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Busy out in the yard, but just wanted to pop in and say that Autumn has officially started herein East Texas. I've just dumped my first wheel barrow full of leaves for this season into the coop for my deep litter. I love Fall! All the colors are so gorgeous!!
 
I know im not supposed to post here and I apologize, its just quicker responces. I need to trade my chocolate muscovy drake, for another muscovy drake. Im not interested in trading for a black and white pied, but open to any other offers for trade. My 3 chocolates are further bred in generation then thought, so they are producing bad ducklings, most die in shell, some live but dont make it out of shell and die, organs out of body. We do not like duck eggs as much as chicken and only one of my family memebers will eat duck, but can only eat so much. So then we are flooded with duck eggs that are eventually thrown out. Is there anyone willing to trade me? Im in austin, tx. He has so far produced all chocolates.
 
tiedyemommy said:
Thank you, everyone.  Our hearts are lighter knowing Red's suffering has ended.  :)

We had Red's funeral this evening & our daughter is taking it remarkably well.  :love   I'm not sure if The Ladies & The Girls have really noticed Red's absence...even though she used to be "Head Honcho".  I guess our 9 chickens will have to reconfigure their pecking order now.  :confused:
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Glad your daughter is taking it well :)
I can tell you that, in my experience, my girls are not to emotional when they lose a member. Pecking orders do shift though. Somehow, my 3 I lost were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the pecking order. Then my 5th took over. My Silkie, at the bottom, is also suddenly a lot friendlier. She was never sociable, but after losing the last 2, she's jumping in laps and laying eggs now.
The only time I noticed anyone acting "off" was both of the times I rehomed a roo. When I rehomed my silkie cockerel at 12 ish weeks, my Silkie hen was very whiney for a week. Same with my EE cockerel at 10 weeks, his "sister" was off on her own for a few days, then rejoined the flock. Just an upset in the system, they adapted.
Geez, what a novel, sorry lol
 
Brookshire11 said:
Glad your daughter is taking it well
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I can tell you that, in my experience, my girls are not to emotional when they lose a member. Pecking orders do shift though. Somehow, my 3 I lost were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the pecking order. Then my 5th took over. My Silkie, at the bottom, is also suddenly a lot friendlier. She was never sociable, but after losing the last 2, she's jumping in laps and laying eggs now.
The only time I noticed anyone acting "off" was both of the times I rehomed a roo. When I rehomed my silkie cockerel at 12 ish weeks, my Silkie hen was very whiney for a week. Same with my EE cockerel at 10 weeks, his "sister" was off on her own for a few days, then rejoined the flock. Just an upset in the system, they adapted.
Geez, what a novel, sorry lol
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It's fascinating to watch animals react to things. Our cat witnessed my neighbor show me how to cull Red, and he sat on the porch all night next to her body (which was wrapped up and in a box) and he sounded like he was crying when I found him still laying next to it the morning after. He's been about the same as normal since, but until we had Red's funeral, our cat made sure to stay near her body as much as possible.
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The Ladies & The Girls haven't really seemed to notice. Especially since the pecking order began rearranging the moment Red started acting ill (and not her bossy self) a week before her death...I'm not sure who's Head Honcho now, but it's interesting to watch them interact just a little bit differently with one another now.
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