Texas

[hensfortherapy]

Well the young pullets have been out in the chicken yard for over a week and things are going well. Blondie has adjusted to them and even seems to be trying to teach them a few things.

 

[orumpoultry]

Well the young pullets have been out in the chicken yard for over a week and things are going well. Blondie has adjusted to them and even seems to be trying to teach them a few things.

That's awesome

 

[Mims]

Ugh. Lost a 6 week old EE last night. My daughter named it Camo. It was fine in the morning, and dead last night. No idea what happened.


This was Camo when we got her.





Camo last week.





Thanks for letting me share this. She's my first chicken loss, and I'll admit, I cried a little. Not sure what happened, but I felt horrible.

 

[orumpoultry]

Things happen... Your first but not last. So sorry for your loss!

 

[tjo804]

Ugh. Lost a 6 week old EE last night. My daughter named it Camo. It was fine in the morning, and dead last night. No idea what happened.


This was Camo when we got her.





Camo last week.





Thanks for letting me share this. She's my first chicken loss, and I'll admit, I cried a little. Not sure what happened, but I felt horrible.

Sorry for your loss.
Hope DD is doing well.

 

[Mims]

Sorry for your loss.
Hope DD is doing well.

She actually left Saturday for 2 weeks at grandma's. I haven't told her, and won't until she gets back. I had a brief moment when I thought, hmm, maybe she won't notice, and I just won't tell her. But she knows every single one of the 34, even the unnamed ones. It will take her about 15 seconds to realize one is missing.I guess that's a part of owning animals, though.

Yes, definitely not my last. Funny enough, I'm prepared to butcher the extra roos when the time comes, but was upset over this loss. I guess I thought I had got them past the delicate chick stage... or something. Ah well. I am going to bury her when I get home. Don't laugh, it's required by my daughter for all of the pets, even fish and hamsters. It will make her feel better to see a little cross for Camo.

Thanks, y'all.

 

[tjo804]

no laughing I have a pet cemetery in my back yard. we even say a prayer for them.

 

[jockeyeba]

Paul Smith in Gainesville

 

[hensfortherapy]

Ugh. Lost a 6 week old EE last night. My daughter named it Camo. It was fine in the morning, and dead last night. No idea what happened. This was Camo when we got her. Sorry to hear about Camo. It is never easy to lose a chicken. Camo last week. Thanks for letting me share this. She's my first chicken loss, and I'll admit, I cried a little. Not sure what happened, but I felt horrible.

 

[Briza]

She actually left Saturday for 2 weeks at grandma's. I haven't told her, and won't until she gets back. I had a brief moment when I thought, hmm, maybe she won't notice, and I just won't tell her. But she knows every single one of the 34, even the unnamed ones. It will take her about 15 seconds to realize one is missing.I guess that's a part of owning animals, though.

Yes, definitely not my last. Funny enough, I'm prepared to butcher the extra roos when the time comes, but was upset over this loss. I guess I thought I had got them past the delicate chick stage... or something. Ah well. I am going to bury her when I get home. Don't laugh, it's required by my daughter for all of the pets, even fish and hamsters. It will make her feel better to see a little cross for Camo.

Thanks, y'all.

I don't think I'll ever be old enough to stop burying animals I've raised as pets. The only one's I've been able to toss were the DOA chicks and the ones that died within a day or two.