I miss you, Steven (favorite roo raised from egg)

[SkyAJK]

I really hope Steven is alive and well but if it had to be, I hope he had a painless passing and is in the big pasture in the sky.

I recently did try to hatch eggs from the same eBay seller I bought Steven as an egg from, I know it's not the same but knowing that there still is a tie to him and potentially having a biological brother or sister to him (if the seller kept the same breeding stock) would make me just feel a tiny bit better. Unfortunately as I wrote in another post, one of those eggs exploded and I had to discard the rest...but another of my hen is broody recently and I was thinking of buying eggs from that seller again.

I feel kind of pathetic really, knowing what made Steven Steven was the fact I raised him up myself and bonded one to one HOWEVER I still maintain that a chick is best raised up by a hen mother, and unfortunately the only thing that made me raise Steven up that way was that he had no brothers or sisters hatch with him, and also because being bipolar would make you do manic stuff like letting the chick sleep with you in your bed and sh*t everywhere in your bedroom (it was objectively not a good idea, and my homemade chicken diapers did not work well lol).

But it would still be amazing to see a Steven 2.0 growing up, sure not as tame as the original Steven had been, but still a happy healthy chicken bearing some resemblance. I love wyandottes so much, they hold such a special place in my heart.

I wish you all the joy with your chickens and baby chicks.
Steven is very special without a doubt! I say this because my Wyandottes do not like to be held, do not pick me up that is the look they give me. I raised these chicks when they were 2 days old, and that is the personality of Wyandotte from what I read online.

You and Steven had a rare and special bond, keep that lovey memory with you.

From my experience raising chickens which is not that much, I found that chickens bond with me when I spend time with them. 1:1 time, and they love the sound of their name being call. I talk to them whenever I give them a little face, and feet massage.
My Wyandottes do not like me to hold them, but they come to me whenever I call their names.