Ribh's D'Coopage

[micstrachan]

Ribh, I’m so sorry this happened to Patricia. I hope the vet was able to help. Please keep us posted.

 

[Ribh]

I'm sorry everyone; it's bad news about Patricia. It was a prolapse, as I suspected ~ but the biggest, nastiest one the vet had ever seen. She actually took Patricia to the head vet for a specialist consultation. They found a massive blood clot hidden behind the prolapse, lots of exposed blood vessels & she was haemorrhaging. It was really nasty & she was starting to fade so we agreed to put her out of her misery. Not what I was hoping for.
I thought she'd finished laying. I hadn't had an egg from her in months & then she began her moult & I just didn't expect her to ever lay again. However she was in a nesting box earlier this week & it seems that probably did it. She tried to push out a really large egg. The egg never arrived but everything else came out.

Those of you who know my tribes know we are heavy on the flighty nut jobs. The sane, stable members are super valuable for keeping my tipsy ship steady. Patricia was one of my calm steady ones. She will be missed.

She's buried next to Reagan within sight & sound of the tribes.
I had a lot of unwanted help & advice.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm sorry everyone; it's bad news about Patricia. It was a prolapse, as I suspected ~ but the biggest, nastiest one the vet had ever seen. She actually took Patricia to the head vet for a specialist consultation. They found a massive blood clot hidden behind the prolapse, lots of exposed blood vessels & she was haemorrhaging. It was really nasty & she was starting to fade so we agreed to put her out of her misery. Not what I was hoping for.
I thought she'd finished laying. I hadn't had an egg from her in months & then she began her moult & I just didn't expect her to ever lay again. However she was in a nesting box earlier this week & it seems that probably did it. She tried to push out a really large egg. The egg never arrived but everything else came out.

Those of you who know my tribes know we are heavy on the flighty nut jobs. The sane, stable members are super valuable for keeping my tipsy ship steady. Patricia was one of my calm steady ones. She will be missed.
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She's buried next to Reagan within sight & sound of the tribes.
I had a lot of unwanted help & advice.
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Farewell Patricia. You were loved and valued. You'll be missed

So sorry Ribh mate. That's really bad luck. So glad she didn't have to suffer for long. You did the right thing.

 

[Ribh]

Farewell Patricia. You were loved and valued. You'll be missed

So sorry Ribh mate. That's really bad luck. So glad she didn't have to suffer for long. You did the right thing.

Thanks, mate! I'm upset but she was one of my older girls & she's had a great life here. And I couldn't let her suffer.

 

[MaryJanet]

Thanks, mate! I'm upset but she was one of my older girls & she's had a great life here. And I couldn't let her suffer.

No, you couldn't do that. It would've been unkind. She had a lovely, chickeny life.

 

[Ribh]

No, you couldn't do that. It would've been unkind. She had a lovely, chickeny life.

She really did. And she was really healthy & looking good so able to enjoy it to the fullest.

 

[MaryJanet]

She really did. And she was really healthy & looking good so able to enjoy it to the fullest.

That's right.

Let's face it, she'd have thanked you for all the care you provided if she could have, even today as she slipped away.

 

[Ribh]

That's right.

Let's face it, she'd have thanked you for all the care you provided if she could have, even today as she slipped away.

She did, I got great eggs off her from the moment she arrived until nearly the very end. Nearly everyone was squashed on the top 2 rails tonight. I had 2 Vorwerks & Desi on the bottom rail. Desi really doesn't like being up high. And they all roosted early. I think they are feeling her loss. I will need to watch Luna who really feels these things & Patricia was the only other large, whitish hen. Luna will feel rather lonely I'm thinking. They came together. I'm down to 2 from my very 1st buy & just 2 from my second so flock dynamics are really changing.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Jeannie I'm so sorry about Patricia She was well loved and had a great life

 

[Shadrach]

Shra!!

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Ah! That must be the terribly aggressive a scary apple core.