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TJAnonymous
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Wanted to provide my last update. Yes, this poor girl was put down this weekend. We got 4 - 6" of rain in the past few days. Despite my best efforts to place the coop in a sheltered location, the ground inside the coop was thoroughly soaked. Since my special needs girl couldn't stand, she also got soaked which led to her getting chilled. I looked in on her late Saturday afternoon. She wasn't moving and looked dead. I pulled her out. No movement. She was wet and cold but rigormortis had not set in. I started to carry her to the burn barrel and noticed her legs moving ever so slightly. She was still alive by a bare thread. I couldn't stand to see her suffer anymore so I finished her off. Made my heart hurt but needed to be done. I moved her coopmates (a small Silkie and another young pullet who is blind in 1 eye) into the main coop with everyone else. I will probably add a small roost bar and use the coop as an outdoor infirmary or brooder (with a nesting box protected from wet ground)