- Jun 10, 2014
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Hello all!
I have been raising chickens for 5 years now. I currently have a flock of 10 hens (Rhode Island Red, Barred Plymouth Rock and Aracauna), some of them 5 years old.
I've been extremely lucky in having a happy, healthy flock that has a nice big area to roam about in. So far the worst was last year when my son's visiting dog snuck into the coop area and killed one girl and maimed another, who I nursed back to health.
Today, I found one of my older girls (4 years old) is having difficulty walking and seems to have a big bare spot on her bottom that is being picked at by the other girls. Haven't been able to get hold of her yet (she hides under the coop but can move pretty fast when I reach under it) but can't see any blood so thinking it's viral or old age related. Probably her time to go. :-( Thanks to this forum, I have decided on the broomstick method as a humane way of putting her down. Wish me luck that I can get it done properly and she doesn't suffer.
Anyway, happy to be here and overjoyed to find this great source of information and support.
Candace in Show Low, Arizona
I have been raising chickens for 5 years now. I currently have a flock of 10 hens (Rhode Island Red, Barred Plymouth Rock and Aracauna), some of them 5 years old.
I've been extremely lucky in having a happy, healthy flock that has a nice big area to roam about in. So far the worst was last year when my son's visiting dog snuck into the coop area and killed one girl and maimed another, who I nursed back to health.
Today, I found one of my older girls (4 years old) is having difficulty walking and seems to have a big bare spot on her bottom that is being picked at by the other girls. Haven't been able to get hold of her yet (she hides under the coop but can move pretty fast when I reach under it) but can't see any blood so thinking it's viral or old age related. Probably her time to go. :-( Thanks to this forum, I have decided on the broomstick method as a humane way of putting her down. Wish me luck that I can get it done properly and she doesn't suffer.
Anyway, happy to be here and overjoyed to find this great source of information and support.
Candace in Show Low, Arizona
and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about your hen 
