dancing cloud Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Chance, the last of my original ex-batts, died in her sleep last night . Named Chance by my nephew, as in "I'm a lucky hen that's been given a second chance", she'd been out of her cage for two years, five months and ten days. Thin as a rake and with no tail when she arrived Chance soon showed what a very sweet-natured little girl she was and gradually went from being bottom of the pecking order to being top-chook for the last six months and laid my biggest ever egg at 107g . I still have five lovely cheeky ex-batt girlies and know there will be lots more of them in my life, but it feels a little like the passing of a generation. Chance was an excellent ambassador for all that ex-batts can become amd was very much loved. Free-range for ever little one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BocBoc Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 RIP Margot and I'm so so sorry xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Poor old Lilia, one of my 'Strictly' girls, rescued two and a half years ago, has performed her last Argentine Tango. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 RIP litle brown quail, pecked but doing ok, you were limping but I thought that was oK - went in your sleep last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Went to give the girls some corn and lock them up for the night and found Sherri dead on the floor of the run Can only assume it was her heart as she was fine yesterday. We got her in August 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayatwindsor Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Rest in peace Olive who was a lovely, happy chicken. Slowly losing all the first generation chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 We've just lost our first "bombproof" original girl She looked like she was brewing a softy yesterday afternoon before I went on the school run so I scooped her up & brought her in to sleep in peace in the sick bay cage........she didn't appear to be eating anything & only drank a little avipro water this morning.........she'd been sat quietly & sleepily in the cage with only a few movements & she had a final fit at lunchtime & passed away I took the decision not to force feed her, just to keep her comfortable & warm in her final hours, as I'd tried so hard with Buffy, Pea & Hazel, only to possibly prolong their passing. A hard decision I can tell you Sleep well my feisty little one, no-one will come above you in the pecking order now Snowy, Bluebell & Buttercup, the "bombproofs" teaching the Batties & Orpies how to dustbath......her favourite occupation, apart from being nosy of course! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I found poor Blossom collapsed in the run yesterday morning, she had been a little quiet the night before but had gone to bed with the others when I checked and Had obviously got up in the morning. When I found her she was barely alive, just the tiniest flicker of life. I popped her in a box in some hay and made her comfortable but she was gone within half and hour. She was the matriach, I wonder who will take over, poor Blossom she was lovely and she certainly laid her share of eggs although she hadn't laid for sometime. RIP Blossom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Lamb Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Night night, My little Bev My love will continue, till we meet again. such a lovely Sabblepoot. Maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Daisy was so lazy and was the last of my girls to start laying. On 3rd Nov she presented us with the largest chickens egg we had ever seen 120g. She became ill on 13th Nov and died at the vets on 17th Nov 10. Poor little thing I think it was all too much for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaJC Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Nigella, my lovely ex-battery hen was put to sleep yesterday after a short but fatal bout of Sour Crop. She went very peacefully and spent her last hours standing quietly in the garden. She had been free for 1 year and 3 months almost to the day. I'll remember her best for her uncanny ability to fly over the fence into the main garden the instant she saw us approach with treats, but seem to forget how to do this trick when our backs were turned, thus denying her access to the garden and it's varied treats. I'm just glad she was able to see the sun, she was a lucky chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Holly was the boss and could often be seen reminding Lola, the bottom girl, of her place, she also leaves behind Roxy, her best friend, who she treated as her equal and as such let her get away with anything, including pulling her feathers out! Despite this, Holly’s feathers grew back only a few months ago, and she went to hen heaven looking quite beautiful. She was the most chatty little thing and would always tell me off at the weekends by shouting at the top of her voice, to come and let her out if she thought I was up and about, and sometimes if I wasn't. The garden will be a quieter place without her. Yesterday Holly suffered an unexpected and sudden stroke and after I kissed her goodbye, sadly was put to sleep later that morning. Night night little one, we won’t forget you xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Flavia has joined Lilia in the final ballroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1962 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 We had a fox attack on Sunday afternoon. RIP Lady, Viva and EJ. You were loved and will be missed. Two girls survived! Cleo is battered, bloodied and bruised, but seemingly none the worse. The vet has given me Terramycin antibiotic spray for her superficial wounds. It is bright green, so she now looks like a punk hen! Pepsi has no visible signs of injury. However, she cannot support her weight and stays lying down. The vet has examined her twice and can find no physical cause. She is eating and drinking OK. Do you think time will heal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 RIP Tallulah, our beloved pet lavender pekin bantam. Cause of death a mystery (age only 3) as seemed happy and well the night before. Fell asleep and forgot to wake. Looked at peace. You will be greatly missed by human and feathered friends alike - the littlest in the coop, but you held the biggest place in everyone's heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Dear old bossy Butch R.I.P 16/12/10 made her presence felt as soon as she arrived hence her name. She was feisty but always the first one over to take some food out of my hand. She would go broody at the drop of a hat. She was the first of my original 3 to lay an egg and now sadly is my first girl to die. I really wish I'd let her go last week but I tried my best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Bye Bye sweet Peggy Sue. Your daddy is too sad today after putting you in your final place of rest. You were one of his first chickens in his shed, along with your friend Maggie May. You'd peck at your Daddy's legs & toes until he opened the wheat or mixed corn box. May you & Maggie May play sweetcorn chase in chookie heaven together. You will be truly missed by us both. Lots of love Peggy Sue. Mummy & Daddy.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggquisite Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 After a few weeks of illness we had to take the decision to have Rhubster our Rooster put to sleep yesterday Rhubster was a super boy & will be missed sadly by both us & by his girls who today have not ventured far from their what with the really horrible snow & missing Rhubster they are looking quite miserable today. RIP Rhubster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Ruby passed away this morning. she spent her two final nights in a box in our house, to keep her warm, as she didnt like the cold. I hope we gave you a nice life, miss you lots already x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 We lost our black red Araucana Goldie overnight last night We only got her in August, so she wasn't very old at all. She hadn't even started laying ( none of my August hens are laying yet) She was very vocal when we first got her, & we wondered if she might have to go back to the breeder, but she calmed down & was very affectionate, & loved to be cuddled. She never grew very well at all, & from this picture taken only last month you can see her sandwiched between my other 2 Araucanas, she didn't get any bigger than Petra the Polish bantam we used to have. She wasn't coping with the cold very well, & yesterday I found her looking miserable in the run, so I brought her in & her beard & top head feathers were frozen. We thawed her out with a hairdryer, she ate some porridge & I put her back in the cube last night. But I didn't put her in the nestbox with the 4 old girls where she sometimes sleeps, I put her on the roosting bars & I think that the cold may have hastened her death, so I'm upset that some of it may have been my fault ( & I do shut the cube door each night). I found her this morning. Hubby thinks that she wolud have died soon anyway as she weighed nothing at all. Despite her health problems she was a perky, active chicken. I'm going to tell the breeder about her next week, as he said to get back to him if we had any problems. Looking back I think I should have got back to him before, in case there was anything that could be done for her, I think she was a "runt" chicken, but we loved her. She belonged to my 6 year old son. We haven't told him yet. All my other hens seem fine. Buzz, Pippa & Kate are moulting but are coping with the freezing weather well, tucked up in the WIR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Lamb Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Night night my little red sablepoot. One minute you was playing running around with a mealyworm. I went in the lounge for half an hour, returning to find red on the floor never to wake again. Never forgetting those special moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 RIP my lovely Tango. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 RIP Snowdrop just before Christmas and Buttercup this week .............leaving only Bluebell of my original bomb proof girlies .........fly high my darling girls Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 No illness & no injury, however Martha our Speckledy only 22 months old was found dead in the run this morning......presumably a heart attack. RIP Martha - You were a fun, greedy chook x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 RIP Ditto the Buff Orp, you finally succumbed to whatever it was (vet couldnt tell us, poo analysis couldnt tell us), but you had a good couple of months of happiness between your illness and the final sleep. just a quiet last day, and then that was it by the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
