Sad Day

Over the weekend I noticed that Maisie, one of our blackrock hens, had a small prolapse. I isolated her, putting her into a clean pen and then rang our veterinary practice for advice. Luckily, I work at one of the branches.

Following the advice of one of our vets, I kept a close eye on Maisie over the weekend. The prolapse kept protruding and after taking her into work yesterday morning - and speaking to one of our clinical directors - decided the best thing for her was to put her to sleep. The options given all had risks, I could not bear to think that she would suffer in the future.

She even laid an egg on the examination table. Bless her!

It's so sad, she was only a year old. Life is a very precious thing, something a lot of us take for granted. Sometimes you don't know how blessed you are until something happens which just helps you put things into perspective.