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Goodbye Mr Kipling
i thought we were winning on Weds afternoon when Kips started feeding himself and taking water on his own . He even managed to escape the hospital pen and saunter out the garden , where i left him for a while - he looked much better and was eating normally . But yesaterday morning he was back to being weak again and steadily worsened until he finally passed in Rachels arms this morning. He fought to the very end bless him
Cant stop crying - gonna really miss him
x Kath
Cant stop crying - gonna really miss him
x Kath
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My Old Gordon was about 9, but he was a real exception.
He's had a great life, though, hasn't he? Not many cocks do.
thats the trouble - he was only 2 so no age at all . i can only assume there was something radically wrong inside as there were no obvious symptoms that i could see
x Kath
My A***hole just dropped down dead in front of me aged just over 2.....but a great big Brahma boy, so probably stroke or heart attack. Nasty aggressive thing. He was the one who survived a power outage for 8 hours, overheating and dropping/breaking his egg during incubation. I think the bright pink nail varnish I sealed his egg with must have scarred him for life. Saved OH the job of removing his head after he'd attacked me and just about every other thing that appeared anywhere on site. My old dog was terrified of him.
A***hole left behind a son, named AJ (for A***hole Junior)....all of the looks and, unfortunately, all of the aggro. As I have another (nice temperament) Blue Partridge Brahma boy named Mr Glas, his days are numbered. Now, if you're short of a beautiful big boy......he's yours.....I'm sure he'd make a great chicken soup!
Beyond all the joking, though, if you want a few fertile eggs, just let me know. They are, as you will remember, more than likely to be cockerels!
x Kath
Maybe the best remedy for you would be rescued batties?
ive looked at rescue sites lately for bhwt and fsfh but neither have drop off sites anywhere near swansea . i dont drive so going to another county is out of the question
x Kath
It is worth checking with them because in most cases they have a volunteer who relays a few hens to other places, so they might come closer than you think.
bhwt do have swansea listed but theres never any on when i look
x kath
Sandie
I've just ordered 6 Ayam Cemani eggs. If the post doesn't scramble them, then they're likely to be cockerels, but, hey WHAT cockerels.! If they get left out at night, nobody will see them!
helen i second that wish for freedom for hens and all those other poor farm animals kept in cages
x Kath