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Wow, it's been two full years since we lost Suede. I was just listening to a WAV file of his soulful crow a couple of days ago. Gosh, I miss it! That boy had the best crow of any rooster I've ever owned. Hope you and your Meg are having a grand reunion up there, my sweet buddy. Both Ladyhawk and...

Thank you both! I agree, Suzie, March works fine for me, too!

Thank you so much for stopping by to comment. I don't post much myself anymore, to tell the truth. I've been pulling away from here more and more, but so many were fond of Suede and I felt I should tell those people who knew him and/or had his kids.

Thank you, Katy. We miss his big old voice and sweet expression so much.

My breeder quality birds do seem to live longer lives, with a few hatchery bird exceptions like my Brahmas. My Buff Brahma, Caroline, will turn 6 years old in January and seems to have no health issues, though she hasn't laid in a few months due to her molt and, of course, her age. She was...

Thanks for asking, Mac. Suede's hens seem to be doing okay. Dusty, however, who was laying regularly when he died, quit laying and hasn't laid another egg since his death. None of the others have started laying again, though I was expecting them to resume laying any day even before he passed...

He sure was that, Dahlisgrams. Thank you.

There will never be another one like the Suedenator, I'm afraid, Peepsicle. Thank you for posting your condolences. I decided that I wouldn't have another blue Orpington rooster after Suede-my big man broke the mold for me.

Remember when we were going to try to remove Suede's testes upon his death and inseminate his hens? Before his death, due to so many factors weighing against our favor, we decided that success would be in the less than 10% range, so we nixed the idea of cutting him open. It also spared us the...

I know. Scott was devastated. Rex was doing so well there and they really liked him, too. I did a recount. I now have 33 hens and 2 roosters total. 23 of those hens are with Isaac, Suede's four are still in the same coop, but I may move them into the bantam coop since I have only one little...

Well, Rex is no longer with us, either. Sadly, he was killed by a poisonous snake bite, in spite of the vet's efforts to save him. So, Scott doesn't have any way to get me one, either. I have PM'd William Bennett (our Pine Grove) to give him a heads-up that I may want more hatching eggs from his...

Crack of dawn? Funny! Never had one wait until then to crow. If you're in the house, you can't really hear it with the windows closed, though. I have a baby monitor in the coop with the receiver in my bedroom so I hear it whenever Isaac crows, loud and clear, whether at 3 a.m. or 5 a.m. And if...

Well, I need more roosters for the free ranging flock. One cockerel I just rehomed yesterday would have stayed here if not for his daddy not allowing him any hens and him not really having any acceptance in there. There are at present 23 hens in that flock, though almost half of those are well...

Thank you for posting. It's so quiet here now. A year ago, I had 8 roosters, 4 large fowl ones and 4 bantams. Of those, two large fowl and one bantam have passed away and I've sold/rehomed one standard and two bantams. All that are left are my Delaware, Isaac, and my porcelain D'Anver rooster...

Well, Hope seems better from the outside. I've been through this enough to realize that it may be deceptive. Riley seemed better, too, then we found her dead suddenly one morning. Still, I'll be cautiously optimistic for her and pray that she begins laying when she gets her feathers back. I...

For those interested, I took pictures of Suede's hens for you today. Meg has grown in her new feathers and Hope, who seemed to be dying from a reproductive infection a few weeks ago, has no more bloated abdomen (no idea why-we didn't re-dose with penicillin), and she is growing in new feathers...

It's difficult to gauge, really. She doesn't seem to be losing much weight, really. Dusty has not laid an egg since Suede died and by now, she would have given me two or three, at least. It's very quiet here without him. Even his weak crow was his voice contribution to the rooster brigade...

Thank you and welcome to BYC. I understand why you have a chicken in your house, I really do. I have a sight-impaired hen who has depth perception issues and stemming from that, in addition to her Sumatra heritage, is somewhat aggressive in her attention-seeking. She is a pain, but my DH is very...

She is sitting under the coop most of the day, not eating much. I'll have to check to see if she's losing weight. She's just finishing her molt so is probably down a pound or so anyway so it may be hard to gauge. Dusty, who was laying three eggs per week, hasn't laid since he died.

I honestly don't know who has too many of his progeny anymore other than Cetawin. I haven't kept up since it's been years since I mailed out hatching eggs from that group. Cetawin has several of his daughters running with her blue Orp rooster, Lancelot. Lance is unrelated to Suede, but her...