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  1. C

    Only 1 chick survived the hatch. Started with 9. 7 were alive day 21 (yesterday). All but 1 does. What in the world happened? I seriously might cry.

    We started with 9 eggs. 1 was infertile. 1 developed a blood ring in week 2. 4 hatched yesterday. 3 died. 3 eggs remained this morning. I came to check on them an hour afternlast check (didn’t touch, just listened) and they were all dead. No peeping, no movement, nothing. My broody then started...
  2. Jbird95

    Loss of a Silly Girl

    Today I lost my silly girl Baby Chicken. It was devastating for our entire family. We got 2 chickens about 3 1/2 years ago and they quickly became part of the family. Baby was a stinker. She iced to instagate with my son, she would be upset with my daughter if she didn’t see her for 2 or 3 days...
  3. M

    Multiple ages with large & small coop. TN

    I think I’m too much of a soft hearted person for chickens. Today we found our sweet Queenie dead. She was in the maternity ward with her sister and two chicks. Her sister got out and there are feathers everywhere. Idk what happened. But we have lost some to a fox, some to a hawk and now this...
  4. Saaniya

    A Happy & Sad Story Of Moomoo Aka Orange Juice

    This is a story of my beautiful baby chick I named Moomoo aka Orange Juice I rescued Two Day Old Baby Chicks from streets on 12th December 2020 I named them Moomoo & Booboo , many vendors in India colors the Male Chicks and sell them as toys ..I got them from there. Both babies were so actively...
    • Saaniya
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    • baby chick baby chick died chocking rainbow bridge sad day story of my chicken
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. Melody102

    Quail death, anything I could have done?

    Hi everyone, I’m so sad to report that my pretty lady Rosie has passed away. I think she died from being egg bound (sorry can’t do autopsy, she was my sweetheart and I can’t bring myself to open her up) She had a very large egg inside her near her vent( I can feel it) but shows no other signs...
    • Melody102
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    • eggbound quail advice sad day
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Quail
  6. MamaGer8ty

    2 dead...what to do?!?!

    This morning I thought my 18 week old glw was going to lay her first egg. She was hunched down and actually coming near me and letting me pet her and normally she looks at me and likes to run away. When I got back from my doctors appointment she was dead. I go to clean her up and my 8-10 week...
  7. MamaGer8ty

    Help! Heat and seizure Cornish cross

    One of my rooster Cornish cross just seizured and died in my arms. From noticing when he wasn’t moving much to getting him in his own box with food and water to when he died was less than five minutes. Could the heat have killed him? All my chickens have water, shade, and food. He was panting...
  8. C

    [Graphic] Predator executed my eldest and largest roo, left 99% behind.

    Hello Chicken Forum Users, I've been a long time lurker, and this is my first post here, looking for some forensic expertise and advice. This morning I woke up to tragedy in the chicken run; which is a large fenced pen with no roof. Inside of the run is a medium sized coop, which itself has...
  9. Scissors65

    Lost my Hen today, so heartbroken

    I just had to share, none of my non chicken owning friends would understand. I am a new chicken owner. I got my first four chickens in April 2019. Two Leghorns: Opal and Pearl and Two New Hampshire: Ruby and Scarlet. I let my girls out when I got home from work to free range the fenced in...
  10. B

    Absolutely heart broken

    Hello, I live in Western Australia and I have two hens and one hatched a single egg. When it was hatched I noticed it wasn’t breathing so was able to resuscitate it and bring it back to life. It grew to about 3 months old and I suspected it was a rooster so I had to rehome it as I was moving...
  11. R

    dealing with chicken deaths

    Today around 7:30 I came outside and realized that Moosie, my favorite partridge cochin wad eaten by a hawk. None of her body parts were left besides her blood. It seems like a hawk got into the coop since there was blood on the door and on the grass. I feel as if her death is my fault since I...
  12. stickybuns

    help!

    earlier today when I walked outside I noticed our gate was wide open (16 feet wide btw), so I closed it and started trying to find my old English game bantam (stickers) and I couldn't find her anywhere, she has walked out of the gate when it was open before but has never gone past the herb...
  13. B

    Sick chicken

    So I am a new chicken owner. Well about a month ago we got some older chickens from a friend. So I dont know how old they are. The chicken in question is a white chicken with quite a big comb. Well yesterday we noticed she wasnt feeling to good. Just kind of sitting there and didnt want to move...
  14. H

    Introducing Hen To Baby Chicks

    Hi, all. Today is a very sad day. One of my favorite hens unfortunately passed away on the way to the vets office today. She ate something toxic. She was happy and loved during and after her life. But now I have a new issue. I only had two hens, Joya (the hen who died) and Paisley. Paisley was...
    • HannahL
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    • chicks 1 week death help hen introducing chicks sad day tips and tricks
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  15. H

    How To Cope With The Loss Of My Chicken

    Hi, all. I am absolutely heartbroken today. My sweetest hen, Joya, a beautiful Buff Orpington, died today. She has been in and out of the vets office the last couple of weeks. They think that she ate something toxic. However, the last two weeks or so, she seemed to be getting better. Her color...
  16. Campbellsduckies

    Duck killed by unknown animal

    (This may be graphic! Warning) So this morning I went out to feed my ducks and my poor, poor female duck was in front of my woodshed torn open, feathers everywhere, her neck was completely skinned and everything in her head was basically sucked out, but she wasn’t dismembered. Can anyone help...
    • Campbellsduckies
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    • chicken death ducks freerangeducks help ! help asap sad day
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. That.pharm.chick

    Sudden Chick Death Syndrome??

    I have 3 week old chicks that are barnyard mix and I started out with 10 and most of them just up and died tonight! They were all ok this morning when i fed them. When I came home from work, one was slumped in a corner and not with the other chicks. I picked him up and his feet were straight out...
  18. TheYLWFlock

    Lethargic, (Dehydrated...?) d’Uccle! Please Help!

    My pride and joy, my beautiful Dutchy (a Mille Fleur Belgian D’uccle) has suddenly become very lethargic. She kind of just sits there, mostly sleeping, not caring if the other chicks bump her... I don’t know exactly what’s wrong, but I have some ideas... 1. We just replaced their old little...
    • TheYLWFlock
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    • help help chick help chick issue lethargic chick please sad day sick bird whats wrong
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  19. lunathechicken

    darn raccoons

    hello everyone! it devestates me to say last night I lost a chicken due to a raccoon. we believe it was able to open up the cage door and take one (out of 7) of our chickens. we where, however, able to shoot the raccoon in time (sorry if this hurts anyone, but it did kill our sweetest chicken)...
  20. AshleyNicole06

    Found duck...

    I went for a walk around a pond today and found a small duck frozen in the water. Im not sure if it’s still alive, I threw something (not at it) to try to see if it would move. It did not. Not sure what to do.
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