Chicken boarders

[brightonbelle]

I had posted recently on the broody thread about 2 of my 3 girls being broody. Last week one of them ,Dita, came out but looked a bit lethargic and wasnt eating much. After 2 days I was going to give her a dose of tonic but when I went out to let them out she wasnt down and the other broody,Peggy, was.

I checked inside and found poor Dita dead. I cant believe it...I only got them on 31/5 and she was still a young bird. Before those 2 days when she looked down she was her usual perky self so it happened very quickly.

 

RIP Dita xx

 

The good side effect is that Peggy,who was proving to be the most obstinate broody ever (about 11 weeks and none of the methods suggested worked on her) seems to have been shocked out of it. Her and Dita became very pally,often sitting in the same nest box so I assume she was frightened by Dita's death and it sort of broke the broodiness. She has returned totally to normal,colour returning to her comb,eating well and seems very happy. It has been 4 days now and she hasnt gone back to being broody and whatever killed poor Dita hopefully hasnt affected her or Sky.

Peggy has also stopped bullying Sky so all is calm at the moment.

 

Fingers crossed for them both x

[pips_pekins]

So sorry to hear about poor Dita. I am glad that such a sad thing has brought some positives as well for your other 2 girls. I guess if they only have each other they can't really risk falling out too badly so hopefully the bullying will remain in the past.