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Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock
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Elizabeth: March 2019 - September 2021. RIP.
Elizabeth died suddenly today. I am sad and will miss her.
Yesterday she was running around happily exploring the long grass.
This morning she was fine, though maybe a but a bit less perky than normal. By 5pm she was clearly not long for this world - her comb was turning cold and blue and she was only semi-conscious, and by 6pm she was gone.
You may remember she had been having trouble putting solid shells on her eggs for quite a while in spite of lots of extra calcium. It wasn't that she laid soft shelled eggs (though she did once) but more that the shells were so thin they would crack on impact. So I imagine the cause of her death was something reproductive.
Being thankful for small mercies, it was at least quick.
Hopefully you don't mind me posting some pictures here as a quick tribute to the lovely Elizabeth.
Baby Elizabeth at the top of the ramp with her bff Maggie (Diana is below)
Inspecting roofing material for the soon-to-be-constructed Chicken Palace
Just chilling
The three sisters
Looking for snacks
Snow!
On alert in the long grass
Admiring herself
Picking the best grass seed
Alert while sunbathing
Hanging out with her bff Maggie
Ice cream!
Selecting the best bug
Looking back at these pictures I think she had a good chicken-life albeit too short.
Farewell Elizabeth, you brought me happiness and were well loved.
Rest in peace.
Elizabeth died suddenly today. I am sad and will miss her.
Yesterday she was running around happily exploring the long grass.
This morning she was fine, though maybe a but a bit less perky than normal. By 5pm she was clearly not long for this world - her comb was turning cold and blue and she was only semi-conscious, and by 6pm she was gone.
You may remember she had been having trouble putting solid shells on her eggs for quite a while in spite of lots of extra calcium. It wasn't that she laid soft shelled eggs (though she did once) but more that the shells were so thin they would crack on impact. So I imagine the cause of her death was something reproductive.
Being thankful for small mercies, it was at least quick.
Hopefully you don't mind me posting some pictures here as a quick tribute to the lovely Elizabeth.
Baby Elizabeth at the top of the ramp with her bff Maggie (Diana is below)
Inspecting roofing material for the soon-to-be-constructed Chicken Palace
Just chilling
The three sisters
Looking for snacks
Snow!
On alert in the long grass
Admiring herself
Picking the best grass seed
Alert while sunbathing
Hanging out with her bff Maggie
Ice cream!
Selecting the best bug
Looking back at these pictures I think she had a good chicken-life albeit too short.
Farewell Elizabeth, you brought me happiness and were well loved.
Rest in peace.
I'm soo sorry for your loss, she was a beautiful hen. I feel so bad for those high production girls 2 or 3 years is just not long enough. I'm so thankful the majority of my flock are at most 5 eggs a week girls. I'll take fewer eggs, or constantly broody girls any day of the week if they will live a longer life.
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Oh my gosh RC. I'm so sorry. She had a wonderful life. No chicken ever had better. You were so lucky to be blessed with her company. A life all too short but wonderful just the same. Thank you for sharing her with us.
Thank you both. Yes, the whole production thing is really so terribly sad.Oh my gosh RC. I'm so sorry. She had a wonderful life. No chicken ever had better. You were so lucky to be blessed with her company. A life all too short but wonderful just the same. Thank you for sharing her with us.
Elizabeth was a very calm hen and the top hen of the flock. I am a bit nervous about what happens next because Diana is very aggressive and Maggie is not exactly the shy and retiring type. I hope the Roadrunners stay out of everyone's way until the flock settle down again.
So sorry RC
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Such sad news. Our little flock is one month younger than Elizabeth and the same production type. We've been half expecting each day, for the past week, to find Ginger passed on. So far that hasn't happened, and we are hoping it doesn't, but it seems like she's reaching the end this time.
And all I worry about, is chasing my tribe back into the barn/coop 
I feel so sorry, that a friend lost her feathered friend.
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