Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[fuentemoon]

Happy twosday!

 

[featherhead007]

 

[RoyalChick]

I am just stopping in briefly to thank all of you who have sent words of support and encouragement both in the thread and through PM. These messages really help.
I also wanted to let you all know what I have decided to do.
I went to sleep last night thinking I would submit Lulu’s body into the state lab for necropsy and would hold my breath on what they found.
This morning I figured that there was not much I would actually be able to do with a necropsy report. I have done what I can in removing the feed, and if it was a one off thing, then it is a one off thing.
I also spoke to the lab this morning and they said if it was poison in the food they would not be able to tell that.
So, I have decided not to necropsy. My desire for closure is not enough of a reason. I will send in swabs for PCR testing which may or may not shed some light.
The real decision point will come when I want to add to the flock. I need to be sure that any additions will be safe. So for now I will wait and see and hope for the best for my ladies.
I will of course have to add (unless I rehome) because three is a precariously small number, particularly when two of them are technically ‘elderly’ and have known reproductive issues. But I will face that when I have to.
For now we take one day at a time. Me and my three Princesses.

Bernadette looked for Lulu a few times today which made me sad, but I think she understood before I did that Lulu was leaving us. If I look back at the canera recordings from yesterday she was already spending more time with Diana and Maggie and checking in on Lulu periodically.
As I sit here in my chair in the chicken run, I miss Lulu’s visits, Bella’s cuddles, and the sheer insanity of the Roadrunners, terribly. But I will get through it.

The lost Princesses:

 

[BY Bob]

Shure

Hooray!

 

[BY Bob]

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That is surely an attractive bunch of birds! Do they have names?

 

[BY Bob]

I am just stopping in briefly to thank all of you who have sent words of support and encouragement both in the thread and through PM. These messages really help.
I also wanted to let you all know what I have decided to do.
I went to sleep last night thinking I would submit Lulu’s body into the state lab for necropsy and would hold my breath on what they found.
This morning I figured that there was not much I would actually be able to do with a necropsy report. I have done what I can in removing the feed, and if it was a one off thing, then it is a one off thing.
I also spoke to the lab this morning and they said if it was poison in the food they would not be able to tell that.
So, I have decided not to necropsy. My desire for closure is not enough of a reason. I will send in swabs for PCR testing which may or may not shed some light.
The real decision point will come when I want to add to the flock. I need to be sure that any additions will be safe. So for now I will wait and see and hope for the best for my ladies.
I will of course have to add (unless I rehome) because three is a precariously small number, particularly when two of them are technically ‘elderly’ and have known reproductive issues. But I will face that when I have to.
For now we take one day at a time. Me and my three Princesses.

Bernadette looked for Lulu a few times today which made me sad, but I think she understood before I did that Lulu was leaving us. If I look back at the canera recordings from yesterday she was already spending more time with Diana and Maggie and checking in on Lulu periodically.
And as I sit here in my chair in the chicken run, I miss Lulu’s visits, Bella’s cuddles, and the sheer insanity of the Roadrunners terribly. But I will get through it.

The lost Princesses:
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I know I speak for all here when I say, we will all miss their stories. In many ways they feel like family members, distant cousins, and we will all feel their loss in the stories that will not be told.

You have been through a lot. Something that I pray no one else here ever has to experience. We are all here for you and mourn with you.

I'm so very very sorry my friend.



Let me share a little poem I wrote a while back when I was particularly feeling all of the losses which I suffered through. Maybe it will help.


They enter into our lives
Full of life Full of hope
For what they could be

They enter into our hearts
Full of joy Full of warmth
Giving us love

They depart us far too soon
Full of sadness Full of tears
Leaving heartbreak

They want us to remember
All the happiness All the cheer
They brought to us

 

[ValarieF]

Wow I slept all afternoon missed so much lol.

 

[MaryJanet]

I know I speak for all here when I say, we will all miss their stories. In many ways they feel like family members, distant cousins, and we will all feel their loss in the stories that will not be told.

You have been through a lot. Something that I pray no one else here ever has to experience. We are all here for you and mourn with you.

I'm so very very sorry my friend.



Let me share a little poem I wrote a while back when I was particularly feeling all of the losses which I suffered through. Maybe it will help.


They enter into our lives
Full of life Full of hope
For what they could be

They enter into our hearts
Full of joy Full of warmth
Giving us love

They depart us far too soon
Full of sadness Full of tears
Leaving heartbreak

They want us to remember
All the happiness All the cheer
They brought to us

That's very beautiful and thoughtful Bob.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Wow I slept all afternoon missed so much lol.

Sleep is good!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I am just stopping in briefly to thank all of you who have sent words of support and encouragement both in the thread and through PM. These messages really help.
I also wanted to let you all know what I have decided to do.
I went to sleep last night thinking I would submit Lulu’s body into the state lab for necropsy and would hold my breath on what they found.
This morning I figured that there was not much I would actually be able to do with a necropsy report. I have done what I can in removing the feed, and if it was a one off thing, then it is a one off thing.
I also spoke to the lab this morning and they said if it was poison in the food they would not be able to tell that.
So, I have decided not to necropsy. My desire for closure is not enough of a reason. I will send in swabs for PCR testing which may or may not shed some light.
The real decision point will come when I want to add to the flock. I need to be sure that any additions will be safe. So for now I will wait and see and hope for the best for my ladies.
I will of course have to add (unless I rehome) because three is a precariously small number, particularly when two of them are technically ‘elderly’ and have known reproductive issues. But I will face that when I have to.
For now we take one day at a time. Me and my three Princesses.

Bernadette looked for Lulu a few times today which made me sad, but I think she understood before I did that Lulu was leaving us. If I look back at the canera recordings from yesterday she was already spending more time with Diana and Maggie and checking in on Lulu periodically.
As I sit here in my chair in the chicken run, I miss Lulu’s visits, Bella’s cuddles, and the sheer insanity of the Roadrunners, terribly. But I will get through it.

The lost Princesses:
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Oh what a terrible loss
What a great bunch they were!