My heart is broken

[lovemybuffy]

 

[AntiqueB]

I'm so sorry. Such a beautiful girl!

 

[turkey girl 0964]

I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[lovemybuffy]

This is my first chicken. This morning, she passed away. She would have been 2 years old on May 4th. Her name was Tiny. She was the smallest chicken of the flock but she laid the biggest eggs. Super jumbo. 2 days ago, I noticed one of my other chickens pecking at her behind. I picked her up and found that her vent area was all puffed out and swollen up. Like her insides were coming out. The bulge felt hard so I figured it was a bigger than usual egg. I lubricated up and felt inside the vent. I could feel the hard thing but I was not able to get to it. It was like there were 2 separate passages and I could not find how to get to the passage where the hard lump was. I took her to my husband who also tried. He said it was not an egg but a solid ball of something. He said it was squishy. He squeezed the ball and all of a sudden it just popped out. It was a ball of yellow yolk like substance only solid, not liquid. My husband was worried he might have torn something. I could see no blood. I washed her up and dried her vent area that was still swollen. Put cortisone cream on the area. I kept her isolated in the garage with a heat lamp to break our wind chill temps of 35-40 below zero. She was sleeping with her head under her wing this morning when we left for church services. She had passed while we were gone. My heart feels so broken. I held her limp body for a long time, whispering to her that I am sorry I was not here and that I loved her so much. Then I went to the chicken coop, tears running down my face as I picked up my beloved rooster, Buffy, who is Tiny's brother, and just cried. Buffy laid his head against my shoulder almost as if he understood. In the end, I prayed that God allows our pets, who we love so very much, in our lives to be there in Heaven waiting for us, I don't know if they have everlasting life through our love but I sure do hope so.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I am so sorry.