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This post belongs here, without a doubt. I am witnessing the beginning of the decline of our Zara, Athena's sister, both Atlas's daughters. They were hatched together and were inseparable until Athena's recent death.
Zara is not coming off the roost right away in the mornings now. She sits and sits until I lift her down to the floor. Her comb is turning a darker purplish color. So, another hen will pass from plain old age soon. And they were my very last link to Atlas, that line of Stukel Rocks, and the Delawares, too, since Isaac was Atlas's paternal grandsire.
Naturally, I still have Maddie (still broody) and her mother Jill (broody when it suits her) from the Jill Burk Rocks, but they are unrelated to Atlas and they are both elderly as well. Makes me so sad because Zara is a huge baby with my husband. She'll tug his pants leg until he picks her up and then, she'll snuggle into his chest. And she is quite talkative. No idea how long this will take, but Athena lasted two or three weeks past when I noticed she was off. And sadly, poor Mace will lose a 2nd hen from his four hen flock of Rocks.
Zara is not coming off the roost right away in the mornings now. She sits and sits until I lift her down to the floor. Her comb is turning a darker purplish color. So, another hen will pass from plain old age soon. And they were my very last link to Atlas, that line of Stukel Rocks, and the Delawares, too, since Isaac was Atlas's paternal grandsire.
Naturally, I still have Maddie (still broody) and her mother Jill (broody when it suits her) from the Jill Burk Rocks, but they are unrelated to Atlas and they are both elderly as well. Makes me so sad because Zara is a huge baby with my husband. She'll tug his pants leg until he picks her up and then, she'll snuggle into his chest. And she is quite talkative. No idea how long this will take, but Athena lasted two or three weeks past when I noticed she was off. And sadly, poor Mace will lose a 2nd hen from his four hen flock of Rocks.
