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  1. ManueB

    MJ's little flock

    I'm very happy you're back MJ ! 🙂🙂🙂 I was afraid maybe you left BYC for good. I hope the "mostly" doing better isn't anything to worry about, and that you will be totally well soon ! From experience having guests + loads of work doesn't always allow one to rest as much as needed to recover. Try...
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    I will plead your cause. Dear MJ, please understand that while RC may have shared the private information that you are doing a bit better while you may just wanted to take a break from us all, she therefore saved you from receiving in a few days at the worse possible moment (due to the curse...
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    Thanks for letting me know RC 👍!
  4. ManueB

    MJ's little flock

    Has anyone had some form of contact with MJ since she last posted? If no one has news in a few days I'll consider texting her but I don't want to breach privacy for nothing.
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    My exact thought. It's one thing to be ok with the idea of killing the males in a humane way, and it's another thing when you actually have to experience it. Keeping chickens make us face many hard facts up close. I agree also with what you said in a previous post. Auto sexing chicks mean the...
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    MJ's little flock

    :hugs:hugs:hugs He has had a lot to enjoy, and was very lucky to be with you and your flock. It still makes me sad, for him and for you equally.
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    This could very well be a philosophy subject for french highschool students taking the baccalaureate "Do emotions hinder judgement ?" A plain "yes", or a plain "no" for that matter, would not get you very far 😀. I've come to realise that for me focusing on trying to stay detached toward a...
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    And we are all different people, coping differently. I try to remember that it doesn't make any difference for the chicken whether we are very emotional or more peaceful about it's illness and eventual death. What's important is keeping a sufficiently clear mind when needed to take the more...
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    MJ's little flock

    Sending virtual hugs is also all I can think of 💚💚💚. (And I apologise for my misplaced comment.)
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    MJ's little flock

    I'm glad you were able to get another vet's opinion, and that he seems to be competent. You certainly are doing all that's possible for Edie. I hope the pestene helps her, and that she can get over her anemia. It will at least certainly make her more comfortable. I spent months fighting lice on...
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    Three of the four cockerels that grew up here started crowing between two months and two months and a half. Pied-beau started later, past three months and a half, but he was dominated by his brother, with two adult roosters in the flock, and he had an overall childish, or "chickish", attitude...
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    MJ's little flock

    Strange indeed. Feels like a weird dream, or a bit of a movie from David Lynch! Bittersweet. Time does fly. Aren't they only something like two months and a week ? Also, it seems that the size difference between the Sussex and the Australorps isn't as big as it was (vulture apart) , or is it...
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    Well, you did set the picnic for them so that's the least they could do ! Ok, now I understand better why you were so concerned that it could be EYP. If we mistakenly led you to believe that it was always a death sentence, I have to apologise. My thought is that the earlier it is diagnosed, the...
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    MJ's little flock

    Urgh. While it's obviously a good thing that the vet is getting a second opinion, you must hate having to wait and seeing her like this. I hope it's due to the anesthesia and X-ray. I've seen some of my hens be really lethargic after. It's a rotten end of chicken year for many, isn't it...
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    I agree, especially with hens under three years old. It seems so often it's cancer or EYP, more so for production breeds, but even for other hens. Apparently E.coli is most often the bacteria behind EYP : could it be more present and/or more resistant now that it was ? MJ, keep us updated on...
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    MJ's little flock

    It's not my thread and I didn't know you well, but I'm sure MJ won't mind if I say please come posting here whenever you feel like it, and share what you want. It's a huge loss and step into the unknown when the person you've shared and built most your life with is gone.
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    MJ's little flock

    Oh no. I'm so sorry Lozzy, I really wasn't expecting that. I don't know what to say. :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs
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    MJ's little flock

    I know. You can just make sure each of his day counts :hugs.
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    One of those multiple occasions when I'm glad that we don't have a TV. Reading or listening to that kind of news gives a bit more breath than images. We have a saying in french "promises only pledge those who believe them", not sure if there is anything like it in english ! That's pretty young...
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    MJ's little flock

    Most of the times I share this mindset, but I admit that it found it's limits today, when I caught Piou-piou feasting on my cat's vomit 😱🤢. She was mad at me for not letting her finish...
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