Installing Indoor Cat Tree

[kazaddress]

Betty my favourate battery hen just passed away in my arms

 

no ones in but me.

 

I think she must have been egg bound

[Sheilaz]

Oh, Kaz, how very sad. Enormous double hug from me as Simon's not there.

What a shock, but how fitting that you were with her, & holding her. Thank you for giving Betty a well deserved happy retirement. Wishing you many happy memories of Betty arriving with the others, and spending glorious hours pottering around in your garden.

Meanwhile, here's a pile of hankies so you can have a big sob.

R.I.P.Betty.

[kazaddress]

thankyou shiela... im a big blubbering mess at the moment.

 

I gave Betty a hug every day, as she had become the most tame she had not laid an egg for about a week... but i put that down to the heat we changed their water every day, so it was always nice and fresh.

 

[Mrs Frugal]

Oh Kaz, I'm so sorry. Poor you and poor Betty . She's had such a nice life with you so at least she died happily. I'm glad you were there at the end for her.

[kazaddress]

bless her

 

I saw her in the nesting box, and she did not "coo" like she normally does when i say goodnight.

 

so i picked her up, and she went floppy

 

i stroked her beak for a few minuites, and she shut her eyes (she always does when i stroke her beak).. but she didnt open her eyes again.

 

*wail*

 

 

I cant stop stroking her

[Mrs Frugal]

Big hug for Kaz

[Crooked Chicken]

Sending you lots of love Kaz.

 

XX

[Muppet81]

So sorry Kaz

I have 6 ex-battery girls and I dread they day this happens.

x

[Ruth]

So sorry to hear that Kaz.

 

Hugs

[Martin B]

Terrible news Kaz! Well done for giving her the best retirement ever though! xxx

[ali-s]

So sad to hear of your loss Kaz

 

I have just read the piece in pet memorials about Rainbow Bridge...... it made me cry

 

Big hugs from me.

[kazaddress]

that made me cry too Ali.

 

but its soo appropriate

[Martin B]

Wow, that rainbow bridge is so lovely.

[kazaddress]

*blubbers*

 

why did i read it again?

[Jools]

Because you want it to be true, like we all do. Please let it be true.

[buffie]

Oh I am so sorry Kaz, I think the fact you gave her a lovely chance to be a natural 'hen' and do all the things a hen wants is just lovely. I know all of of us at BHWT appreciate people like you who will adopt and let the girls live out a natural life.

 

She had her chance at freedom and she would love you for it,

 

Hugs

 

BBXX

[Cinnamon]

So sorry Kaz

[Nicola H]

Sorry to hear your sad news Kaz cyber hugs coming your way....

[Guest]

So sorry to hear about Betty, Kaz

[One Man Banned]

hugs too from me Kaz

[Paola]

I am so sorry Kaz

[Louise]

Awwww that is sad news Kaz cyber hugs and a hanky coming your way

[kazaddress]

thankyou lovely peeps.

 

Any suggestions with how we should lay her to rest?

 

Im a bit worried that she may have died from botulism she fell in the pond last week... we gave her a bath and a cuddle..

 

Im paniking now as our cats drink out of the pond... but we cant clean it as its teeming with wildlife (including lots of rair newts)

 

 

and "green" suggestions?

[Mrs Frugal]

Just dig a nice deep hole for her Kaz and if you want to wrap her in something, choose cotton or a natural material. Don't use plastic. If you've got a nice place in mind, perhaps a pretty plant over the top will be a nice reminder of her - we used to do that with all our rabbits and guinea pigs. If not a plant, how about a nice stone?

[Cate in NZ]

Kaz, I've only just caught up with this, but I'm so sorry to read your sad news. How lovely for Betty to die peacefully in your arms like that though, so loved and reassuring after her terrible start to life. You gave her a wonderful retirement, well done for that and I reckon that her time had just come.

I know that we're not supposed to recommend burial, but I'm not telling DEFRA about the pet graveyard that my garden has become.... I reckon that's my business and mine alone When my beautiful Dolly died last week we buried her in her favourite scratching place in the garden, under my grapevines, it's cool and shady there, and all the hens love sheltering there, and later in the summer stealing my grapes She'll never be alone for long as all the others are scratching there regularly. Maybe you've got a spot like that in your garden where you know she'll be happy

So sorry, and great big cyber hugs coming your way.