The Rest In Peace thread

[TheChickenGirl16]

You know it, I know it too.
Keeping chickens is relaxing… But it also has its challenges and heartbreaks. The worst of these being losing our feathered friends.

This thread is for help, healing, and comfort from each other.

Please post pictures and stories of the precious ones you’ve lost.

Let’s all comfort each other!

@urlocalcrazychickenlady

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

This is my sweetheart, Goldilocks, my Gold Laced Wyandotte.
I lost her to a raccoon.
Thankfully she left behind a legacy of 13 chicks.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

I have actually lost a TON!
It’s very heartbreaking.
I will post as many as I have pictures of.

Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy.

Thick as thieves.
Only twice, from the time that they where 2 weeks, until 22 weeks, I only saw them grazing separately.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

This is Goodness.
Blue Wyandotte
I think this is my favorite chicken picture I have.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Anyone else??

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Far too many..12, not including those never meant to be in the flocks.
I loved them all, but here are the ones that truly broke my heart to see pass.

Spatch-My very beautiful Bielefelder boy and excellent roo. This hurt my soul.

Zoomer- sweet girl lost to a predator 3 wks ago.

Nugget-Bielefelder (All 6 Biels are gone- mostly reproduction problems.

Donald, aka Red devil, lil red hen- Fat thing with 2 inch legs! She was reason I installed handicap ramps to the roosts. I buried her and planted red roses.

Livvy, aka La-la Livvy. This one was special. Bielefelder. The sweetest, most distracted chicken ever to live. She was a wanderer. Died of EYP.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Far too many..12, not including those never meant to be in the flocks.
I loved them all, but here are the ones that truly broke my heart to see pass.

Spatch-My very beautiful Bielefelder boy and excellent roo. This hurt my soul.

Zoomer- sweet girl lost to a predator 3 wks ago.

Nugget-Bielefelder (All 6 Biels are gone- mostly reproduction problems.

Donald, aka Red devil, lil red hen- Fat thing with 2 inch legs! She was reason I installed handicap ramps to the roosts. I buried her and planted red roses.

Livvy, aka La-la Livvy. This one was special. Bielefelder. The sweetest, most distracted chicken ever to live. She was a wanderer. Died of EYP.

I’m so sorry about your losses…
Thank you for sharing.
I’ve never had a Bielefelder… but from what I’ve heard, they sound like the sweetest!

 

[murphynhazel12]

We've only kept chickens for about 5 years with a small backyard flock, and yet we've lost 19 wonderful chicks and chickens. We have not been lucky, between predators and illnesses, but I don't regret getting chickens. I'm just glad to have shared my life with them.
I'll post photos and names in a bit.

 

[murphynhazel12]

Cookie, a sickly silkie, was our first chicken loss. Poor little baby. She was the sweetest little puffball.

Clementine was my mom's favorite chicken ever. She was a great gardening buddy and the sweetest little soul. Her and her sisters Tilly (the boss) and Skittles (the henchman) were our longest surviving hens and lived to see their 3rd birthday. They were all killed senselessly by a weasel.

Tilly and Skittles:

Maggie the Legbar was our sole survivor of the weasel attack. Poor little girl was terrified at first, but when we got her some new little friends, she quickly came out of her shell to assert dominance, lol. Sadly, she did not survive the fox that came just under a year later. Miss you Mags.

Madonna, my first Polish I got to raise, was my little rockstar. I didn't get nearly enough time with her, because the fox struck a mere 2 days after we put them outside. She had a fantastic hairdo that I couldn't help dyeing.

 

[Beau plus penny]

You know it, I know it too.
Keeping chickens is relaxing… But it also has its challenges and heartbreaks. The worst of these being losing our feathered friends.

This thread is for help, healing, and comfort from each other.

Please post pictures and stories of the precious ones you’ve lost.

Let’s all comfort each other!

@urlocalcrazychickenlady

Ok so I wanted to tell yall bunny's story. Basically we got a bunch of chicks for free from my brother who works at the hatchery. IMMEDIATELY when I saw them I noticed bunny bc she was so different from the rest as chicks we had ones with across. Yellow ones. Black ones. Brown ones. But bunny was different. This little baby chicken had stolen my heart. I noticed that she was only gray one we got. And I dont know I just connected with her somehow. And I raised her like she was my own child. I spent time with her handled her. Everyday. Let her fall asleep in my arms. She also started out as one of the smallest ones we got. I also noticed how shy she was and didn't like other chickens much. Basically she liked her personally space she was an introvert. Just like me. I also played music for her on my phone and found that her favorite music is taylor swift and lady gaga. Which is also my favorite as she began to grow I noticed how beautiful she truely was. Over time she learned to trust me alot. She started out squaking running away to gently approaching my hand. Until eventaully she just let me pick her up. When we moved the chickens into the coop they didn't know what to thinking of it. I think it frightened bunny bc she ran back to me after being set down and try to hide in my Hoodie pocket. Eventually she began to explore. And she even started to talk to me. Which is amazing bc usually cochins are pretty quiet. Which she is but she is chatty whe I'm with her not loud just soft clucks and happy chirps. Now she is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. Well in my opinion she has the most beautiful splash pattern so clean placed every spot of splash looks like it belongs there. I wanted other people besides to enjoy this bird she is such a joy to have in the coop. i always feared what could eventually happen. one day our turken dropped dead with feathers ruffled. then the next day 2 dropped dead and then 3 and then on the forth day july 27th. before i get into the details bunny was like a daughter so when i went into the coop that morning, it was like my worst nightmare there MY BABY was on the floor her side stiff fluffed feathers and pale comb the night before this i held her for a while as a cried hugging her against my chest my head resting on her something in me knew she wouldnt be her much longer part of wishes i had stayed in the coop overnight and been there until her end. if only we had known what was going on before it was to late. but i saw her there july 27th the absolute horror i felt, the panic. i sprinted over to her grabbed her shook her hoping perhaps she was only asleep tried to perform cpr. listening for even a heartbeat but it was useless because her comb was pale gray and she was stiff as wood. the anguish i felt the dread as i realised my worst nightmare had come true months of care and bonding and love. all gone. taken from me so easily. then my mom came outside to see where i was at and i had already buried bunny. and mom came into the coop and said i was looking for you. i barely uttered the words "bunny ---" before i broke into tears. im glad my mom was there to comfort and hug me. but nothing could fix the emptiness i felt inside after losing my best friend. its gotten better but i still think about her everyday. luckily there were survivors but we lost 10 chickens and they will always be remembered especially bunny. i just hope maybe shell come back. like how people say dogs get reincarnated and come back to you again. come home soon bunny.