katiew7103 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I came home from work tonight at about 3.30pm went down to check on my chooks and found my lovely hybrid Eileen dead. I had strung up a cabbage in the run and I found her dead under that, she was still warm. Other than a trickle of blood from her nose she was untouched and had no obvious injurys or problems. She had been perfectly well this morning and tucked into her breakfast with the others. I feel so sad for her especially as had I gone down there a little earlier I may have been able to help. Can anyone throw any light on her demise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 sorry no, but sorry to hear your sad news though. x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherinedon Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 so sorry to hear your sad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 so sorry for your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 So sorry to hear that, what a horrible shock for you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 So sorry, It does happen sometimes like that - and at least she didn't suffer too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BocBoc Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Poor little mite, so sorry for your loss and such a shock. RIP little one x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Could she have been hit by the cabbage as it swung? A head injury would explain the blood coming from the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I hang up cabbages etc for my girls, and I think it's fairly unlikely that it would have swung hard enough to cause any injury, I suspect that's just a coincidence. Sorry to hear of your loss, but sometimes this just happens. Hens are not very robust, and they often conceal illness - but it could have been heart failure or something else, and she may not have had any symptoms. I'm afraid it's all part of the wonderful world of hen-keeping, and while it's very sad, at least she was fit and well until the last moment and didn't suffer a lingering illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 So sorry to hear what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 So sorry to hear about your chick, at least she didn't suffer and had a happy life. I only got my chicks this year and one died unexpectedly after about a month, she was as well as all the others and very happy but found her dead and still warm one morning when I opened up. It's so upsetting isn't it - being so new to it all I felt so guilty that I must have missed something but from all the posts I can see it happens and we never know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Sorry i can't help. Really sorry for your loss though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Sorry to hear about Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelurch Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I found one of my hens dead in the cube on tuesday morning when I let them out first thing. She was cold so had been dead for a while, no injury or blood and no sign of illness before. Could be anything really but still quite a shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 So sorry to hear about your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
