my black tailed white japanese hen died

[tiki244]

just like that. Her and the rooster always sleep cuddled up at night so when I looked at them last night they looked ok and this morning I went in there and she was dead.

Her name was Skittles.

She has been laying a lot of eggs lately too. I dont know what was wrong.

 

[ibpboo]

This is sad news, so sorry for your loss.

 

[tiki244]

She was such a good hen-now I am blaming myself

I cant even bury her because the ground is frozen-what am I going to do with her?

can I cremate her? How?

 

[Stormhorse23]

an idea would be to put your girl in a cardboard box and um..cremate her. i am so sorry for your loss. sometimes you never know...

 

[Cheekon]

I'm so sorry. :aww

 

[tiki244]

Thanks Guys How would I do that(cremate)?


start a fire in the backyard and put her on top in box?

I dont want to through her away

Her rooster is calling for her

 

[okiechick57]

First I want to tell you how sorry I am to hear of your loss.........sometimes we never know why.......sad for you

and 2nd....yes a box on a fire will work........ be sure to have a hose handy,even in snow and ice like weather....... :aww

 

[countryboy]

sorry tiki,

 

[lacyloo]

:aww

 

[chicknmania]

Do you have a deep freezer? That's another option; we did that with my daughter's pet frog and also a hamster; both died in the winter. Just wrapped em up in a plastic bag, stuck em in a shoebox and put em on the bottom shelf...sorry for your loss, we had one die this winter too and were lucky enough to find some softer ground that wasn't totally frozen, inour woods. If you do the deep freeze thing and bury her later, remember not to bury her too close to where you keep the others; I mean, at least 50 yards awayand preferably more. Burying them too close to the rest can start other potential problems with possible spread of disease or attracting predators.