euthanasia

  1. C

    Duck is going to be euthanized

    Hi everyone. So long story short, I took my duck in for an endoscopy to remove a screw my baby girl, Cuca, ate. When they did the X-ray they found that both her legs were fractured, her femurs to be exact. The vet said that it's rare for that to happen and he said it was either cancer or some...
  2. spunky-chicken

    Awful fly strike, considering euthanasia, please help.

    Hi, My Speckled Sussex named Phoenix has fly strike over a patch of her behind about 4 square inches with some maggots around 3/4 inch deep. I’ve bathed her 5 times and I’m currently typing this with my right hand as I hold her bum below water with my left for a 6th time. I’ve gotten roughly...
  3. seven possums

    Update: Venus passed today from EYP. I tried.

    From this thread. Details are there, best to reply there I suppose. For those in similar situations, I used the (starter fluid) ether on a scrap of cloth method; it was quite fast and seemed very gentle and peaceful for her, to just fall asleep in my lap. She didn't struggle or even move...
  4. L

    Secondary euthanasia input

    I have this 5 week old chick that's doing really terribly. She got wry neck, and was doing well in recovery until a few days ago, as she started declining rapidly in health. Shes... -Regurgitated 3 times at this point -very underweight (though we're getting it up) -rolling around like a bowling...
  5. C

    Euthanasia Fail

    Hello, everyone. I'm not sure if this is the proper place to post this, but I couldn't find a better category. This is graphic, so please, if you are already having a difficult week, don't continue reading. This experience has traumatized me to the point of being able to think of little else for...
  6. chocluver

    Ascites...euthanise

    Hello, I returned from a few days a way to a hen waddling and after checking I am pretty sure she has ascites / water belly. Swollen and squishy, comb very dark. Eating but fussy, running when treats come. No feathers on her belly but she has been like that for over a year. She is 2.5 years old...
  7. F

    CO2 Euthanasia

    Awhile back we had a girl that got fly strike pretty bad. Decided we needed to euthanize her. Did some research and went with the cervical dislocation method and it was an awful experience. There is a learning curve to the method and I didn't do it right at first. Ideally I wanted to go a less...
  8. E

    Unresponsive chicken in shock

    Hi, I have a 2 year old silkie who was swooped by a magpie today and has caused an injury to her eye. Immediately after the attack she went into what I think is shock but it has now been over 6 hours and she is still laying in a basket of towels unresponsive. If I touch her she has what seems to...
  9. Duckduckgoosie

    Doing what needed to be done- first euthanasia

    Not sure what forum to put this in but I just euthanized my first chicken. That was hard, but I did it, and when I have to do it again some day again I hope I will be even quicker. I’d promised myself I wouldn’t get chickens again unless I was willing to do this part too. Sad. Relieved I...
  10. JelloDonut

    Rooster Cant Walk

    I just came on to seek advice and vent. I got Hops, my banatm rooster, in October as a rescue. I do not know his history. He's probably young. A bit over a week ago, he started dragging a leg. I took him in to get x-rays, and there was no sign of any injury or cancer. The first couple days I...
  11. NewToTheFlocks

    Young Hen bullied and brutally injured, help!

    **Graphic Imagery Warning!** Hello, Yesterday around 6pm I found out that one of my family’s juvenile birds escaped their side of the enclosure (they are separated from the adult birds by a plastic mesh fence) and was brutally attacked by the hens. She is a Rhode Island White around 2 1/2...
  12. LordEvan5

    Had to put my hen down today

    Her inside was all out she was in obvious pain. But I still don't feel any better about doing it. Had I been prepared to do so not just walked out to a bloody mess. Feeling pretty down.
  13. OfWolvesAndHen

    Suspected cockerels in hatch

    I'm very sad to make this post, as I've grown incredibly attached to my little ameraucana chicks. However after reading through some threads on this forum, I believe it is necessary. I suspect at least 2 of my 3 chicks are cockerels---this is based on my observations during vent sexing (though...
  14. Silling

    Open back wound update. Euthanize?

    A week ago our hen Michelle was attacked by what we then thought was a dog but ended up being an eagle. I posted pictures of her wounds and asked for help here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dog-attack-open-back-wound.1463179/#post-24387548 Now her wounds look dried out even with...
  15. T

    Is the vet worth it

    I have a Peking drake, very big but only 5 months old. A few weeks ago he suffered a foot injury, looks like his middle toe is broken. He was unable to really put weight on the foot but he still managed to get around. I isolated him and put him in a pool to swim and get exercise everyday to try...
    • thecollector
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated broken duck leg euthanasia foamy eye vet advice
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    • Forum: Ducks
  16. A

    Blind quail chick not growing

    This is my first time hatching and raising quail. All of my chicks except 1, which was born blind (without eyes). I didn't want to cull it yet since I thought it would maybe be able to see or learn to adapt in the future but so far it's been 1 week in and I still hand feed the chick as it never...
    • abroot
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    • blind blind chick cull euthanasia not growing quai quail advice
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  17. cluckjans

    When to put down a chicken with Marek’s

    Our 15 week old chicken, Clover, hasn’t been able to walk for a week now. We got her and 3 other pullets who are the same age from a backyard breeder (who vaccinates for Marek’s) when they were 6-7 weeks old. It’s the first time we’ve kept chickens. We’ve been reading up in our chicken book and...
  18. MotherOfChickens

    Euthanasia

    I have a hen with a blocked, sour, pendulous crop. I've been massaging it. Giving her monistat and stool softener. It hasn't fixed the issue and now she has stopped eating. I am looking to humanly euthanize her by internal decapitation but I'm so scared I will botch it. How hard is it to do?
  19. deepbluesea

    neighbor's dog got in, attacked my top hen

    Damn. Sorry for starting with a swear word; I'm angry and sad. Cleo, my six-year-old PBR, was just attacked by our neighbor's golden retriever, who jumped the fence that was partially blown down by the hurricane. I'd propped it up until I can get someone out to fix it and the neighbor was...
  20. Carolrich

    When Euthanasia is Inevitable

    Beatrice, a beautiful 10 month old Plymouth Rock hen, was gently euthanized yesterday. We fought the fight to keep her alive for 11 days. We focused our efforts on what we could do that MIGHT help her to get better. We based our treatments on the symptoms we could observe. We did not have an...
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