[chrismahon]

Perhaps it was the accumulated effect of creosote fumes or skin contact KC. It did sound like poisoning of some type.


Pleased to hear there is an improvement HesterF.

[Kitchen Cottage]

Reader.... she carked it....

 

Came home last night and she was dead in the cage.

Well, she didn't suffer.  I did everything I could.

Oh, and the fox got one as well..... time for them to stay in the coop in winter and only go out at weekends.  I am home too late for them to be safe now.

[devonlad]

sad to hear that- chickens can be a bugger to put right- and we always try to put it right and attend to the basics like worming, watching out for them getting egg bound etc. Last year we managed to lose 4 for no obvious reason other than they died on us. this year all are present, correct and fighting fit and not lost one since last Christmas morning- i'm sure there's more to it but sometimes it just seems that chickens die regardless of what we do and sometime they don't

[HesterF]

So sorry - after she'd fought so hard too  . Keep the others safe and well and hopefully they'll make it through the winter. I did tempt fate as I popped into the vets for deflea stuff for the cats this morning as I thought it was ages since I'd been in when this time last year I was a weekly visitor. I reckon winter time is tough on them.

H