There was some weird ruckus this morning that we attributed to Lily, our ever-annoying kitten/cat. But when Molly went out to let the hens out one of them, Basal C., was face down in the shavings. She came and got me and it was pretty clear that Basal was no longer with us. She was laying at the foot of the ladder (their roost) and there was a lot (a lot for a chicken!) of blood on the four bottom rungs of the ladder. I couldn't find an injury on her though. We were both late, Molly for work and me for the dogs' annual vet appointment. So we put her a paper bag in the house and I am home now to bury her. I just washed the blood of the ladder. I really can't believe how much blood there is, especially without an obvious injury on her. I'm going to go bleach it and clean up the rest of the coop and figure out where to bury her. She was a good, quiet lady. Molly and I are both just shocked at how random it is. Poor Molly has not really dealt with this sort of sudden, random (and apparently fairly violent?) death. When I went out and picked Basal up Molly's bottom lip started quivering and her eyes got full of tears. I felt almost as bad for Molly as I did for the chicken.
I guess this is how it goes though. I'm moving the coop around in case she got hurt getting off the ladder. I'm not really sure what happened but I want to prevent it from happening in the future. This is probably one of the weirdest deaths I've ever seen.
RIP Basal C.
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