Mabel's Broody Adventure ENDS

[bargain]

Oh I'm so so sorry.....I cannot tell you....You see I have my pet chickens too....

Please take the time to grieve your loss...I've come to love her from across the country....I'll cry with you.

Don't close this thread....Let's keep it open in Mabel's wonderful memory and how she wanted to be a mommy and now has led you to be the mother of these precious eggs.

Hugs and love and prayers to you and your household and those new little babies in the eggs just waiting to be.

If ever you need help and cannot get it, pm me and call me on the phone.

Nancy

(If you don't still have my phone number from your order, just pm and I'll send aagain.)

 

[cherylcohen]

thanks bargain, I can't stop crying

 

[bargain]

I'll just have to give you a virtual shoulder over the internet.....As I say to my friends and you're now an adopted one......Let it out,,,,sob till you cannot and then do it again......Cry till your eyes run dry and if they refill and you need to, cry again.....

Remember crying babies don't have ulcers or pentup emotions....

Remember those happy happy times and look forward to birthing and seeing and loving Mabel's little adopted babies......She would have wanted that... Expect to cry again from time to time but it won't always be the awful sobs you first go threw.

Last year, I lost a pet goat who was healthy one day and died in my arms the next.......No reason, no explanation and we take extreme care of our goats as they are dairy goats......I can just tell you I sat in the mud and rocked and held her as she died and kept holding her until hubby told me it was time to come in the house....The vet said he could not explain it no trauma no disease, it was her time.......To this day I still tear up writing about her.....Such a precious 8 month old.

Anyway, back to you.......Just be easy on yourself...What a wonderful caregiver you are, what a wonderful giving, and caring and supportive friend you were to her....And how you have touched that sweet spot in so many hearts and souls and made us more human and caring in the process. .....maybe thousands that read this posting of yours. You have done us all good as we do treasure these chickens.

Don't go changing.....Just be yourself always.

You've got a friend in Georgia.

Nancy

 

[cherylcohen]

Wow you make my heart sing, thanks. I think I'll go hug the other girls

 

[Kittymomma]

I'm so sorry! I was just checking in before heading out the door. I'll be sure to check on you before bed.

Listen to bargain, that's good stuff.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Ooooo, sweetheart, I'm so sorry!! I have been following your thread from the beginning and loved Mabel for all her efforts from afar. It's such a tough part of having and loving animals and there is no real answer to ease your grief except time. I'm sure it won't seem like it now, but in the not so, so far future you'll be able to remember Mabel with a smile instead of a tear.

Sending you lots and lots of

from NC.

 

[cherylcohen]

Thanks, I really need to start thinking about the babies, that will help.

So I have 14 eggs in the bator...if let's say 80% hatch (maybe that's optimistic) I'll have 11 chicks... 2 are going to be taken by my vet as I said before so I'll have 9 babies. How much space should I allow for them to grow.

I'm not sure when I can put them in with the older girls??? Is it 4 months?

So I need a brooder I guess of some sort and I'm wondering do I need a 2nd coop (oh man is DH going to kill me!) Or what do you guys think is best. I'll do whatever is best.

 

[speckledhen]

I'm so sorry, sweetie. You did all you could for her. She was certainly loved!

 

[cherylcohen]

thanks speckled hen,, what does everyone think shall I rename the thread

Mabel lives on Hatch 3/25
MBA 3/25 Hatch (MBA stands for Mabel's broody adventure)
Mabel's chicks 3/25
Mabel II the Incubator

this is silly I guess

 

[speckledhen]

You could just let me close this one and start one under Incubating, Cheryl. How about that?