{"id":34921,"date":"2022-05-12T12:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=34921"},"modified":"2022-05-12T12:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:41:35","slug":"spots-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=34921","title":{"rendered":"Spot’s gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am still in shock that we lost Spot yesterday. It was so sudden. She had been dust bathing, running around, rushing to the treats and seemed her usual self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went up to the girls late afternoon and Spot was sitting with her eyes closing. I knew straight away something was wrong. I picked her up and inspected her. Everything felt normal. Her chest and crop felt normal and there was no sign of an egg problem which is the first thing I look for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I set her back down in the run and she moved away. I checked back in ten minutes and was shocked to see her laying in the run. I thought she was gone already but she was still breathing. I picked her up and put her in a nest box so she would be somewhere more comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I kept checking on her and she hadn’t moved. I felt that she wasn’t suffering because she looked like she was asleep. I kept checking on her and she was gone a little later. I left her closed in the nest box overnight and we buried her in the chicken’s strip this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We dug up a yellow poppy and buried her and then replanted the poppy over her and marked her spot with a wooden cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spot was not looking well<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spot opened her eyes when I went to pick her up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ten minutes later I found Spot like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I moved Spot to the nest box and she remained like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spot’s resting place under the yellow poppy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The chicken’s strip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I believe that Spot had heart failure as I have seen this before with Sienna and then Jasmine who were siblings. I think that if she had a heart defect that would have caused her to be unable to lay eggs and then her heart just suddenly gave out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Spot it was a quick way to go and she has had eight happy months with us. For me it is heart breaking. I waited two summers to get Spot. She was a year old last month. In my heart I knew that because she had never laid there must be something adrift but she looked vibrant and beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had grown in confidence since we had her and had a lovely nature. I just can’t believe she has gone so suddenly. I will do a tribute for her soon but at the moment I am still reeling from the shock. She was such a beautiful girl and I will miss her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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