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Barnyard Buddies:  Goodbye Beau!  |
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JustBeeingMJ
Farmgirl in Training
27 Posts
Mary Jane
Port Orchard
WA
USA
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 Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 11:35:20 AM
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I am so sad! We just lost our 5 yr old Salmon Faverolle rooster named Beau! We had so much rain that he got waterlogged when he fell into our duck pond and drowned.
That's one thing that I just can't get used to when you have animals, is their unexpected deaths- sometimes for stupid reasons!
Buried him in our lilac garden under a beautiful weigela bush.
He was such a gentleman too - not a mad boinker like the rest of them! Very sweet and gentle! He looked after all my hens and gave us some beautiful offspring as well. Now his son will take over as head honcho.
I guess that is the circle of life!
Farm Girl #537
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 12:29:12 PM
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| It is (the circle of life) but it's always so sad when you lose a beloved animal. Hoping his son is a chip off the ole block! |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 3:03:37 PM
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Mary Jane, that's so sad. I have had that happen 3 times now to hens. I hate that. He sounds like my good rooster.
Kris
Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be. |
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 8:53:09 PM
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| so sorry about your Beau. I once had a parakeet for five years who died unexpectedly. It's something you never get used to. People may call them "birdbrains" but those bundles of feathers can be quite lovable. |
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janiee
True Blue Farmgirl
820 Posts
Janie
Shawnee
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 07:49:08 AM
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Mary Jane, so sorry to hear about Beau..he sounds like he was a wonderful rooster!
janiee
farmgirl #390 |
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mulegirl
True Blue Farmgirl
184 Posts
rosemary
cottonwood pass
co
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 9:34:37 PM
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How sad, when your animals die it leaves a hole in your heart. Smile when you think of him.
rosemary
smile, follow your heart and don't look back
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 09:11:21 AM
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AWWWW I am so sorry.
 Christina
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching :) |
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 10:47:48 AM
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I am so sorry for your loss - it is never easy to have a sweet one leave you but I am sure that he enjoyed everyday living with you and that you can take comfort that you loved him too. I remember having a sweet duck slip on the ramp up to their nest and brake his back. I had to put him out of his horrible pain and I cried for days. It is the worst part of owning animals but I know you are like me - the good days far out weight the bad.
Hugs to you and try to remember all those great days with him.
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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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 06:09:20 AM
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Ah, Mary Jane, my heart goes out to you. I had to learn that lesson early on our farm, and, although I've learned to accept it as part of farm life, it still breaks my heart to lose one of my animals. Consider yourself hugged!
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Barnyard Buddies: Goodbye Beau! |
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Goodbye Beau!
