chickencam Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 The first one had been ailing for a while and was 3 years old, but the second one was only 27 weeks old and had peritonitis and was being bullied by her run mates. I had to help them both on their way, which I know was the right thing to do but if still feels wrong and was especially sad for my youngster who was a lovely speckledy hen. She had lost loads of weight stopped laying, her back end was messy and green, and she was sitting around looking sad, still eating and drinking, but she really deteriorated today. The other 3 hens with her were pecking her back and drawing blood, I was happy to leave her be until they started that. We are away from tomorrow and I didn't want her to suffer anymore and worry the pet carer who is a very sensitive soul. I read all of the posts on here about sterile peritonitis and I am 99% sure that she had this and her prognosis was not good. I think that she has mainly laid soft eggs and not many of those, the softies stopped when she stopped laying, she must have had faulty plumbing poor thing R.I.P. little one I had not lost a hen for 18 months and to lose 2 in one week came as a bit of a shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sorry to hear that - it's sad to lose a young hen like that, but you did the right thing from the sound of it. It's hard when two go together like that, isn't it. I hope you have a good holiday, to take your mind off it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sorry to hear about your Girls, and well don efor making sure they didn't suffer. Hugs to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
