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Sick hen. Help!

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  • pickledtink
    pickledtink Posts: 595 Forumite
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    MrsCrafty wrote: »
    Apologies to both of you, I thought that's what you did with hens when they died.

    It's OK. You didn't know and I DID offer to gut, stuff and roast your dearly beloved. ;-)
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  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    Not sure if this is of any use? Haven't read full thread so not sure if anyone else has posted this.

    http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26215

    Hope your little hen will pull through.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • pickledtink
    pickledtink Posts: 595 Forumite
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    Thanks. It was sour crop and I massaged it and got her to bring up a whole lot of stinking stuff and the swelling went right down but she didn't survive the night.
    I went out to give her a syringe of sugar water and do it again this morning but I think she was just too weak. She was stiff so died during the night.
    I thought we might have a chance but it was just too late and at least it's all over for her.

    Watch out for this one folks. I certainly will in future.
    I'm going to check the others over but they are all bouncing about like maniacs as usual so I think they're OK. This isn't something catching.
    Heavy heart this morning....
    Living on Earth can be expensive, but it does include an annual free trip around the Sun.
  • lollyfin
    lollyfin Posts: 299 Forumite
    Aww pickledtink i am so sorry. i know nothing about keeping chickens but have been reading and willing her to survive. i have two dogs and they are as part of the family as anyone else and i know i would be devastated if anything happened to them
    hugs xxx
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  • Maitane
    Maitane Posts: 360 Forumite
    :( Sorry to hear about your hen. Poor little thing.
    "We always find something, hey Didi, to give us the impression we exist?" Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot.
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  • dandy-candy
    dandy-candy Posts: 2,214 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear your bad news, your poor little henny isn't suffering anymore tho and it sounds like she had a good caring owner which is the best any chook can hope for.
  • naomijj
    naomijj Posts: 90 Forumite
    Sorry to hear about your little hen, I have been following your thread and hoping she would be ok. You did all you could do. Hugs xxx
    Happy Wife and Mother :-) DD is 7 bump is due in July and DH is 40.
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear that PT.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • quizzy_rascal
    quizzy_rascal Posts: 8 Forumite
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    Very sorry to hear your sad news.
  • the_cake
    the_cake Posts: 668 Forumite
    That's sad, I am so sorry. xx the cake
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