Surviving Minnesota!

[MNChickMom]

II have the house to myself today. My husband and children are at an auction. Have no fear I gave them strict rules For every dollar they spend there or an hour worth of labor at our farm. Hopefully that limits the treasures. If not I get a lot of yard cleanup for free.

 

[CindyinSD]

I went to close up the hen house this evening (I moved all my layers back there from the summer tractors) and one of my Silver-laced black Wyandottes was cuddled up under the roosts looking miserable. I had been there maybe an hour before and she seemed fine. I picked her up and started looking her over. She died... right there in my arms. So sad. I never had one do that though I’ve found a couple of others dead in the morning. Here she is. I have three but I know this one was her because she had the biggest comb. Poor girl.

 

[Molpet]

I went to close up the hen house this evening (I moved all my layers back there from the summer tractors) and one of my Silver-laced black Wyandottes was cuddled up under the roosts looking miserable. I had been there maybe an hour before and she seemed fine. I picked her up and started looking her over. She died... right there in my arms. So sad. I never had one do that though I’ve found a couple of others dead in the morning. Here she is. I have three but I know this one was her because she had the biggest comb. Poor girl.

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[duluthralphie]

I went to close up the hen house this evening (I moved all my layers back there from the summer tractors) and one of my Silver-laced black Wyandottes was cuddled up under the roosts looking miserable. I had been there maybe an hour before and she seemed fine. I picked her up and started looking her over. She died... right there in my arms. So sad. I never had one do that though I’ve found a couple of others dead in the morning. Here she is. I have three but I know this one was her because she had the biggest comb. Poor girl.

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Bummer.. sorry for your loss....


There is a Murphy’s Law involving animals..the better looking or the more you want to keep them, the more likely they are to die...

BTW she was a beautiful bird.

 

[Cebarmlds]

I went to close up the hen house this evening (I moved all my layers back there from the summer tractors) and one of my Silver-laced black Wyandottes was cuddled up under the roosts looking miserable. I had been there maybe an hour before and she seemed fine. I picked her up and started looking her over. She died... right there in my arms. So sad. I never had one do that though I’ve found a couple of others dead in the morning. Here she is. I have three but I know this one was her because she had the biggest comb. Poor girl.

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How sad, sorry Cindy.

 

[MNChickMom]

Oh no Cindy! Sorry for your losses.

 

[CindyinSD]

Thanks guys It’s not the first one to just up and die on me but having her expire like that just as I was holding her seemed somehow more melancholy. Anyway, I’m trying to decide whether I dare put some homegrown eggs into the incubator despite my having way too many chickens...

 

[R2elk]

Thanks guys It’s not the first one to just up and die on me but having her expire like that just as I was holding her seemed somehow more melancholy. Anyway, I’m trying to decide whether I dare put some homegrown eggs into the incubator despite my having way too many chickens...

Addict!

 

[CindyinSD]

Addict!

 

[jerryse]

Morning . Hot weather coming here . 85 today and several 90 days forecast .