mimi5 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 So been having a few worries with my pekins As some of you will remember I losy my Monty to Marek's in dec But decided as I missed having a boy so miuch and needed help with all the girls I'd get another! Well, I got given a lavender boy who was nearly a year old and called him Morris. He was in the classic with my 2 "accidental" babies Tilly and Polly. Intros seemed to be going well and the 2 groups had been FR together....then Tilly who had had a few sneezes and her sister developed bubbly eyes UH OH...myco, so the vet put the 3 of them on baytril for 7 days (even though Morris had no symptoms) They finished baytril tue but Morris seemed to have an upset tummy. Today he had died in the night I discovered when I let them out In the meantime, in the cube big girls had been switching over from growers to layers pellets (I thought I had done it gradually over several weeks...) but all seemed to be laying well but getting thinner Especially my 3 hatchlings from last summer I had wormed them... so off to the vet nearly 2 weeks ago. They all got weighed and a poo sample sent off (charged me £26 and I still don't have the results yet ) Told to put them back on a grower/layer pellet mix, give them anything else they will eat and encourage FR. Due back with them on tue next week for another weigh in. So to my horror Milly was dead in the coop too this morning!!! She had been broody earlier this week and had a spell in the anti-broody coop. I am SO upset today and so have decided not to add anymore to my flock. I have no idea what is going on and have the horrible "jinxed" chicken keeper feelings of last year all over again. I have invested a lot of time energy and money in to my chicken keeping and have learned loads, but I think maybe it's not going to be for me as I can't bear it when they die!! Molly is now my only original and isn't quite 2 yet Also i still have to joy of intros from scratch again with Tilly and Polly Very sad...sorry to off load but don't really have any chickeny people to talk to here Although even hubby was shocked to lose 2 in one night and did give me a hug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Aw mimi5 so sorry to hear of your losses.Hopefully you will get some answers when results come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh I'm so very sorry It's hard enough when 1 goes, let alone 2 overnight; chookens are such fragile little beings Big hugs to you sweetheart x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkitty Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 So sorry What a horrid day for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsatroy Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I'm really sorry to hear of your 2 losses. It's very hard when this happens especially when you have been trying to do everything right as you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeshen Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh, Mimi, so sorry to hear you've lost 2 of your chooks. What an awful shock for you. They've all had a lovely life with you and you've done a lot more than many would to try and sort them out. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason and they are fragile little things. Thinking of you lots xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I am so sorry you have lost your little ones so soon, what an awful thing to happen, really feel for you. As others have said you have worked so hard for them and done everything you can, I guess you have just been really unlucky but that doesn't help much I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
good_egg Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 what a horrible thing to happen. Could you get a PM done to get answers? Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 So very sorry. I know exactly how disheartening it is when things go wrong. I lost nine hens between august and the end of december last year. It was to a mystery respiratatory disease that had come in with some new hens I bought (they all died] After a pm it turned out to be myco despite all hens having had antibiotics for it and showing no obvious symptoms. At one point I was losing a chicken a week. Things will get better, I have had four new girls for three months now and touchwood they and everybody else are all fine. If possible I would get a pm done as the one I had done showed some things I wouldn't have thought of. thinking of you and sending you hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh Mimi I'm so so sorry. Lots of hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Very sorry - what a sad and horrible day for you. It's hard when something like this happens - we had a couple of unexplained deaths last year. We never knew why but the rest of them have been fine since, including one that came in with the 2 that died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_B Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh, Mimi, I am so so sorry to read about what's happened - that's just awful for you I really hope you can find out what's happened so you can be confident about your other chickens' health. I'm so gutted for you Huge hugs x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 So sorry, what an awful day you have had. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suebee Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh mimi! I can't believe what I have read! I'm so sorry! How awful. You've really been through the mill. Sending you a big hug x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks everyone for your kind words and hugs. I spoke with the vet today who seemed to think that the deaths were unrelated and I guess I also think that, just unfortunate timing Good news the poo sample came back clear, but it was only for one hen, Florence who kicked off my concerns with a mucky bottom weeks back now. So checking crops every night will be the order of the day. Tilly's was nearly empty but her sister was back to bullying her without Morris there today Nutridrops and some TLC and she ate some food before I put her back in the classic. Back to the vet on tue for a weigh in with the big girls I have had Morris and Milly cremated. I thought about PM's but seriously I'm running up a sizable bill and I just didn't know what to do for the best. I did get 4 eggs today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcountrygirl Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 so sorry to hear this. Hope you will soon feel able to get more chickens and move forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missusmac Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Mimi5, I have only been a member of this forum since Oct 2012 but you have been one of the regular contributors who has inspired me to believe I can do this too. I am very sorry for your losses but want you to know that, even if you decide to stop chicken keeping, you have influenced others in a positive way about looking after this aspect of our livestock/pets. Thinking of you ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie-Annie Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 so sorry Mimi, your knowledge and love of your birds is evident, don't give up xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly1979 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Mimi Im so very sad for you and feel your pain if I lived closer id be there in a heartbeat to comfort you. Really hope you and your girls now get some better luck you all deserve it. In other posts its clear that you adore and love your flock. When ever I have lost any of mine I try to take comfort in knowing whilst they are with me they live the life of total luxury and could have been with someone who didnt give too hoots Sending you hugs and sunshine for your girlies xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola O Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Oh Maria, I've only just seen this, I feel devastated for you . You seem to have had such a tough time of it recently. I know what your girls (and the boys) mean to you so I can imagaine how awful you must be feeling right now. Lots of love and TLC for the girls and for you. (((((((Big hugs)))))) Nicola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 You poor, poor love. That was my situation last year with them all keep getting poorly and dying, you feel so frustrated and useless. Lots of clucks from my girlies and boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Awww mimi, I am so sorry about what has happened to you and your poor chickens. We get so attached to our pets don't we, and it is very upsetting when they die. I send you the biggest hug I can xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
