My hen Snowdrop is dead

[petal]

My little girls darling light sussex hen, who has given us such joy died today. We found her sneezing, with snotty nose a week ago so put her in warm box in barn,and let her wander round the patio in the sun during the day, we wormed her, deloused- just in case but she got progressively worse - she wheezed like she had asthma today. I could feel pea size, tender lump in her gullet (tumour?) she just collapsed, so I had to finish her off, which was horrible. My little girl is inconsolable, we dug a lovely grave, put flowers on it and a cross with her name on. The vet said if any of the others look ill to pop them in to her incase its something contagious but that these things happen..

[piskieinboots]

I'm sorry for your lose but this title made me feel very sick for a brief moment!

I do hope it doesn't spread to your other babies

[RedThorn]

real sorry to hear. Hugs to both you and your daughter

[jackie j]

I'm sorry for your lose but this title made me feel very sick for a brief moment!

I do hope it doesn't spread to your other babies

Same here Piskie phew, sorry about your hen tho.

[Bramble-Poultry]

Sorry about snowdrop - not sure I like your vets attitude though, if the others show signs of being sick find a vet other than this one and get them treated, antibiotics will clear up a respiratory infection in a couple of days. Unfortunatley there are still a lot of vets out there that do not seem to have grasped the concept that these are loved pets and not a comercial farm animal - thankfully our vet is an absolute star and has yet to be put off by anything we have thrown at him!

[lottie dolly]

I'm sorry for your lose but this title made me feel very sick for a brief moment!

I do hope it doesn't spread to your other babies

i looked on the opening page and thought,oh my god,then what a relief when i actually read the post,
sorry about the chicken petal and hope the others will be ok,

[Alice]

My heart just skipped a beat when I read that title and I'm relieved it's not what I thought it was but I am sorry about your hen.

[Snadger]

Big hugs petal.

I had a young Dorking and an old ex bat die recently both on the same night with exactly the same symptoms as yours.

If it's any consolation this was a good few weeks ago and up to now no other occurances, so like mine, it could have been a blip with no problems with the others!

[dexterdoglancashire]

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I've only had my girls 3 days and already I'd be gutted if anything happened to them. I don't really know what to say. Hope it gets easier over time.
Love Bernie x

[Alice]

I'm so glad you chamged your title Petal. I don't know anything about keeping hens but I do know they get sick and die - as with all creatures on earth. It's heartbreaking when an animal you are attached to dies. My sympathy to you and your little girl.

[ginger ninger]

Heart stopping title.. But I'm sorry to hear about your chook, it's not nice to loose a much loved pet more so when you had to intervene yourself, Big Hugs. xx

[Eco-Chic]

Petal,

I'm sorry you and your daughter have lost Snowdrop. I think you're extremely brave and caring to have put an end to Snowdrop's suffering yourself. I think that expresses real, true and selfless love.

[pipscariad]

Big (((((hugs))))) to you all, having just lost two hens in just over a week, I know how you are feeling. I was so sad when I went to let them out this morning and only two hens came running, rather than four.... One of my remaining hens, the only one of our original trio, is also a light sussex called Snowdrop!

Time is a great healer, but children do find these things very hard (as do we of course!) - my little girl made a lovely painted gravestone when her little hen died earlier this year (yes, I've lost 3 this year ). It helped her to do something creative, and I'm sure making a lovely grave was a good send off for your Snowdrop.
x

[Nicos]

That's really sad.
..and for you to put her out of her misery- have you ever done that before? I think it's the only time I could do it.
Very brave and caring. x

[HayleyB]

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