Goldie, our beautiful Wellsummer (on the left) died in my lap this morning. That's two hens gone in four days. I am so upset and sad. Grieving for a chicken.
I went to the feed store first thing this morning and talked to the owner, Sam. He said to put this antibiotic in their water. I ran over to Mom's and Goldie was laying down, barely alive. Sam said she was probably dehydrated. I picked her up and started trying to get the medicated water into her. She was drinking it and seemed to perk up a bit. She moved around a bit and even clucked a couple of times. I even got her to drink some on her own out of the cup. I thought I could nurse her back to health. Then she just shuddered and died in my lap. Waaaaaaa.
Wili and Charlene seemed fine. I worked today and went back around 5:30 - they were eating and drinking their medicine water. Tomorrow I'm going to tear apart their quarters and disinfect it. I don't know what else to do. We'll just have to watch them carefully and hope we don't have any more casualties. I don't know if I can take it.
2 comments:
Awww I'm so sorry! I hope Charlene and Willy are ok! I think the medicine should help.
I hope so. I've never had a pet die in my lap before, it's heartbreaking. :(
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