Goodbye to the girls ---update - - - home found

[Cetawin]

aaaawwwww I am sorry you must rehome three of your girls but do so with a good heart, it sounds like they are going to a family. Love your remaining three girls and spoil them rotten.

 

[lngrid]

I'm sorry you have to lose your girls. I'll bet they're healthy and happy because you raised them with such love. Do you think maybe their new family might let you visit from time to time with treats?

 

[playswithfowl]

Sorry you are having to rehome them

 

[Daisygirl]

I really dont know, because we have no idea where the girls are going to be rehomed to. The people who were going to take them are not interested, so we will keep looking. There are plenty of cuzzies to go through - 149 of us at the last count, so its going to take a while.

 

[rirluvr]

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well then make the best of the time you have together. I have my kitty.. she is 15 and I have been told they only live to be 16-20.. this year has been the year I have noticed that she is old because when it is cold she starts limping. But for the remaining time I have with her is good enough for me. I make sure I cuddle with her when she goes to lay down with me in the bed. As I am typing this she is laying down between me and the keyboard just so that I can hold her. So make the best of the time you have with those you love.

Sometimes I wish I could bring in my three chickens to sleep with me and the kitty.. maybe if I had some chicken diapers.. but I made sure their little house has all the comforts and keeps them safe and sound and they even have a little night light in case they feel like snacking at night.

 

[silkieluver_07]

I'm so sorry

 

[write2caroline]

I know first hand how hard it is to give a little life you had a hand in raising.
I was raised with the notion that animals are a life long committment and when we lived in California I had two fixed male wonderful cats. A day before we were to go to New York to move, I was told by my father in law that no way was I to bring my cats into his household. My brother in law and his cats made messes in the basement and he was not a cat person anyway. I offered to put them in a cage and keep them on leashes and I promised there would be no messes but he would not change his mind and we were to be at his home for 8 weeks. So my brother kindly offered to take my kitties until I could send for them and he promised to fly out with them when we got into our new home.
But my lovely boys fell in love with my brother and likewise he got very attached to them. When it came time for him to bring them, he made excuse after excuse and finally he just told me that he simply could not part with them. I flew out to California and witnessed for myself that they were so happy and content that I understood they adored him and he spoiled them rotten. Only he could love them as much as me. So I had to leave them behind. I cried all the way 5 hours on a plane about it. That was nine years ago. Only old Sal is left and he is very old and my brother is still his keeper and he has had a long life and has been loved much. I am not sure I would have spoiled him as much as Stephen has spoiled that cat (He heats his breakfast up and brushes him daily.)

I hope that your girls go to homes where they are treated even better than you could dream of treating them and that they are happy and get many yummy treats and all the things chickens love.

As hard as it is to let them go, the love you have invested in them is not wasted. And I am sure you will never forget them

In your heart they will always be your girls and you gave them a great start. Like mums with their own kids - a great start is really the only chance we get with our babies and from that - the rest is up to them. I sure your Mom has good reason to set a limit and feels the pain you are feeling about the girls that need to go. Be greatful they won't be served to you for your Sunday Supper. I think that would be worse since you named them.

Maybe someday you can have your own chicken ranch and live in a place where there is no limit to the number of chickens you have.

Caroline
Jacksonville FL

 

[ChickenCharmer]

This must be so awful for you... I consider myself very fortunate that my parents let me have all the chickens I want. It wouldn't be nice for me to only have three... Maybe you can keep bantams instead? You can keep twice as many. Are you sure you can't give the chickens to someone who would allow you to visit every now and then, or who would email updates about the girls? Thinking of you

 

[CTChick]

Keep in mind that you are young yet and when you are off on your own, you have a plan...and will achieve that plan. I did. My mom hated animals. I wasn't allowed more than one parakeet for the longest time but was thankful for that. Then, she gave me a small aquarium for a birthday That didn't happen until I was twelve. I always told my mom that when I grew up and had my own house, I'd have one entire dresser with each drawer filled with material to sew as I pleased and I would have A N I M A L S, IN THE HOUSE. She'd humpf at me and say: And, I WON'T visit YOU! And that is how it has turned out, too. I have a very big green dresserful of material in the living room, cats everywhere, dogs on my bed rearranging it and birds in the yard.

Snowydiamonds - you are very wise and these are words of wisdom. I left home at 14 and worked upwards of three jobs at a time. When I finally got my first apartment, it was a wonderful feeling to finally be able to do things the way I wanted ... all the peace and quiet was glorious. And my pets were everything to me. It was worth every bit of the hard work to have a place of my own - no roommate.

You inow what they say - "If you can't be a good example be a horrible warning". I am certainly raising my children differently than my own childhood, too.

Laura

 

[Daisygirl]

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Four problems with keeping bantams; I have gotten too attached to my girls, particularly Daisy; the bylaws say that you can only have six without a permit; the cats are too big for that - - there's a monster bengal over the fence; the grass cannot sustain that many...so, I can dream, but I will not have them so long as we live in the city...

I am not sure but am hopeful - - emailing updates is a good idea. There's two people left on the list, both chicken lovers, but I hardly ever see either of them because they live so far away...but my girls life would be greatly improved. It's all up to them, as I trust them both.

Thanks for the reply, Caroline. I had a similar situation - - - my elderly burmese girl was looked after by my grandparents while we went on holiday, and my grandad became very attached to her. So Leila stayed with him for the remaining two years of her life before passing away peacefully. Then her daughter, Heidi was given to them as well - - she had a wonderful life as an only cat for the first time without annoying little brothers stressing her out, before passing away two years ago. Then we got a retired breeding queen who had become slightly rotund after her last litter of kittens - - seven little ones, and she had to have a cesarian but Dusky has maintained her youthful attitude to life. A month ago my grandfather died and though Dusky was originally intended for him, my grandmother takes great comfort in her.

I am sorry for the trip down memory lane, but it helps to think about those who are gone, and reminds me that my girls are not going to die and I will most probably hear stories of their antics, one way or another. Thanks so much to everyone who posted, it has helped me grasp the idea so much better, and look for the positives in the situation.