Whats the saddest Poultry loss you've had?

[CapricornFarm]

A possum killed 3 of my best Tolbunt polish. I searched 10 years for good birds, and they were the first generation I grew out. I no longer have the parents.

 

[Beverfly]

We lost a chick this spring the day after we got it which upset the kids. But my worst is the rooster who died yesterday. We don’t know what got him but he was bloody and gasping when we found him and didn’t last long.

 

[CapricornFarm]

We lost a chick this spring the day after we got it which upset the kids. But my worst is the rooster who died yesterday. We don’t know what got him but he was bloody and gasping when we found him and didn’t last long.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[calboy147]

I am usually pretty pragmatic when animals, livestock and pets die. I do occasionally hunt and do periodically rehome some of my flock to the freezer. So i do see it as a part of life and do not dwell on it. Last year i lost about four birds for various reasons, from a family of foxes, old age and something that killed a hen in seemingly perfect health in a matter of minutes with not so much as a ruffled feather. And although i was pretty angry at the fox, he did have a family next door, so i figure they have to eat too and just made sure it would be much harder for him to shop at my place.
But last Saturday my little Easter Egger past away from old age.
She was the first of my flock. The one that gave my wife; ok and me; the ideal of raising a few chickens. She literally chose us. She just showed up one day and began hanging out with me while i was in the wood shop working with my power tools she would be constantly at my side. Either roosting on the tool base or on my feet. I found out later she was the neighbors and since he was downsizing his flock , to include her, i told him if he would keep her long enough for me to build a coop, i would buy her. He had got her used with about a dozen birds so he gave her to me upon completion of the coop. Almost six years later, last Saturday she climbed up on the top rung of my step ladder and didn't move all day. I noticed her in my chair that evening as i was closing the coop. Knowing that is was already preety cold and getting colder, i wrapped her in a towel put her in an small kennel and took her inside. About five hours later she expired. I buried her the next day and i must admit today, i actually still kind of miss her.