Wasp Killer

[DantesInferno]

My name is Rachael, and not to long ago I had one very beautiful rooster named Dante. My mom had sprayed for wasps and he ate some of the dead wasps and was poisoned. He got sick and his legs began to lock, a few days later he was paralized from what i could tell the waist down. Later that week, we left to go on vacation and I was unable to be with him he died. It was probably the most heart breaking thing I've had to deal with with our chickens. It's come up again now at the county fair, some people are really missing him and alot of those emotions are coming back. I've been wondering if there was something I could have done, or should have done. I had been praying he just needed it out of his system. If this ever happened again somehow...Is there a way to treat it? If not...What would be the most humane way to put a bird down? I love my birds so much, and I never want to see any of them suffer like that again.

 

[dawg53]

Never use poisons around chickens. A spray bottle mixed with a high concentration of vinegar and a little water will deter wasps. When the wasps fall to the ground, dont let chickens eat them. Smash the wasps with your shoes, then pick them up and toss them in the the trash can. The wasps can possibly sting the chickens throat on the way down into the crop causing severe swelling, slowly suffocating the bird to death.
The quickest, easiest and painless way to put a bird down is a .22 bullet to the head.

 

[DantesInferno]

We all definitely learned our lesson the hard way. Thank you for the tip, and I pray it doesn't come to that with another bird, especially like Dante, he was something really special.