Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[gkleing3]

So sorry for your loss! I wonder how she broke her neck?

 

[Sallysec]

I everyone. I had my first chicken death today.
My blue wheaten Americana. Don't know why. She wasn't sick and it wasn't an attack she died locked in the pen this morning. I'm so heart broken.

I am so sorry for your loss. HUGS

 

[Toxic Chicken]

Congrats suezanne & bobby

 

[Toxic Chicken]

Congrats suezanne & bobby

 

[Toxic Chicken]

Jersyhen has litter mates of my Americana so I will be getting eggs from her to hatch.
I think it was just a freak accident.

 

[littlecritters]

Her neck was broken. I think she fell or got pushed off the ramp to the hen house.
She was so beautiful.

I am very sorry for your loss. It's so upsetting to lose a bird, hope you are holding up ok.

 

[littlecritters]

So, rough, rough, rough weekend. My daughters Jr Prom was lovely, she looked so pretty, and truly like a "Junior". Most of the girls dressed like it was a senior prom, or a wedding-not at all like 16 year old girls. She had a great time and danced the night away. She decided not to go to an after-party, which I had allowed her to go to, since Saturday we had big plans to get up VERY early. She's growing up and making good decisions. I'm very proud. I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how to do it. Because I'm NOT entirely in the 21st century. 

Saturday morning, we got up at 6am, and drove up to Pearl River for a race that we actually started organizing in 2006. I am proud to say-it is all now completely automated, and has become a staple in the race circuit. It's the John Bellew Memorial 5k. John Bellew was one of my husbands closest friends, and he died on Black Sunday in 2005, when he and L27, E46 got trapped in an apartment during a blizzard and had to jump out the window. A close friend of ours, Rick Arazosa, who was my husbands captain in L27, and also lives around the block from us had spoken to Danny and asked him to bring him a t-shirt. He was feeling under the weather, having been diagnosed with Cancer and Mesothelioma last week. So we went, we all ran, and had a fabulous time. When we got home, Danny called Ricks house to tell him he had his t-shirt and would like to stop over for a beer and to drop the shirt off. His daughter called back and told us Rick passed away that morning. Suddenly. His wife went to the store and came back and he was gone. They had an autopsy done, since the doctors opinion was that it was 9/11 related-Rick and Danny spent until 6/02 down at the trade center on the GPS unit. 

Saturday night, we had tickets that we bought weeks ago, for Jim Norton at Caroline's in Manhattan, so we drove in. Needless to say-the show was funny, but we just didn't have the emotional ability to really enjoy ourselves. The whole trip in, Danny was on the phone arranging for the 343 engine to be at Ricks funeral, and calling firehouses for honor guards and to get men to the funeral. 

Sunday, we had promised to take the kids to the FDNY/NYPD hockey game so we went to that-Danny had been making calls to all people in the FDNY that knew Rick, so everyone we saw was devastated. We hung out with Danny's old FH so that was a good time, and my kids got to have that "Family" feeling that FD families enjoy. Yesterday was rough, I had to deliver a basket of food to the Arazosa's house and spent some time crying with Joanie and the kids. Then the news didn't have any good news either, so today I'm going to the wake, tonight we have tickets for Bob Seger. I'm meeting up with a couple of good friends, also chicken girls, and hopefully I can cheer up!!

On a good note, Kairi is back to his old self, with a shaved butt, which he doesn't seem to mind...I'm considering shaving his whole body-just think of the NO SHEDDING I can accomplish...

I am sending warm thoughts to you and prayers to Rick's family. Such a sad thing to happen. Many hugs, Tina

 

[queenchick16]

Toxic I'm sorry for your loss. Has something come loose in the coop that she could have got hung up on?are you sure it was a broken neck? I would still watch the girls very carefully over the next couple of days. Im sorry im questioning you its just me and my OCD
On a lighter note, .Where the heck have you been? I've missed you. How are your cream legbars doing?

Lock down day for my Arucanas. I can't take the stress of something going wrong at this point with them.

 

[JerseyHen]

Quail update: they make a great alarm clock. One of the wee ones got out of the brooder again (there is a small space between the wire and the wall) and was chirping for help. Such a cute chirp, but all the babies in the brooder were chirping back so it was quite loud. Think about how much noise 28 birds making a call at the same time can make. Wow. Still cute though.

Karen, so glad you are back! I will sequester the blue egg crew and get some eggs to you!

Carol, so exciting! Keep us posted!

 

[littlecritters]

Jersyhen has litter mates of my Americana so I will be getting eggs from her to hatch.
I think it was just a freak accident.

I'd love to know how your cream legbar is doing....has the one you hatched started laying blue eggs?