Thankyou so very much for your sweet thoughts, all of you, my friends over there.
This is a background of her life.:
I have a hole in my heart, I have been thinking fondly of all the things we have been through together.
Goldie was the first chicken that I bought in 1991.
I got her from a very wise Irish lady here who lived on a beautiful farm, she had all types of fowl and a sweet duck who loved to be cuddled.
She showed me around the yards and told me to pick out the ones that i wanted.
I picked Goldie because of her gorgeous colouring and a couple of others.
She was $30 back then which was a lot, however I wanted quality and thought id save up and get more each week.
I stuck with her and a black/white speckledy hen and some isa browns.
All went well, until a few years later a fox came visiting and took some whites and the Isa's.
Being in town i didnt think foxes came in so close.
A tough wakeup call.
Goldie wasnt taken that night luckily.
A few years later I separated from my DH and we found a lovely new place to live. Goldie came along with her friends.
Another fox came visiting and again managed to grab some chickens, however Goldie escaped that one too!!!lucky because on both occasions I had the chooks in one house together.
Weve had lots going on out in the backyard and Goldi has adapted to change readily, an assortment of furry creatures coming and going, as happens in a rehab unit, DH also moved back in!!!
She was a really lovely natured chook!, NEVER picked on anyone, not even newbie chooks and no one picked on her either, even the broodies.
Goldie wasnt into cuddles, and I really dont cuddle them either, I pat them but thats as far as I go mainly because they dont like to be picked up!!Sure!! I said goodnight to her when i locked the door and wrapped their old sleeping bag over the front to keep them warm. They always answered back!
Tonight "Blackie" has decided to sleep in goldie's favourite nesting box, which is totally out of character, she always roosts. They were best mates. Im not surprised, I know that our chickens are very smart and Blackie knows her friend has left us. Blackie was feeding Goldie 5 days ago.
Anyhow, Im sorry for the long post, I will try and make a page devoted to Goldie and her mates tommorrow< Ill have to go through my box of photos as we didnt have digital cameras back then, so ill scan them.
Here she is with a silky roo last year eating Mikey's breakfast cereal leftovers on the grass with Anekin bunny in background.
Once again, thankyou for your lovely well wishes, they really help.
Some people have lots of chickens for eggs/meat etc and you may not understand the bond that can be shared but thats OK.. and some have just a few or many which are given names and treated as pets/friends, you know how it is, Joyfull!!!