MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

She was only 9 months or so, just a pullet. The only good thing is that she had the best life right up to the end, she had food in her crop and looked happy.

Oh good!

Any thoughts about how she died?

 

[MaryJanet]

How's this guy @Shadrach ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/gold-coast-rooster-thinks-it-is-a-brush-turkey/102767142

It's a shame so many irresponsible people are dumping their roosters but I'm glad this one has sorted himself out with a few friends and enough food.

 

[BY Bob]

What a refreshing treat! How have they been doing in the summer heat Bob?

Very little heart stress here. Lots of shade and water. They have born this summer better than any I can remember. Even Aurora who has never done well in heat. She is just fluffier than everyone else.

 

[BY Bob]

I really need a hug right now.
Yesterday evening I fed all the chickens, and they all seemed fine. Then when I went out later to shut them up for the night I found that Betty had died.
I have no idea why, but I think something like a heart attack is most likely, as it looked like it happened just as she was jumping up onto the roost.
I don't know what to do with Bertha now, she seems alright but one hen with two cockerels isn't going to go very well, and she never really fitted in with any of the other hens.
Its been a rotten week in one way and another..

Oh my gosh! I'm so very sorry.

 

[BY Bob]

How's this guy @Shadrach ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/gold-coast-rooster-thinks-it-is-a-brush-turkey/102767142

It's a shame so many irresponsible people are dumping their roosters but I'm glad this one has sorted himself out with a few friends and enough food.

I'm glad for that one rooster but the whole situation is sad.

 

[LozzyR]

How's this guy @Shadrach ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/gold-coast-rooster-thinks-it-is-a-brush-turkey/102767142

It's a shame so many irresponsible people are dumping their roosters but I'm glad this one has sorted himself out with a few friends and enough food.

Oh yes, the “hatch-a-chick” programmes in childcare centres and primary schools.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm glad for that one rooster but the whole situation is sad.

Yeh.

I'd rather people didn't do hatches if they don't have a plan for the cockerels.

 

[MaryJanet]

Oh yes, the “hatch-a-chick” programmes in childcare centres and primary schools.

Exactly!

 

[MaryJanet]

In happier news, look who got her first egg of the season done and dusted!

15 minutes later and she's still talking about it

Katie provided an outstanding "watch over Mary" service. Or she might've been waiting her turn on the nest?

 

[ManueB]

@Sussex19 i’m sorry for your loss of Betty. Bad news always come in a row hope your next days are better.
Do you have another "odd one out" who could go in with Bertha ? I suppose they could stay like this for a little while but at some point it will pose a problem!

I don't understand how people dump roosters. I do know and understand about the ugly human nature , and that the number of cats and dogs that are abandoned is horrendous... but for the roosters, I don't get why not just kill them, or give them free to people who will kill them for food ?