fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

Rahab was out with the others this afternoon, but she's back in the box for the night.


Rahab was the hen who raised chicks last year, she did a great job. I'd love for her to hatch the Sussex eggs.
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Rahab with her chicks (June 2024)

 

[fuzzi]

Tamar died sometime between 6am and 11am.

She was lowest in the pecking order, but still managed to be a broody mom to Joanna (left) & unnamed cockerel last year.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Tamar died sometime between 6am and 11am.


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She was lowest in the pecking order, but still managed to be a broody mom to Joanna (left) & unnamed cockerel last year.

Oh No!
I'm sorry

 

[Molpet]

Tamar died sometime between 6am and 11am.


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She was lowest in the pecking order, but still managed to be a broody mom to Joanna (left) & unnamed cockerel last year.

 

[fuzzi]

We tried.


Thank you to everyone for recommendations, suggestions, advice.

When I found her about 11am she was still warm, but definitely gone. I checked under her wing. No smell, no discharge, nothing to indicate a problem.

There's an old expression "The treatment was a success, but the patient died". How true.

 

[CoopBoots]

Tamar died sometime between 6am and 11am.


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She was lowest in the pecking order, but still managed to be a broody mom to Joanna (left) & unnamed cockerel last year.

I am so sorry to hear the news. She was still a lucky little hen. So many don't get to experience motherhood; I feel especially bad when I lose a hen that lacked the instinct or just missed the opportunity. And of course, you kept her cozy and as safe as possible. Her legacy to the flock will go on.

 

[fuzzi]

I am so sorry to hear the news. She was still a lucky little hen. So many don't get to experience motherhood; I feel especially bad when I lose a hen that lacked the instinct or just missed the opportunity. And of course, you kept her cozy and as safe as possible. Her legacy to the flock will go on.

And while 2 years is not that old, for many it's a milestone.

 

[fuzzi]

And the beat goes on...and the beat goes on...

First watermelon, they looked as if they were drinking it!

Pink (far left) gives me girly vibes.

Purple (and blue) say "cockerel" to me.

Time to give them new ziptie anklets, they're growing fast.

 

[1muttsfan]

I'm sorry to hear it. She was a sweet girl and a good mother. It sounds like she was very active right up to the end.

 

[fuzzi]

I'm sorry to hear it. She was a sweet girl and a good mother. It sounds like she was very active right up to the end.

Yes. She didn't seem overly interested in eating yesterday, but did scarf a few BOSS. She slept in the nesting box, that's where I saw her at 6am, very much alive. That's where I found her, around 11.