Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[DobieLover]

Losing those that are not only dear to us, but also the hens is very hard

I saw dramatic shifts in my flock upon his death. None good.
I can only hope that his successors can do half as good a job as he did running the flock.

 

[fluffycrow]

I saw dramatic shifts in my flock upon his death. None good.
I can only hope that his successors can do half as good a job as he did running the flock.

I hope they can as well. Big shoes to fill, I’m sure.

Same here, when we (the group and I) lost our much younger, almost five year old head male. Can’t imagine what it would have been like for the hens if they were together for even longer.

The remaining senior hens have yet to recover from his loss. His offspring were quite the pair, and worked relatively well together. There was peace, but the group’s loss was still fresh. The peace was lost when the head rooster position got taken by a three year old male, that joined this group after his hens died. I rather not go into detail in this thread, (due to how long the post will be, for starters) unless Shad says that it’s ok

 

[SimpleJenn]

The chick Navy was assisting did not survive, there was yolk all over so now I'm thinking it cracked too early and wasn't going to survive anyways.
She still has 4 beautiful silkie babies and 1 egg remaining. If she decides to take them on a walkabout I'll probably grab it and put it in the incubator.

Her sister Periwinkle is very jealous! She's also broody but didn't agree to me relocating her nest to a better coop...so no babies for her this time.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Navy and babies

 

[Perris]

I'm finally getting back to myself after many years of tough times.

that's great to hear

It would be really good to have your thoughts on the many and various topics of discussion that pop up here, so I hope we'll see more of you. And photos of your lovely birds of course

 

[DobieLover]

that's great to hear

It would be really good to have your thoughts on the many and various topics of discussion that pop up here, so I hope we'll see more of you. And photos of your lovely birds of course

Thanks Perris.

You knew about my DH having Alzheimer's and me taking care of him while still working. He died in Feb 2024. You'd think knowing that the inevitable was coming it wouldn't have been so hard. It was the biggest kick in the face I've ever had in my life. And it happened less than a year after my mother died. And then there was the spinal surgery I had almost exactly one year ago to date. Sometimes, life sucks.

As of late the most thought about topics in my head are going to be construction related so let 'er rip!

 

[fuzzi]

Thanks Perris.

You knew about my DH having Alzheimer's and me training care of him while still working. He died in Feb 2024. You'd think knowing that the inevitable was coming it wouldn't have been so hard. It was the biggest kick in the face I've ever had in my life. And it happened less than a year after my mother died. And then there was the spinal surgery I had almost exactly one year ago to date. Sometimes, life sucks.

You have my sympathy. I lost my dh the same way, back in January.

 

[Perris]

Thanks Perris.

You knew about my DH having Alzheimer's and me training care of him while still working. He died in Feb 2024. You'd think knowing that the inevitable was coming it wouldn't have been so hard. It was the biggest kick in the face I've ever had in my life. And it happened less than a year after my mother died. And then there was the spinal surgery I had almost exactly one year ago to date. Sometimes, life sucks.

As of late the most thought about topics in my head are going to be construction related so let 'er rip!

2024 sounds like an annus horribilis for you; I'm so glad to see you emerge fighting - and maybe even stronger ?

 

[BDutch]

Thanks Perris.

You knew about my DH having Alzheimer's and me taking care of him while still working. He died in Feb 2024. You'd think knowing that the inevitable was coming it wouldn't have been so hard. It was the biggest kick in the face I've ever had in my life. And it happened less than a year after my mother died. And then there was the spinal surgery I had almost exactly one year ago to date. Sometimes, life sucks.

As of late the most thought about topics in my head are going to be construction related so let 'er rip!

A big hug. Bc I’m not very good with words.

For you too @fuzzi .

 

[Bsmac]

Thanks Perris.

You knew about my DH having Alzheimer's and me taking care of him while still working. He died in Feb 2024. You'd think knowing that the inevitable was coming it wouldn't have been so hard. It was the biggest kick in the face I've ever had in my life. And it happened less than a year after my mother died. And then there was the spinal surgery I had almost exactly one year ago to date. Sometimes, life sucks.

As of late the most thought about topics in my head are going to be construction related so let 'er rip!

So sorry about you DH... And your mom... Alzheimer`s is such a terrible thing... I lost my only sister to it a year ago next month... She was only 59.