Roobaloo Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Lil'un was humanely euthanised this morning. She had been showing great progress but seemed to be giving up. she was getting increasingly distressed when handled...and She had started to poo where she sat, so she was beginning to get in an awful mess. She was 4 weeks old today and still looked the same as she did at two weeks. Rest in Peace, Lil'un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateurkeeper Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Aww bless her...RIP chickie. Don't give up Roobaloo. You couldn't have done anything more for her. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Thank you! It's just heartbreaking, from the start she was my favourite...she was such a beautiful chick. It doesn't help that she needed so much care as now there is an obvious hole in my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateurkeeper Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I know what you mean - exactly how I felt when bluey died but your little 'un is no longer in pain and now you can concentrate on getting to know your other chickies better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I'm really really sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Just caught this - I'm sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I'm really really sorry. I also had to d the same yesterday, so know exactly how you are feeling. Hugs... Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I'm sorry to hear that; you did all you could, but she just wasn't meant to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Thanks everyone! Still heartbroken as she was such a bubbly little thing, it's not the same going into the "brooder room" now as the others just look at me...she used to sing and get all excited and shuffle to the front of her brooder. Really miss her but I know it was the right thing to do. Now need to figure out what to do next...I'm back to where I started - facing the prospect of raising one solitarty legbar chick. Her current companion is a Poland chick which was on loan...due to go back next weekend. The breeder has said I can hang on to it for now but the Legbar has started to peck its head feathers, so it now has a friar tuck 'do with a bald spot....so I'm reluctant to leave them together for much longer incase the pecking gets worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 keep an eye on the Poland, they have a hole in the top of their skull and pecking there can cause a nasty wound chicks seem drawn to the poland domed skulls for some reason, all of mine had bald heads so I had to separate the Polands from the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 They also have more of a tendency to get lice in their top-knots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 keep an eye on the Poland, they have a hole in the top of their skull and pecking there can cause a nasty wound chicks seem drawn to the poland domed skulls for some reason, all of mine had bald heads so I had to separate the Polands from the others This is what worries me...and why I want to return it to the breeder ASAP!! Last thing I want is another injured (or worse) chick!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Do you get hold of Alma ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Do you get hold of Alma ? I dropped her an email and she sent me back her phone number - in the meantime, an alternative solution has come up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
