California - Northern

[PetRock]

It is cold!

It is a sad morning for me--I lost an Australorp over night. She was gasping but I could not find anything stuck in her throat. I suspect she ate some of the flooring in the coop. They ripped it up recently.

She is off for a necropsy this morning. She is one of the Hupp Australoprs--not the blue one though one of the black ones. She is still pretty--nice glistening feathers and she is very heavy so not a wasting disease.

So sorry for your loss, Ron.

We spent Thanksgiving week in San Diego at the beach and I am still trying to recover from vacation hangover. The day before we left, we lost the very first chicken, a hatchery barred rock that my BIL gave to Monet. Pet was the inspiration for my BYC name and would have been 4 in March. I was treating her for sour crop and vent gleet but she wasn't responding. I'm guessing it was either cancer or problems with her egg laying equipment. We were leaving early the next day so we buried her in our chicken graveyard rather than try to ship her to Davis. RIP Pet and thank you for starting us on this fun journey!

 

[chiqita]

So sorry for your loss, Ron. We spent Thanksgiving week in San Diego at the beach and I am still trying to recover from vacation hangover. The day before we left, we lost the very first chicken, a hatchery barred rock that my BIL gave to Monet. Pet was the inspiration for my BYC name and would have been 4 in March. I was treating her for sour crop and vent gleet but she wasn't responding. I'm guessing it was either cancer or problems with her egg laying equipment. We were leaving early the next day so we buried her in our chicken graveyard rather than try to ship her to Davis. RIP Pet and thank you for starting us on this fun journey!

May you chase endless tasty bugs on your side of the rainbow bridge pet!

 

[ronott1]

So sorry for your loss, Ron.

We spent Thanksgiving week in San Diego at the beach and I am still trying to recover from vacation hangover. The day before we left, we lost the very first chicken, a hatchery barred rock that my BIL gave to Monet. Pet was the inspiration for my BYC name and would have been 4 in March. I was treating her for sour crop and vent gleet but she wasn't responding. I'm guessing it was either cancer or problems with her egg laying equipment. We were leaving early the next day so we buried her in our chicken graveyard rather than try to ship her to Davis. RIP Pet and thank you for starting us on this fun journey!

I am so sorry!

They can go at any time at that age but it is still sad.

 

[chrissyr]

It is cold!

It is a sad morning for me--I lost an Australorp over night. She was gasping but I could not find anything stuck in her throat. I suspect she ate some of the flooring in the coop. They ripped it up recently.

She is off for a necropsy this morning. She is one of the Hupp Australoprs--not the blue one though one of the black ones. She is still pretty--nice glistening feathers and she is very heavy so not a wasting disease.

So sorry to hear that Ron.

Hi, just checking in. I can't go back and read the 1,303 posts since I was here last.


I'm currently still in England and won't be home until the end of March (there is going to be that little side trip to NZ). I miss you all and will try to check in more often. It's nice having friends to stay with and being retired to grant me the time. And a VERY understanding DH to tend everyone at home. My dogs must think I died since they can't read my emails home

I also miss all my birds, but I did find a place to buy farm eggs in the next village over.

Well the timer is going off (baking a cake), can't keep me out of the kitchen even over here

I'll try to respond to the PM's asap.

Enjoy your lovely vacation. That is awesome!

 

[chicksnthestiks]

It is cold! It is a sad morning for me--I lost an Australorp over night. She was gasping but I could not find anything stuck in her throat. I suspect she ate some of the flooring in the coop. They ripped it up recently. She is off for a necropsy this morning. She is one of the Hupp Australoprs--not the blue one though one of the black ones. She is still pretty--nice glistening feathers and she is very heavy so not a wasting disease. [/quote] So sorry for your loss, Ron. We spent Thanksgiving week in San Diego at the beach and I am still trying to recover from vacation hangover. The day before we left, we lost the very first chicken, a hatchery barred rock that my BIL gave to Monet. Pet was the inspiration for my BYC name and would have been 4 in March. I was treating her for sour crop and vent gleet but she wasn't responding. I'm guessing it was either cancer or problems with her egg laying equipment. We were leaving early the next day so we buried her in our chicken graveyard rather than try to ship her to Davis. RIP Pet and thank you for starting us on this fun journey! [/quote] So sorry for your losses.

 

[chrissyr]

saddles came in!

 

[Ali707]

It is cold!

It is a sad morning for me--I lost an Australorp over night. She was gasping but I could not find anything stuck in her throat. I suspect she ate some of the flooring in the coop. They ripped it up recently.

She is off for a necropsy this morning. She is one of the Hupp Australoprs--not the blue one though one of the black ones. She is still pretty--nice glistening feathers and she is very heavy so not a wasting disease.

I am sorry.

Let us know what they say.

So sorry for your loss, Ron.

We spent Thanksgiving week in San Diego at the beach and I am still trying to recover from vacation hangover. The day before we left, we lost the very first chicken, a hatchery barred rock that my BIL gave to Monet. Pet was the inspiration for my BYC name and would have been 4 in March. I was treating her for sour crop and vent gleet but she wasn't responding. I'm guessing it was either cancer or problems with her egg laying equipment. We were leaving early the next day so we buried her in our chicken graveyard rather than try to ship her to Davis. RIP Pet and thank you for starting us on this fun journey!

Kind of a rough way to start a vacation.

saddles came in!

She looks like she is posing for you.

 

[lawatt]

condolences for the recent chicken losses!

 

[chrissyr]

So sorry for your loss, Ron.

We spent Thanksgiving week in San Diego at the beach and I am still trying to recover from vacation hangover. The day before we left, we lost the very first chicken, a hatchery barred rock that my BIL gave to Monet. Pet was the inspiration for my BYC name and would have been 4 in March. I was treating her for sour crop and vent gleet but she wasn't responding. I'm guessing it was either cancer or problems with her egg laying equipment. We were leaving early the next day so we buried her in our chicken graveyard rather than try to ship her to Davis. RIP Pet and thank you for starting us on this fun journey!

So sorry PetRock. It takes that one special animal that starts it all. She was beautiful.

She looks like she is posing for you.

yes I think she was. I pretended like i had treats so she came running, and then she was giving the evil eye when she realized I was just pretending

 

[lualshannon]

Ron, and Petrock,

I am sorry to hear about the demise of your beloved chickens. So sad!

Lual