What did you do with your flock today?

[MadinWonderland]

We will see light freeze one morning and heavy frost another but no really cold weather. It will be warming back up. We need about 7 days in a row of a hard freeze to put the whammy on the flies.

I am all for freezing those little sh%/% asap. And the stink bugs. The mosquitos dies and the bugs threw in stink bugs and biting gnats

 

[kurby22]

They sure are! And so glossy!!! ❤❤❤
What do you shampoo them with? I think I need some for my hair

Hahaha it’s a show dog shampoo! Works well! May not be as great on human hair…but…it also just might!

 

[MaeM]

My beloved rooster died on Saturday.

I'm barely recovering from having to cull Ruby due to reproductive issues, and then, all of a sudden, Mabelo dies in his sleep.

Necropsy is not an option so I think I will always see this as a random curse. He died kind of how I expected my chickens to die but... not the day they turn 3 years old.

I can't totally believe it and I guess that's why I can't cry. So I just sit here with my remaining 3 chickens who have that "WTF" look in their faces, too. And I found that they're more clingy than usual

It's been 2 losses in the same month...

 

[ValerieJ]

My beloved rooster died on Saturday.

I'm barely recovering from having to cull Ruby due to reproductive issues, and then, all of a sudden, Mabelo dies in his sleep.

Necropsy is not an option so I think I will always see this as a random curse. He died kind of how I expected my chickens to die but... not the day they turn 3 years old.

I can't totally believe it and I guess that's why I can't cry. So I just sit here with my remaining 3 chickens who have that "WTF" look in their faces, too. And I found that they're more clingy than usual

It's been 2 losses in the same month...


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That is so sad. I am so sorry for your loss and right on top of your loss of Ruby. I really hate losing one of my chickens at any time for any reason, even old age. But 3 is not old, so doubly sad.

I understand not getting a necropsy. No amount of information will make it any easier anyway. Is it time for some spring chicks to replenish the flock?

 

[TropicalBabies]

My beloved rooster died on Saturday.

I'm barely recovering from having to cull Ruby due to reproductive issues, and then, all of a sudden, Mabelo dies in his sleep.

Necropsy is not an option so I think I will always see this as a random curse. He died kind of how I expected my chickens to die but... not the day they turn 3 years old.

I can't totally believe it and I guess that's why I can't cry. So I just sit here with my remaining 3 chickens who have that "WTF" look in their faces, too. And I found that they're more clingy than usual

It's been 2 losses in the same month...


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I am so sorry. Mabello was an extremely handsome and well loved rooster. A terrible and tragic loss.

That is so sad. I am so sorry for your loss and right on top of your loss of Ruby. I really hate losing one of my chickens at any time for any reason, even old age. But 3 is not old, so doubly sad.

I understand not getting a necropsy. No amount of information will make it any easier anyway. Is it time for some spring chicks to replenish the flock?

Terrific idea!!! Hatch his offspring and let him live on. Nothing like the son of a well loved roo and watching him grow into his own.
Nothing can replace Mabello but holding onto his legacy may help to ease your pain.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I'm so glad to hear your friend thinks Olena will make a full recovery. It's so hard to assess over the internet, so much better to see the bird in the flesh
Like your friend said, it will take months for her to recover. Patience is key now. I think she's made an amazing amount of progress in just 3 weeks and it's obvious your love, care and willingness to take a chance on her has made all the difference!

We don't have anything like the Thanksgiving holiday over here. Our next big holiday is Christmas so it's full steam ahead prepping for that. Seems to start earlier and earlier every year. Personally, I like to decorate a couple of weeks before - to me it helps keep it a special time of year. Two houses over they've had a Christmas tree up since the first weekend after Halloween! DH would like to decorate now so I'm being tortured over it.

That turkey looks so yummy!

We always decorate the first weekend of December...so next weekend. My youngest struggled with change when she was really little. She loved Christmas with all the lights and pretty stuff all over, but when everything got put away for another year it set her back for a couple of weeks. I would have loved to start decorating right after Halloween back then! Enchanted children are beautiful . Now I'm glad to wait. And my youngest found a way to keep a little of the magic year round. She has one entire wall of her bedroom neatly smothered in little lights and green vines

 

[fuzzi]

I know and it's got a chill in the air too.
This week NC will be a low of 18. We just started fall!

We're just east of you, forecast is for a low of 20° on Tuesday, 26° on Wednesday...

Brr.

 

[LTAY1946]

My beloved rooster died on Saturday.

I'm barely recovering from having to cull Ruby due to reproductive issues, and then, all of a sudden, Mabelo dies in his sleep.

Necropsy is not an option so I think I will always see this as a random curse. He died kind of how I expected my chickens to die but... not the day they turn 3 years old.

I can't totally believe it and I guess that's why I can't cry. So I just sit here with my remaining 3 chickens who have that "WTF" look in their faces, too. And I found that they're more clingy than usual

It's been 2 losses in the same month...


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I totally understand the loss and the sadness they bring. I lost a young roo last night that I had in the clinic coop. He got something in his foot and started limping and picking at the bottom of his foot. He was in the clinic coop we setup to keep the other roos from picking at him. He was the son of our first pet and had 4 brothers that looked just like him. He tamed right down when we started handling him and didn't make a fuss over getting his B complex tablet. I will miss him. Glad I didn't name him beyond Rooster. Loosing his mom Lucy was hard to take when a predator got to her on our porch.

 

[fuzzi]

We always decorate the first weekend of December...so next weekend. My youngest struggled with change when she was really little. She loved Christmas with all the lights and pretty stuff all over, but when everything got put away for another year it set her back for a couple of weeks. I would have loved to start decorating right after Halloween back then! Enchanted children are beautiful . Now I'm glad to wait. And my youngest found a way to keep a little of the magic year round. She has one entire wall of her bedroom neatly smothered in little lights and green vines

I love it, a free spirit!

 

[LTAY1946]

Once again I had to wrangle the pets off of the roof to their coop and into the coop itself. They free range during the day and are out and gone before I get out there normally. Now I'm locking them in to teach them that this is where you are supposed to sleep. I will keep them locked in for a week if they don't get the memo.