The Sussex thread!

[Naliez]

 

[Johnn]

Beautiful Dorothy sure loves the camera! She must have her own fan club by now.
How old is she?

Thank you! Sorry, I have just seen this now! and she is 2 years and 1 month old

 

[Naliez]

I have a small flock of 2 Sussex, 3 Australorps and one EE, all around 10-12 weeks old. My Sussex are bullies! Is this typical when having a mixed flock? I thought I had picked generally docile breeds.

 

[Johnn]

Don't really know what to say, other than im devastated. Went to the hens earlier on and everything was normal, I was just putting the food out like I always do, but then one of two things happened. Rather Lacey put her head in a feeder and Penny tripped over it and broke her neck, or, Penny tripped over the feeder and when Lacey went to go over it, she also tripped over. Either way, she's died. It happened that quick, that I don't even know which one of the two happened, but I seriously never thought anything like that could happen. After it happened, Lacey rolled in front of me and she was lying there like she was in shock, so I picked her up and she had a little fit, so I put her back down and started stroking her. She had another fit before making these random cluck noises and then she just went. I'm still so shocked and upset about it, haven't cried so much. Really can't believe this has happened. I don't have many good photos of her as she was always out and about doing her own thing so I never really got the chance. R.I.P Lacey

 

[ConPollos]

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[COLOR=141823]Don't really know what to say, other than im devastated. Went to the hens earlier on and everything was normal, I was just putting the food out like I always do, but then one of two things happened. Rather Lacey put her head in a feeder and Penny tripped over it and broke her neck, or, Penny tripped over the feeder and when Lacey went to go over it, she also tripped over. Either way, she's died. It happened that quick, that I don't even know which one of the two happened, but[/COLOR][COLOR=141823] I seriously never thought anything like that could happen. After it happened, Lacey rolled in front of me and she was lying there like she was in shock, so I picked her up and she had a little fit, so I put her back down and started stroking her. She had another fit before making these random cluck noises and then she just went. I'm still so shocked and upset about it, haven't cried so much. Really can't believe this has happened. I don't have many good photos of her as she was always out and about doing her own thing so I never really got the chance. R.I.P Lacey [/COLOR]

I'm so sad, my heart really goes out to you. It's hard to imagine such an unexpected tragedy. It looks like she had a beautiful life, so she was one lucky chicken.

 

[Faraday40]

Don't really know what to say, other than im devastated. Went to the hens earlier on and everything was normal, I was just putting the food out like I always do, but then one of two things happened. Rather Lacey put her head in a feeder and Penny tripped over it and broke her neck, or, Penny tripped over the feeder and when Lacey went to go over it, she also tripped over. Either way, she's died. It happened that quick, that I don't even know which one of the two happened, but I seriously never thought anything like that could happen. After it happened, Lacey rolled in front of me and she was lying there like she was in shock, so I picked her up and she had a little fit, so I put her back down and started stroking her. She had another fit before making these random cluck noises and then she just went. I'm still so shocked and upset about it, haven't cried so much. Really can't believe this has happened. I don't have many good photos of her as she was always out and about doing her own thing so I never really got the chance. R.I.P Lacey

So sorry for your loss.

 

[gevshiba]

So sorry, John.

 

[Johnn]

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I'm so sad, my heart really goes out to you. It's hard to imagine such an unexpected tragedy. It looks like she had a beautiful life, so she was one lucky chicken.

So sorry for your loss.

So sorry, John.

Thank you all!

 

[Sussexlover]

The Sussex is my favorite breed. I had one named Speckles once (for obvious reasons). They are very soulful birds, indeed, very gentle.

 

[seminolewind]

very sorry for your loss, Johnn.