Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Razadia]

Raz-- any reasonable clues????

Nothing that makes a bit of sense. We can't think of anyone that would want to poison him. The only reason anyone would want to get rid of him would be to get to my game chickens, but we don't take anyone back there to see them. He guarded the door to the coop.

Razadia, sorry about your dog.

Thank you. It's sad that I already have to start looking for a puppy. But we need another guard dog and I know it'll make my dad feel better.

 

[karimw]

Caught up for the morning. I'm awake way too early and this morning has been terrible.

My mom walked into my room (after I had been asleep for only an hour) and told me one of our dogs was dead. Fantastic. Problem is, he was perfectly fine last night and all day yesterday. He was his normal bouncy self and nothing abnormal happened. He was fed the same thing we always feed him. No chocolate icecream was anywhere near him yesterday and even if there had been, he wouldn't have eaten it. Our other dog outside is perfectly fine. He's just upset. The cats are working overtime on trying to comfort everyone and my mom's dog is laying next to me in the chair. NOTHING was wrong with him yesterday.

I'm just so confused. He wasn't old at all. Cisco was only about 6 years old. We've had heart worm problems in the past and we know it starts showing at least a week before they die. He didn't have rabies and there were no bite marks on him where he could have gotten in a fight with anything. There was just blood, foam, and signs of him thrashing before he died. He didn't have access to poison or anything of the like. Someone had to have come in the yard, at night, to have done this. He wasn't sick.

From what I can tell he was only dead for about 2 hours before mom found him. (this was a process I did not enjoy.) I spent my morning helping my brother dig a grave for him. This morning has been horrible.

that is terrible!

 

[MrsMoonCat]

I'm sorry for your loss Razadia.

 

[Razadia]

I haven't even had time to turn my eggs this morning. I'm trying to find a puppy in the area that dad will approve of and that's not easy. I have no idea what my youngest niece is going to do when she finds out he's gone. It's heart breaking to think about.

And thanks everyone. I've only had an hour's worth of sleep and I don't think I could sleep if I tried.

 

[ronott1]

Hi AK Michelle,

What breed is the rooster in the front?

Thanks!

 

[Arielle]

AK Michelle, wow your birds have a wonderful resort hotel to stay in all in the wintery wonderland of Alaska. I'm envious. Can I vaca there for a week?

 

[buckabucka]

Ugh. So sorry about your dog, Raz. Very sad.

 

[buckabucka]

Great idea!!!! My EE are laying again--no lights all winter for them, it's uplifting to see the pretty blues and greens again.

I guess I have half a mind too. I'll be setting Ameraucana eggs, along with a few olive egger experiments, but only half. Marans for the other half, assuming the eggs shipped 3000 miles arrive in one piece!

 

[SarahIrl]

Looks like the top of one of my apple pies, I am rubbish at pastry. (Says an ex-pastry chef)

One more that might be of interest...

Razadia - so sorry to hear of your dog being poisoned. Hope you find out what really happened.

And yes, I think we should all name our Easter hatched prettiest rooster after Mahonri. If we never kept boys we wouldn't be here on this thread and wouldn't be trying to populate the world with beautiful birds of every shape and size. So, all the best looking Mahonri roosters should have a contest three or four months after the hatch!

 

[Arielle]

On another note----

Does any one know . . . . I want to alter my sig line. How do we access now since the big change over?