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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 7:59:45 PM
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| Well sherone, I get awfully attached to any kind of animal! Last week our neighbors dog killed our two RIR hens, now we just have one barred rock hen, and she has quit laying...I was really upset about the hens, especially concidering the circumstances (long story about the dog)...We are especially attached to our turkey, and that's probably because she is so human acting. I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, there are lots of us out there that get attached, I think it's normal.....Kelley |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 8:01:28 PM
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I'm so sorry. I do get upset when I lose my animals. For whatever reason, it's sad. But that's life on a farm. Things are going to happen. I've sort of gotten used to it now.
Do you have funerals for your chickens?
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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country roads
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Melissa
Shinglehouse
Pa
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 9:23:29 PM
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I get attached to all my chickens. But I've kind of gotten used to loosing a hen now and then. So far I haven't lost any to other animals, just natural deathes. Right now I have one living in the dining room. One of the younger hens was getting after her really bad. So Black Betty will be a "house chicken" for a few days, then I'll return her to the coop and hope the ornery one has settled down and leaves her alone.
I don't have a funeral but I do bury all of them. My FIL refers to me as the crazy chicken lady!
Take care, Melissa.
Farmgirl # 352
~Think happy thoughts~ |
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Buffalomary
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
Mary
Caldwell
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 10:00:20 PM
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<<hugs>> So sorry to hear of your loss. I tend to get too attached to my critters, which isn't good, especially when they're livestock and meant for the freezer. It's hard sometimes to not get attached, especially since we watch them grow up and learn their individual personalities.
Buffalomary
Farmgirl Sister #293
You can take the farmer's daughter off the farm but you can't take the farm out of the farmer's daughter!!
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 1:22:50 PM
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Sherone- I am so sorry about your little hen. I get very attached to my animals, especially the hens. Who wouldn't, what with their hilarious antics and sweet little personalities? You must miss her a lot.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 6:42:52 PM
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I am so sorry for your loss - I too lost one of my white hens in the middle of December. I could not believe the bucket of tears that I cried. The hens where also as upset as I was - I was worried they might go too. I baked a special bread just for them and we sat out in the coop together until the load was gone and we said our fair wells.. My heart is with you - silly how attached we can become to those feathered friends.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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frolicnfibers
True Blue Farmgirl
668 Posts
Diana
White City
Oregon
USA
668 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 09:31:25 AM
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I'm so sorry for your loss Sherone. We sure do get attached don't we? I love the idea of the special bread also.
Diana
Please come visit my animals and my Etsy store on my new blog!
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Grandma Mar
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
Marlene
Bolingbrook
IL
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 08:59:24 AM
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I'm sorry for your loss, and know how sad you must feel. I'm another animal lover, who gets wayyyyy too attached. When I lived on a farm, I named every one of my hens & roosters. One Rhode Island Red hen was my favorite. I named her Maggie and she had the sweetest personality. Every evening as my husband and I would sit on the porch swing, she'd jump up beside us and enjoy our company. As with every pet, I have lost, I cried when she died. I always buried my pets in a certain special location overlooking our woods, but didn't really have funerals for them.
Grandma Mar
Mend and make do. - Old English Proverb
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yasmine
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
yasmine
wappingers falls
ny
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 6:29:52 PM
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So sorry about your loss....
Our chicken had a frozen foot because it was soooooo cold...we thought it would die!
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Little White Hen in Heaven
