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[Treekeeper]

Has anyone read the article in Practical Poultry from this woman? She should be banned from keeping chooks forever

[Alis girls]

No what does it say?

[dixie chick]

Its on the Readers Letter page. She has written a graphic article about how her hen was badly mauled by her greyhound and despite appalling injuries, and being 'leaving it to die' twice, the plucky little hen came through and still lays an egg every morning.The editor expects the letter to divide opinion - there will be many that will scoff at Daphne's elementary mistakes and lack of action, but there will be plenty who feel sympathy for her shocking experience. Personally, I just cannot believe that she did not take the injured bird straight to the vet. Am surprised 'Practical Poultry' printed it.

[ISCA]

I have not read the article.

 

I suspect there are a significant number of poultry keepers who rarely, if ever, take their chickens to a vet. If one of their birds is ill or injured, they will either see how it does after simple home "first-aid" or dispatch it themselves. For many poultry keepers this makes economic sense. They do not view poutry as pets. Few would allow a bird to suffer unnecessarily though (and I am not saying Ms. Chappell did as I do not know the facts).

 

Many Omlet owners do see their birds as pets and regularly use a vet for their chickens. That is the other end of the spectrum of poultry keeping. The approaches are different.

 

But to reiterate, no animal should be allowed to suffer needlessly, whatever the breed.

 

I shall look out for the article when I get Practical Poultry this week.

Edited June 14, 2010 by Guest

[migsy]

I think chicken keepers who take their birds to the vet are in a tiny minority. I read the article and didn't quite know what to make of it. It seemed to me that she did care for the hen but maybe not in the way that many people on this forum would do so. She appeared a little laid back about its injuries but then she did nurse it back to health. The bit about the prolapsed throat was gruesome to read.

[jennydavies]

I know over here in France where we live, people would not consider taking a poorly or injured hen to the vet. I do not know any vets that would have knowledge or experience of poultry. All worming, health etc products are for sale in all local chemists and feed is sold in the local B&Q type merchants. I went to the chemist for worming supplies and the chemist had more knowledge about hens than a lot of vets

Concerning the article, we have two Greyhounds and knowing their killing capabilities, we would never trust them with our hens. Never the twain will meet, so to speak.

[The Dogmother]

Concerning the article, we have two Greyhounds and knowing their killing capabilities, we would never trust them with our hens. Never the twain will meet, so to speak.

 

Same here with my lurcher

[Redwing]

i dont tend to take my chooks to the vet if they get ill however I am astonished at this lady's blase attitude to a suffering bird I would never treat any of mine in that way vet or no vet

[Chucky Mama]

I think that she was just downright cruel. It obviously wasn't going to get better on it's own with those injuries. She should have taken it to a vet or humanely dispatched it. I don't knock anyone that doesn't take their chickens to the vet but they need to end things when unnecessary suffering is evident.

[Egluntyne]

I seldom take mine to the vet's either, but neither do I let them linger in pain. I'm a great believer that it is a part of responsible chicken keeping to know how to despatch a chicken if need be.

 

It was the having a bath so that she could get over the shock that astonished me.

 

I doubt anyone would have done that if it had been a dog or a grandchild.

[migsy]

Yes, the having a bath bit was rather wierd. If I'd seen an animal/bird in that condition, I certainly couldn't go for a relaxing bath whilst I considered what to do next. I'd do something immediately.

[The Dogmother]

I seldom take mine to the vet's either, but neither do I let them linger in pain. I'm a great believer that it is a part of responsible chicken keeping to know how to despatch a chicken if need be.

 

It was the having a bath so that she could get over the shock that astonished me.

 

I doubt anyone would have done that if it had been a dog or a grandchild.

 

 

Same here

[Treekeeper]

If she was shocked heaven knows what the poor chook was! Mauled by a dog and then strangled by her owners so called ministrations!

[Jools]

Even if she fell into the "I don't take my chickens to the vet" camp, there was no excuse whatsoever for leaving that poor thicken "to die" TWICE. It's absolutely basic animal welfare to put a suffering animal out of its misery and not to just leave it. Unbelievably cruel and cowardly.

[Olly]

But the chicken did survive - I'm not condoning the activities here, but actually it did overcome this and apparently is still alive and laying, so there's a happy outcome despite this awful scenario.

[Jools]

Yes the poor thing did, despite the best efforts of her owner.

 

I wonder what the responses will be in next month's magazine.