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[chiqita]

One worries about the people who don't cry over loosing friends.

If I was going to go that is the way I would want to do it. Safe warm and loved in my sleep.

I lost one overnight, too, totally unexpected. Beth - who had been a house chicken at night for her first 7 months and would have been a year old on Monday. She joined the coop flock by herself but still came inside to lay her egg in the clean laundry basket until a month or so ago.

At coop-up time, I found her in the laundry basket and had a discussion with her about it. (it was nice to see her there, really, 'cause I'm such an idiot and a softy.). She jumped down and just didn't look "right." I picked her up and put her back, patting her. She nestled back down into the basket.

She died during the night. Whatever was wrong with her, she came inside where she felt safe and loved ... And I didn't have to find her dead in the yard or coop.

I think she might have been internally damaged from jumping down off the rafters of the coop, where she had chosen to roost at night for the past few months. Most of the really high roosting birds are smaller chickens; she was the only Barred Rock up that high.

I wish I didn't cry over losing a chicken. How silly.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

For those of you that feed fermented feed what kind of container and set up do you feed them out of?

 

[chiqita]

I use ceramic dog bowls to feed them in. I make it buckets drilled with a lot of holes nested in each other

 

[ChickNmamma]

For those of you that feed fermented feed what kind of container and set up do you feed them out of?

I make mine in a 5 gallon bucket with a lid I just click down on one side only. It sits outside in the sun on the back patio. I do not drain mine. I add more dry food (crumbles and grains) and feed when it swells up and gets more like stew. I pour off what I will feed into a 3 gallon bucket to make it easier to carry. I then put more water in the 5 gallon bucket with what is left and stir down to let it ferment again for the next day (under water).

I feed in anything that isn't metal - glass pie plates, heavy microwave trays, ceramic crock pot bowls (shallow), rain gutter feeders (cut to size and use the snap on ends) or shallow big plastic tubs. They also like to eat it off the ground - goofy birds.

 

[Ali707]

I've lost 42 lb and my DH has lost 50 lb. We both feel great eating this way. All of the health benefits we have been enjoying has made it easy to give up those bad for us foods. We are at the point where we do cheat a little here and there. I enjoyed a delicious piece of pink pearl apple pie at the Heirloom Expo this week. It tasted so good but I could tell that my body did not like the sugar and gluten. I have 17 more lb to lose but this is a lifestyle change for us. We are in it for the long haul and plan on continuing to eat this way even after we have reached our goal weights.

That is awesome! I wish I could just do it.

sorry to report that Lucy the CL passed away overnight -- not unexpected, given how crazily thin she'd become, but i'm quite sorry, she was an extra-sweet girl and i will miss her...

I lost one overnight, too, totally unexpected. Beth - who had been a house chicken at night for her first 7 months and would have been a year old on Monday. She joined the coop flock by herself but still came inside to lay her egg in the clean laundry basket until a month or so ago.

At coop-up time, I found her in the laundry basket and had a discussion with her about it. (it was nice to see her there, really, 'cause I'm such an idiot and a softy.). She jumped down and just didn't look "right." I picked her up and put her back, patting her. She nestled back down into the basket.

She died during the night. Whatever was wrong with her, she came inside where she felt safe and loved ... And I didn't have to find her dead in the yard or coop.

I think she might have been internally damaged from jumping down off the rafters of the coop, where she had chosen to roost at night for the past few months. Most of the really high roosting birds are smaller chickens; she was the only Barred Rock up that high.

I wish I didn't cry over losing a chicken. How silly.

I feel like a sissy when I cry and get all worked up but they are my pets.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I make mine in a 5 gallon bucket with a lid I just click down on one side only. It sits outside in the sun on the back patio. I do not drain mine.  I add more dry food (crumbles and grains) and feed when it swells up and gets more like stew. I pour off what I will feed into a 3 gallon bucket to make it easier to carry.  I then put more water in the 5 gallon bucket with what is left and stir down to let it ferment again for the next day (under water). 

I feed in anything that isn't metal - glass pie plates, heavy microwave trays, ceramic crock pot bowls (shallow), rain gutter feeders (cut to size and use the snap on ends) or shallow big plastic tubs.  They also like to eat it off the ground - goofy birds.

Well I have been feeding the same way out of plastic whatever, But they stand in it and eat and I don't like that so I'm trying to find another way

 

[OR4-hmom]

I lost one overnight, too, totally unexpected. Beth - who had been a house chicken at night for her first 7 months and would have been a year old on Monday. She joined the coop flock by herself but still came inside to lay her egg in the clean laundry basket until a month or so ago.

At coop-up time, I found her in the laundry basket and had a discussion with her about it. (it was nice to see her there, really, 'cause I'm such an idiot and a softy.). She jumped down and just didn't look "right." I picked her up and put her back, patting her. She nestled back down into the basket.

She died during the night. Whatever was wrong with her, she came inside where she felt safe and loved ... And I didn't have to find her dead in the yard or coop.

I think she might have been internally damaged from jumping down off the rafters of the coop, where she had chosen to roost at night for the past few months. Most of the really high roosting birds are smaller chickens; she was the only Barred Rock up that high.

I wish I didn't cry over losing a chicken. How silly.

She wasn't even mine and I'm tearing up with you, Sorry for your loss Linda but she went out the best possible way, safe well cared for, peacefully in her sleep, and loved.

 

[Grandmas Basket]

Sorry to hear about the overnight losses. Sounds like each had great personalities. And good lives.

We spent a delightful few hours at the Heirloom Expo yesterday. I wasn't prepared for all the temptations - spent a bit at different booths. And the food! Checked out chickens but nobody there at the time was on BYC. Best $10 admission in recent memory. Will make this an annual to-do.

 

[Happy Chooks]

sorry to report that Lucy the CL passed away overnight -- not unexpected, given how crazily thin she'd become, but i'm quite sorry, she was an extra-sweet girl and i will miss her...

I'm sorry.

I lost one overnight, too, totally unexpected. Beth - who had been a house chicken at night for her first 7 months and would have been a year old on Monday. She joined the coop flock by herself but still came inside to lay her egg in the clean laundry basket until a month or so ago.

At coop-up time, I found her in the laundry basket and had a discussion with her about it. (it was nice to see her there, really, 'cause I'm such an idiot and a softy.). She jumped down and just didn't look "right." I picked her up and put her back, patting her. She nestled back down into the basket.

She died during the night. Whatever was wrong with her, she came inside where she felt safe and loved ... And I didn't have to find her dead in the yard or coop.

I think she might have been internally damaged from jumping down off the rafters of the coop, where she had chosen to roost at night for the past few months. Most of the really high roosting birds are smaller chickens; she was the only Barred Rock up that high.

I wish I didn't cry over losing a chicken. How silly.

Also so sorry for you too Linda.

Congratulations! I have lost 41 lbs and my mother 26lbs. We are going doing a diet through a doctors office to be held accountable you know. But it has helped to eat small amounts every couple of hours and we both feel so much better. I also rarely use any salt now and no sugar except some splenda but not much.

Nice job both of you! Congratulations!

 

[Country Chick at Heart]

I've lost 42 lb and my DH has lost 50 lb. We both feel great eating this way. All of the health benefits we have been enjoying has made it easy to give up those bad for us foods. We are at the point where we do cheat a little here and there. I enjoyed a delicious piece of pink pearl apple pie at the Heirloom Expo this week. It tasted so good but I could tell that my body did not like the sugar and gluten. I have 17 more lb to lose but this is a lifestyle change for us. We are in it for the long haul and plan on continuing to eat this way even after we have reached our goal weights.

Debi! That is awesome! Congrats - you'll have to tell me a little more about what you cut out! I'm so disappointed that I mised the Heirloom Expo this year! And I completely forgot how delicious that pink pearl pie was..... Life has just been too hectic. We will have to work on setting a day to have lunch or something!