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Suzi18 said:
Chicken dying not in vain

As Stacey and RJ know....I lost my beloved OE Maude last weekend. She was awesome. Top of the pecking order, loud and mouthy , beautiful eggs and a quite a character. She will be greatly missed. I was struggling as to what to do with her after she died. I buried the other 2 chickens I have lost but with the ground frozen solid this wasn't an option. Reluctantly I decided I would remove a couple of her feathers to bury later and wrap her up and put her in the trash. This wasn't sitting well with me but I felt I had no other option. No freezer big enough to store her for a burial later. 2 days ago my friend Doug called me (this is my friend who helped me build my coop ) and asked " hey, if you ever have a chicken that dies, would you mind if I take it" . He does a lot of fly fishing and recently had been reading about using chicken feathers for tying flies andhow you can take a dead chicken, skin it and dry it stretched on a board. (There is more to it but you get the gist). The feathers can then be used over time for tying flies . I told him I just lost a chicken but unfortunately Thursday was trash day and she was already gone. Well.....I didn't realize it at the time but because of the bitter cold our trash collectors didn't come this week. I called him and he came and picked her up this morning. Thankfully because of the cold she was perfectly preserved. You all may think I'm crazy but this has made me feel so much better. I feel like her death wasn't completely in vain. He will put her feathers to good use catching fish at our local trout club and because he was the one that made it possible for me to build my coop I just feel like it's a good thing. Makes me happy that it will make him happy and I will even get some trout in the end and DH and I will thank her when we eat it.
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:hugs I am sorry you lost her.
 
Suzi18 said:
Chicken dying not in vain

As Stacey and RJ know....I lost my beloved OE Maude last weekend. She was awesome. Top of the pecking order, loud and mouthy , beautiful eggs and a quite a character. She will be greatly missed. I was struggling as to what to do with her after she died. I buried the other 2 chickens I have lost but with the ground frozen solid this wasn't an option. Reluctantly I decided I would remove a couple of her feathers to bury later and wrap her up and put her in the trash. This wasn't sitting well with me but I felt I had no other option. No freezer big enough to store her for a burial later. 2 days ago my friend Doug called me (this is my friend who helped me build my coop ) and asked " hey, if you ever have a chicken that dies, would you mind if I take it" . He does a lot of fly fishing and recently had been reading about using chicken feathers for tying flies andhow you can take a dead chicken, skin it and dry it stretched on a board. (There is more to it but you get the gist). The feathers can then be used over time for tying flies . I told him I just lost a chicken but unfortunately Thursday was trash day and she was already gone. Well.....I didn't realize it at the time but because of the bitter cold our trash collectors didn't come this week. I called him and he came and picked her up this morning. Thankfully because of the cold she was perfectly preserved. You all may think I'm crazy but this has made me feel so much better. I feel like her death wasn't completely in vain. He will put her feathers to good use catching fish at our local trout club and because he was the one that made it possible for me to build my coop I just feel like it's a good thing. Makes me happy that it will make him happy and I will even get some trout in the end and DH and I will thank her when we eat it.
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Oh Suzi!
I’m so sorry you were feeling sad about a decision you were forced to make because of stupid weather.

I wish you would have laid some of that weight on us so you didn’t have to bear it alone.

I absolutely LOVE the serendipity of this outcome in every way!
It was simply meant to be.
Many hugs to you sweet friend.
Stacey j
 
staceyj said:
Oh Suzi!
I’m so sorry you were feeling sad about a decision you were forced to make because of stupid weather.

I wish you would have laid some of that weight on us so you didn’t have to bear it alone.

I absolutely LOVE the serendipity of this outcome in every way!
It was simply meant to be.
Many hugs to you sweet friend.
Stacey j
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Thanks Stacey.
 

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