Ribh's D'Coopage

[LozzyR]

It's been a traumatic chicken week.
Day 1: I thought I'd lost Chavi to a snake.
I went to let the girls out & she was nowhere to be found. I scoured the coop, checked the run, called...not a peep. Went to right the water container and there she was underneath it, perfectly happy.

Day 3 of her sickness China just gave up the ghost. She's been doing pretty well up until then.

Day 4 I went to let the girls out and there was Portia, dead as a doornail under the roost. No idea. She was perfectly fine during the day, her usual bossy, noisy, bustling self.

However, here are the four new girls, un-named as yet.
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Aww Ribh, that’s tough.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's been a traumatic chicken week.
Day 1: I thought I'd lost Chavi to a snake.
I went to let the girls out & she was nowhere to be found. I scoured the coop, checked the run, called...not a peep. Went to right the water container and there she was underneath it, perfectly happy.

Day 3 of her sickness China just gave up the ghost. She's been doing pretty well up until then.

Day 4 I went to let the girls out and there was Portia, dead as a doornail under the roost. No idea. She was perfectly fine during the day, her usual bossy, noisy, bustling self.

However, here are the four new girls, un-named as yet.
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I'm so sorry. What a week!

 

[RoyalChick]

It's been a traumatic chicken week.
Day 1: I thought I'd lost Chavi to a snake.
I went to let the girls out & she was nowhere to be found. I scoured the coop, checked the run, called...not a peep. Went to right the water container and there she was underneath it, perfectly happy.

Day 3 of her sickness China just gave up the ghost. She's been doing pretty well up until then.

Day 4 I went to let the girls out and there was Portia, dead as a doornail under the roost. No idea. She was perfectly fine during the day, her usual bossy, noisy, bustling self.

However, here are the four new girls, un-named as yet.
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Oh my that's a lot all in one week! China and Portia. So sad.
The newcomers seem to understand their role as eye-candy - I look forward to more pictures.

 

[Ribh]

Oh my that's a lot all in one week! China and Portia. So sad.
The newcomers seem to understand their role as eye-candy - I look forward to more pictures.

They come from the same tribe as Leonard. The last batch of chicks were all frizzles so I got lucky, feather dusters non withstanding.

 

[Ribh]

Aww Ribh, that’s tough.

Thanks, Lozzy. I'd been hoping for my own chicks but Ha'penny put paid to that, so the new chicks came @ an opportune time.

 

[Ribh]

I'm so sorry. What a week!

Thanks, MJ. The new chicks will help. I am looking for fairy names if anyone has any.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks, MJ. The new chicks will help. I am looking for fairy names if anyone has any.

Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustard Seed (Titania’s fairy companions in A Midsummer Night’s Dream).

 

[Ribh]

Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustard Seed (Titania’s fairy companions in A Midsummer Night’s Dream).

Yes, I have those on my list.