noses? Her nostrils.
I feel really guilty.

I know what you mean. I don't think it is deserved, though. How could you have known that it would happen this quick? It is kinda odd, actually, if she was really healthy when she got sick. There are so many things that could stop a hen in her tracks, and even if you would have rushed right out for the medicine, without knowing what it is you are trying to treat, it would only have been a shot in the dark.

At the least, it sounds like she never saw it coming and did not suffer long with her illness.

 

[M.sue]

Farmerboy16....winter wonderland indeed and your pics prove it! Seeing those Weeping Willows remind me of the ones at my grandparents. Boy how I use to love swinging from those drooping branches!!