Margaret Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 So Sad, lots of hugs. Thinking of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerlady Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Am really sorry to read your sad post..you've been incredibly unlucky! Hope things pick up for you soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I'm really sorry - that's just miserable....Your girls were lucky to be YOUR girls - but that won't make the sadness any less for now. Sending love xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 So sorry to hear your sad news, I lost two close together and it's heartbreaking, but don't worry , devastated as you are at the moment you will love again and you'll never forget your freeranging forever girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 That is a bad run of luck. So sorry. Sending hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 oh Janty, i remember reading with great delight about your rescue of those chooks, how sad! 21 months is just no time at all, is it? My hybrids are dropping like flies too: i won't ever get any more, pure breeds for me cause the heartache is just too great, lots of love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 So sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeears Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 As with everyone else, I'm so sorry to hear your news. Try to be comforted that you gave them a wonderful life. Hugs. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 oh Janty,i remember reading with great delight about your rescue of those chooks, how sad! 21 months is just no time at all, is it? My hybrids are dropping like flies too: i won't ever get any more, pure breeds for me cause the heartache is just too great, lots of love, I know exactly what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 So sorry to hear your very sad news. Sending lots of ((((((((((hugs)))))))))) your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 In three and a bit years of chickens keeping I have never experienced such a bad time. We also lost my original pekin, Popcorn last weekend and Nugget (another of my old pekins) took a turn for the worse in the week (vet reckins she is having mini strokes). Tonight I came home from work to find that a fox (possibly) has taken my two young hybrids. I know that I shouldn't have let them free range all day...I'd become complacent as we had never seen a fox in the garden. Thankfully all my pekins and Orps who were also out today are ok. AAAAAaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I really could scream....or at least ring something's furry neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Really sorry about your girls xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Oh Janty, I'm so sorry for you, I lost one of my girls last week and I know how much you're hurting. They are such wonderful little creatures you can't help loving them which is why it's so hard when they go. But as many have already said, they obviously had great lives with you and were much loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Janty I'm so sorry to hear of all this. You've had such a dreadful time - I hope there are happier times ahead. Alli xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 What awful luck, I'm so sorry . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewitall Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 This is really heartbreaking news. Not even had the chance to get over your last girls. It would finish me off. And on top of it all you've now got a fox to look out for so you'll be nervous whilst they free range. I really feel for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 So sorry to hear your sad news. I always think that the depth of our sadness when we lose a pet, is only the reverse of the love we feel for them...so your girls were lucky to have spent their time on the planet with you. and to have been truly loved and appreciated, whilst at the same time being given every comfort a chicken could ask for. Take comfort from the fact that you could have done no more to give them happy lives.xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Sending lots of love and Brahma cuddles your way. Don't beat yourself up about the girls lost to a fox. For those of us who chose to freerange all day every day it's the risk we take. We know sooner or later our luck will run out. This cold hard weather is bound to take the weakest. I've got a wobbly looking ex-batt and a Pekin grower that aren't looking too great but there is nothing we can do about it. Nature is cruel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 so sorry to hear you're suffering again. the only good thing about the fox is that one hopes it's quick... and that they were enjoying themselves right up to the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 So sorry to hear about the loss of your girls, I can't imagine how you must be feeling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Sending you lots of ((hugs)). I'm so sorry Janty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I'm sorry to hear that you have lost more girls. I know just how you are feeling - I lost 7 of my little darlings over the course of a fortnight earlier this year, and I just felt completely numb. I couldn't even cry at the time, it was so awful. I still feel a pang when I think of the girls who should be running around with the others but, as has already been said, it is nature and there is only so much we can do. I know that my girls had wonderful, albeit short, lives and the same is true of your girls too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 What an absolutely awful time youve had Janty, Im so sorry Lets hope the new year brings only good things for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Very sorry to hear your very sad news Janty - I can't quite imagine what its like to lose so many in such a short space of time. I'm sorry to hear about your girls as well Tweety, it must have been very tough to cope with. All I can do is echo the support from everyone and say better times will be round the corner; when you're ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 So so sorry to hear about all your losses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
