My EE frizzle Angel passed on last night. She was my oldest chicken being around 4. A few days back she had become lethargic and her belly was bloated. I thought it was at first eggbound but then when I did everything from soaking her in warm water, massages and having her sit on my lap on a heating pad to try and relax her muscles. It could have been internal laying not sure. I did feel an egg but couldn't get it to move from the spot it was in no matter how long I massaged her. She was separated from the flock in a hutch with food/water and a heat lamp. She was eating/drinking right up to when I took her out last night to soak her again. She sat on my lap on the heating pad seeming very relaxed until about 9:25 last night. It was the first time through this I had seen her this relaxed. I was going to go to bed myself so I brought her back to her hutch she had what looked to be a seizure that lasted less than 5 seconds and she was gone
I haven't cried this hard in a long time. I tried everything I could and the only thing that is helping me today is that I think having her on that heating pad and having her so relaxed she wasn't in so much pain and passed quickly. I know from everyone at work and the rest of my family will say she is just a chicken, well she wasn't. She was the best little chicken and layed faithfully up until a couple months ago when she went through a molt. I had her the longest of all my chickens and this is just so hard. Here is my beautiful girl
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