Please help, it’s urgent

[bobbi-j]

I do recommend that we as human being’s should stop these horrible horrible methods which could seriously injury our chicks, we should just give them affection water and food and let them grow up, it will stay with me for a long time but at least it’s at rest now

Yes, we do need to put a stop to the bad advice given. You are doing your part by sharing your experiences here. We all make mistakes. I wouldn't believe or trust anyone who says they have never made a mistake or bad decsion at least once in their chicken keeping. Sometimes experience is the only way to learn those tough lessons.

you guys are experts of keeping chickens I’m a new beginner I feel awful and it’s on my mind constantly playing but at the same time I knew it wasn’t getting better it was falling weaker
May god forgive me for what I did - Amen

We were all new beginners at some point, and as has been stated before - we have all made mistakes. You also need to forgive yourself. You have learned a painful lesson, and you have shared it with others so they don't make the same mistake. Now pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and go find a mirror. Now look in that mirror and say, "I forgive you." And mean it. It happened, it's done, and you have learned.

 

[Backyardchickenlover89]

Yes, we do need to put a stop to the bad advice given. You are doing your part by sharing your experiences here. We all make mistakes. I wouldn't believe or trust anyone who says they have never made a mistake or bad decsion at least once in their chicken keeping. Sometimes experience is the only way to learn those tough lessons.


We were all new beginners at some point, and as has been stated before - we havea ll made mistakes. You also need to forgive yourself. You have learned a painful lesson, and you have shared it with others so they don't make the same mistake. Now pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and go find a mirror. Now look in that mirror and say, "I forgive you." And mean it. It happened, it's done, and you have learned.


You know, the OP feels bad enough already without you beating him up. If you would have read further, you'd see that. You may not have made any mistakes yet in your short chicken keeping experience, but the day will come. Being mere humans, we are not perfect. When your time comes, I hope that if you come looking for support you will find more grace and mercy than you have shown here.

Thanks for supporting me I felt heart broken, but with time everything will get better I bet this person has already made mistakes least I have some balls to come forward and speak about it on a online forum, I have years of experience with dogs cats and parrots, keeping chickens is a first time experience, my pets all dead of old age, I went to the vet every 3 months of the year to make sure they were healthy spend tons of money we treat animals like family members, below is a picture of how bad I feel

 

[bobbi-j]

Thanks for supporting me I felt heart broken, but with time everything will get better I bet this person has already made mistakes least I have some balls to come forward and speak about it on a online forum, I have years of experience with dogs cats and parrots, keeping chickens is a first time experience, my pets all dead of old age, I went to the vet every 3 months of the year to make sure they were healthy spend tons of money we treat animals like family members, below is a picture of how bad I feel

I'm sure you do feel badly. Now let it go. You have 12 more healthy, happy chicks that need your attention. Focus on them.

 

[Backyardchickenlover89]

When I buried him I found a rock and I brought it near his/her grave and wrote the name, the marker I had wasn’t so great but I’ll buy one and curb it in, still heart broken that my baby is gone bet my other 13 chicks who are healthy and growing up will notice that their pal is gone but least he’s in a better place, where he can get plenty of water food and sunlight, I’ll miss spotty with my whole family, he was the unique chick in our flock, Rip spotty I’ll miss you buddy, and for those who push people further you shouldn’t
there’s enough negativity going around the world we don’t need it from you, just because there’s people who abuse animals don’t think everyone else is the same, when I laid my chick to rest
I taught to myself how does human sleep with themselves knowing they kill living human beings in the planet, it’s just a sad world

 

[bobbi-j]

When I buried him I found a rock and I brought it near his/her grave and wrote the name, the marker I had wasn’t so great but I’ll buy one and curb it in, still heart broken that my baby is gone bet my other 13 chicks who are healthy and growing up will notice that their pal is gone but least he’s in a better place, where he can get plenty of water food and sunlight, I’ll miss spotty with my whole family, he was the unique chick in our flock, Rip spotty I’ll miss you buddy, and for those who push people further you shouldn’t
there’s enough negativity going around the world we don’t need it from you, just because there’s people who abuse animals don’t think everyone else is the same, when I laid my chick to rest
I taught to myself how does human sleep with themselves knowing they kill living human beings in the planet, it’s just a sad world

Very nice marker. I'd leave it just like that. It looks nice and natural. The rest of your chicks may notice for a short time, but will forget in a day or two. What they may notice is the change in flock dynamics (at least older ones do, I'm not sure at 3 weeks if they have even established a strong pecking order yet). When I have lost chicks at a young age, the others have seemed unaffected.

 

[Backyardchickenlover89]

I'm sure you do feel like that. Now let it go. You have 12 more healthy, happy chicks that need your attention. Focus on them.

Thanks, you guys have made this less painful for me, I love this forum and thank god I joined it’s helping me learn a lot, I raised 2 Easter Eggers who have their chicken coop in the garage now since I’m in Canada, the winter does get dull and chilly at times, their both around 7 months old and I had them at one week beautiful beautiful chickens
I never did any type of gender testing with them, their totally in love with one another

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hey

Guys I’m deeply saddened to tell you guys that I put her/him down, the chick wasn’t getting any better we tried everything, even save a chic but it wasn’t showing any condition of getting better it kept gasping for air and had became a lot weaker

I'm very sorry for you loss
You did the right thing letting your sweet little Spotty go. I know it's hard, but don't beat yourself up. Sometimes things happen. We learn from it and help others not to make the same mistakes that we have made.

Thank you for being open and honest with us about your chick.

 

[Grits&Eggs]

I was once, wisely told, not to listen to all the advice on the internet. If it doesn't make sense, don't do it. Sorry for the distress, good luck.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

I think you probably broke it's neck or at the least somehow pinched it's nerves.

 

[bobbi-j]

I was once, wisely told, not to listen to all the advice on the internet. If it doesn't make sense, don't do it. Sorry for the distress, good luck.

And before the internet, advice (both good and bad) was given by word of mouth. It gets around one way or another.