This has NOT been a good week for my chooks.

Boxing day public holiday eve we had a fox attack. Lost one Lavendar Aracuna and one Barnvelder got some bites. today DH brings up the white barnie cross and she's not well, looks like her wing was broken. So she's in a crate with some water and apple, and if she's still there in the morning we'll take her to the vets.

With the Aracuna we didn't have a sharp axe to kill her and the vet would charge us $150 to put her down ... got Dad to break her neck, as I still don't have the strength back in my upper body to do it myself. Just as well the axe wasn't sharp, as the Barnie has recovered and I was going to kill her too.

What is it with chooks this week????