How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[LaFleche]

3 today, Mei, Juin and Août.

Mei, my much beloved and beautiful Welsummer passed away today. It looks like she laid her egg, and then laid down in the leaves of her run to take a dust bath and died there. She was still warm when I found her. I’m devastated. She never even reached her namesake month of May, as she was hatched last June.

I’m grateful for her lovely presence in my life. I’m so glad I started keeping chickens, as I know the short nine months I had with her were well worth all the pain I now feel at her loss. What a treasure chickens can be. They make every day wonderful for me, and Mei was a sweetheart. Adorable, a gentle leader, and she gave excellent hugs. I’ll miss her, and think of her always.

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Here is the most beautiful egg she ever laid us:

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Sad news, I am sorry you lost her!

She left you a beautiful farewell, do you have a rooster with your flock?

 

[Winderdear]

Sad news, I am sorry you lost her!

She left you a beautiful farewell, do you have a rooster with your flock?

Thank you so much.

No, I don’t have a rooster. She had a lot of trouble laying, it would take all day and seemed very painful. I’m not sure if her offspring would have had the same luck, so it’s probably for the better that I can’t hatch her eggs. I saved some of her feathers, and buried her where I plan to plant a rose bush so that she can live on in a way. It should bloom annually in May, which would remind me of her.

 

[Winderdear]

Aww I am so sorry for your loss. She was a beautiful bird. I know you will miss her.

Thank you, I really adored her.

 

[LaFleche]

16 so far, but it is still early....

 

[Winderdear]

Smilies are inadequate, but words aren't much better at conveying emotions.

I felt an emptiness when I lost Joel at 11 months. He was a good boy.

Thank you fuzzi, I really needed a hug

It’s so sad, she was so young. Joel too. It’s heartbreaking that their lives were so short.

My other girls are now working out the new pecking order, and Juillet is a bit of a tyrant. Mei kept her in line and stopped her from beating up on my Dominique. Not sure how things are going to play out now. I had to hang a curtain between them on the roost bar so that Juin didn’t get pushed off onto the floor last night.

 

[fuzzi]

3 today, Mei, Juin and Août.

Mei, my much beloved and beautiful Welsummer passed away today. It looks like she laid her egg, and then laid down in the leaves of her run to take a dust bath and died there. She was still warm when I found her. I’m devastated. She never even reached her namesake month of May, as she was hatched last June.

I’m grateful for her lovely presence in my life. I’m so glad I started keeping chickens, as I know the short nine months I had with her were well worth all the pain I now feel at her loss. What a treasure chickens can be. They make every day wonderful for me, and Mei was a sweetheart. Adorable, a gentle leader, and she gave excellent hugs. I’ll miss her, and think of her always.

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Here is the most beautiful egg she ever laid us:

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You could blow out the insides and keep the egg shell.

 

[Sequel]

3 today, Mei, Juin and Août.

Mei, my much beloved and beautiful Welsummer passed away today. It looks like she laid her egg, and then laid down in the leaves of her run to take a dust bath and died there. She was still warm when I found her. I’m devastated. She never even reached her namesake month of May, as she was hatched last June.

I’m grateful for her lovely presence in my life. I’m so glad I started keeping chickens, as I know the short nine months I had with her were well worth all the pain I now feel at her loss. What a treasure chickens can be. They make every day wonderful for me, and Mei was a sweetheart. Adorable, a gentle leader, and she gave excellent hugs. I’ll miss her, and think of her always.

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Here is the most beautiful egg she ever laid us:

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I’m so sorry! I had a Welsummer named Coco who looked like Mei. She was also very sweet and died young. You give your chickens a great life!

 

[Smokerbill]

Thank you, I really adored her.

I'm sorry you lost Mei. Sounds like she had a happy life that was unfortunately cut short.

 

[Smokerbill]

My chickens were having a fun time this morning figuring out how to all fit into the new nest box at the same time. I need to make some adjustments to the box today so they aren't able to hop onto/over the sides and back.

4 eggs so far today...

 

[Winderdear]

I'm sorry you lost Mei. Sounds like she had a happy life that was unfortunately cut short.

Thank you

She was running around chasing butterflies earlier that day. I’m sure she was happy