Amelia Egghart
Songster
I'm sorry for your loss. And yes, birds experience loss and have emotion. My EE rooster lost his best buddy last Christmas and the whole flock was in a funk for about a month. Unfortunately the rooster during that time developed a bad habit of crowing incessantly looking for his friend and now crows every waking moment until he's hoarse. He even sleep-crows. It's pathetic We've got pullets we're raising for him in the hopes that they'll keep him busy and maybe give him new purpose. He's been really good with them, and actually doesn't crow when he's babysitting! He fluffs his feathers and makes mama hen clucking sounds and the littles climb all over him. So hopefully!