Wow...that's insane. I totally understand why you had to do what you had to do--that is responsible animal caretaking, as harsh as it seems. Thanks for sharing this story, for those of us who are still in our first year of chicken-keeping (raises hand). I had no idea this was a thing, and I hope I never meet it.

The photos are oddly ...I can't say beautiful, with the dead birds lined up like that. But they remind me of some of those old still-lifes, with the game bird trussed up next to a bowl of fruit. (shrugs) That's relics from my art-ed degree, I guess.