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Tiggersmate
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Location: Lincolnshire
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New chicks out for their first walk with mum
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April 24, 2011, 10:02 »
Oh well, used Humane Killer yesterday first time to despatch a hen, know it had to be done but not easy to see with tears rolling down your face is it?
Does this get any easier?
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joyfull
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April 24, 2011, 10:06 »
sorry but I find it doesn't
, however the only thing you can do is take comfort that your bird is no longer suffering xxx
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Staffies are softer than you think.
8doubles
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April 24, 2011, 10:19 »
Well done for putting your own feelings second and doing what was best for the hen, not pleasant but it shows you are truly a good poultry keeper.
With luck you will not need to do it enough for it to become easy.
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cejx
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April 24, 2011, 11:42 »
awful. Hugs. x
Can I ask, what is Humane Killer?
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April 24, 2011, 12:14 »
Very hard for you but well done for doing what was best for your chicken.
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LittleRedHen
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April 24, 2011, 17:40 »
I'm with 8doubles on this one! You were brilliant to do the deed even though it was heart breaking. It is never, ever easy to lose a hen. You have my sympathy and I wish you many years of healthy, happy hens in your future.
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When I die I will slide in sideways, a glass of wine in one hand and chocolate in the other, screaming, "Whooo hooo! What a ride!" as life is to be enjoyed to the fullest!
rachelr
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April 24, 2011, 18:20 »
wel done for your compassion.
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dennis
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April 25, 2011, 11:39 »
it can get easier in time if you have to dispatch a lot of birds you tend to get a bit hardened to it but i hope you never have to dispatch enough to find out we had to dispatch the cockerals at work ready for market and it can still get to me even now i had to do the deed to 3 of mine a couple of weeks ago that got to me a bit because they were my own and not bred for the market
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