Meet "Mabelo", the majestic guardian of my flock (and my house!)

[CrazyChickLady64]

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Today I was able to hold him with only one arm, lol. But you can see how my body tilts to the opposite side. I really need to know exactly how much he weighs.

Get on a scale with him then by yourself and subtract your weight from the two of you on the scale....he is beautiful!

 

[Insnesnakos]

Get on a scale with him then by yourself and subtract your weight from the two of you on the scale....he is beautiful!

That's what I do when weighing my pullets
It makes it a lot easier

 

[MaeM]

I just found this picture of Mabelo as a baby.

LMAO, now he occupies the whole door...

... and photobombs the hell out of me

(I wanted to take a pic of a little bird that's behind him)

 

[MaeM]

He's a beauty! ❤ Let's see....judging from your tilt...I'd say 9 to 10 pounds.

Close enough. I weighed him. He weighs 11 pounds!

 

[MaeM]

Mabelo is turning 3 years old on Saturday. I bought him a new waterer, I'm waiting for it to arrive!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Mabelo is turning 3 years old on Saturday. I bought him a new waterer, I'm waiting for it to arrive!

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He's beautiful!

 

[MaeM]

Mabelo turned 3 on Saturday.

He also died that day.

I still can't believe it. He was healthy, never showed a sign of illness or anything.

He went to sleep in the coop on Friday and my mother found him dead on Saturday morning.

He was in a nest box, no signs of violence either. He was stiff so I think he felt bad during the night, went to the nest box (he would normally sleep on the roost), and died there.

I have no explanations for this and my parents buried him without telling me because I had left the city to attend a concert. I just knew about this today when I came back home and Mabelo wasn't there.

Otherwise I would have frozen his body and send him for a necropsy on Monday, because there's no ****ing explanation for this... I can't even cry.

I lost another hen to reproductive issues about 10 days ago, I don't even have the results of her necropsy and I have another dead bird in my flock.

I'm shocked, scared.

My boy

 

[RoyalChick]

Mabelo turned 3 on Saturday.

He also died that day.

I still can't believe it. He was healthy, never showed a sign of illness or anything.

He went to sleep in the coop on Friday and my mother found him dead on Saturday morning.

He was in a nest box, no signs of violence either. He was stiff so I think he felt bad during the night, went to the nest box (he would normally sleep on the roost), and died there.

I have no explanations for this and my parents buried him without telling me because I had left the city to attend a concert. I just knew about this today when I came back home and Mabelo wasn't there.

Otherwise I would have frozen his body and send him for a necropsy on Monday, because there's no ****ing explanation for this... I can't even cry.

I lost another hen to reproductive issues about 10 days ago, I don't even have the results of her necropsy and I have another dead bird in my flock.

I'm shocked, scared.

My boy

Oh so sorry to read this. He was a gorgeous fella.

 

[Callender Girl]

How horrible! You must be heartbroken.

I have enjoying reading about Mabelo and his very big personality since you first posted about him in January. I know you two bonded when he was a chick and that he hated shoes.

If there is any consolation at all, it appears he was living a full life until the very end, and he will be alive in your heart forever. RIP, beautiful boy; three years wasn't nearly enough time.

Take care of yourself, MaeM

 

[chrissynemetz]

This is such sad and awful news. I'm really so very sorry