My Thor is gone...The flock is lost PIC HEAVY

[Cetawin]

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Thank You so much. I sure hope he is there waiting too. I am so very happy you took the chance on your boys and have obtained that great relationship with Chief....it really is something special isn't it?

 

[AJ666]

He was beautiful! I am so sorry for your loss! The heat has been tough for all my animals.

Rest in peace big guy

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

I just saw this thread and I am so sorry for your loss

 

[Serrin]

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Yes dear lady! A thousand fold more than I ever thought possible. I've always been very close to my girls. I didn't know it was possible to have an even stronger bond with a rooster, but I do!

And none of it would have happened without you and Thor, leading the way!

Thank you dearest LadyHawk!

 

[Cetawin]

Amy it is so different from the relationship with the girls...I just love those big huge boys. I wanted so badly to sit there on Cyn's porch and hold and snuggle Suede for the rest of the day and rub his wattles. I used to do that so much with Thor and rub his chest.

As soon as my DH returns home on the 31st with my other laptop, I can upload pictures again...I cannot wait for you to see my little Porcelain D'uccle boy...he is so cute. I am not at all used to holding a cockerel/roo in one hand. It always takes two hands and a strong back to hold mine. LOL

The big black orp girl (that is half sister to Thor) I brought home from Cyn's is a hoot! She is with the flock now and she has kicked the crap out of the other roo, Severus. She beats the tar out of him at least once per day.

But today she, yes she, did the rooster dance showing her dominance over one of the girls she does not like. I about died laughing. She is my "kung fu" chicken. Love her too pieces.

Ultrasuede via Joletabey sent 6 beautiful red roses to me for Thor's grave and I have pics of them I want to upload too as well as Thor's burial site. I still miss him soooooooo much.

 

[Serrin]

I wonder what it is that tickles me so about roosters. Having four boys total now, I find myself doing everything I can to keep all four. Even to the point of building three new small coops (think 5 birds total per coop) and acquiring a bunch of buff orp girls that I can get for free as my friends have far too many for what they had originally planned.

It's a long story. Suffice it to say, this is the kind of golden opportunity I dream about for my boys. The drawback? They're only a little over 2 months old right now. I had the chance to lay my eyes on them this afternoon, and just looking at the size of them (hatchery birds, every last one!) I'd say we have at least another 2 months to go before they'll be big enough to handle a love starved rooster!

And I don't want to see any harm come to these little ladies by putting the cart before the horse as they say!

But for my boys, if they're willing to tolerate these deplorable conditions for now, I'd go to the ends of the earth to make it up to them. Just think how happy they'd be to have their own coop and their own little flock of girls!

If I can just convince Denny, and if they boys can just hold on for two more months. I'm not worried about the little girls. Floyd and Karen said they'd be more than happy to hold the little hooligans until I'm ready.

I suppose some part of me is doing this out of shear greed. I want to keep all of them!

OMGosh Cetawin! What is this illness I have contracted? What kind of disease causes me to throw caution to the wind, go out on a limb, and do everything I can to keep these boys here with me, where I know they'd be safe from the butcher or the back yard chopping block? What is it about them that I want to protect them from all harm and unhappiness?

Is it maybe because of the reputation that roosters have? And here I am, thinking: these boys are so sweet and loving towards me and the younger girls. Maybe that reputation isn't deserved at all!?! These boys still come to me when they're called. They still want to be held and cuddled. Maybe that makes them exceptional and therefore worth holding on to.

I don't know. But whatever it is, what ever causes this temporary lapse in sanity, I'm up to my eyeballs in it now!

 

[debilorrah]

WOW!!! I am so late reading this, and I apologize!!! How sad!!!!

 

[debilorrah]

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My roos are my most friendly. Swiffer, my silkie roo, will be on his back in my hands and crow. Dummy.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

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Me, too, Debi! I never saw this thread til today.

So very sorry to hear about Thor!

 

[storminstaffs]

RIP Thor