Comments on: Bye Bye Birdies

By: June

June — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:40:21 +0000

Just caught up with your saga and had to post a jot of sympathy. My heart goes out to your boys. Seeing the photos of them with the chickens is like seeing my girls with theirs: true love.

By: Ansley

Ansley — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:57:17 +0000

S, this was so moving for me, actually brought tears to my eyes!
We love our chickens dearly and would also be very saddened to see them go….thanks for sharing the story of your chicken adventures!

By: Visty Lindgren

Visty Lindgren — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:45:33 +0000

If all of a sudden all your neighbors come out and want to make small talk, give them the hairy eyeball. Whose dog was that, anyway, who ran into your yard and attacked your chicken!?

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:59:31 +0000

Oh goodness!!! What an experience for you!
Yes, It really was so awful. I just cringe and go all teary thinking of it. I know the dog was only doing what his nature and instincts have taught him to do, but for my boys…
Well it was very hard for all of us to get over it. The whole incident took on this huge ominous significance for me… all about our little bubble of trust and comfort being pierced. It took a lot of reminding myself that it was not a sign or any kind of omen, it was just life.
Oh but it is SO hard to face such a raw slice of life when you are 4 or 6 or 8… or 33!

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:55:38 +0000

Amen to that. We’ll never look at eggs the same way.
And I’m with you… one day, maybe we’ll have the pleasure of chicken friends again.

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:54:07 +0000

Oh no!
I’m so sorry to hear that!

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:52:26 +0000

That last chicken, the one who fell to the dog that got in our yard, she was was the deciding factor. When the boys learned that our girls could roam AND have the protection of a few roosters… well they had learned form experience that it is far easier to say goodbye to a friend moving on than it is to say farewell to a friend who has died.
It is a real blessing to see first hand that they have gone on to better things!

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:49:29 +0000

Oh that has been the million dollar question around here! For a while we could not bring ourselves to use the last eggs we had from our gals.
Then, we made the decision to put all 12 in an egg casserole and have a celebration dinner for them and their new home – new friends and new possibilities.

We felt really good about it, but it was hard and so sad to buy eggs at the store the next day. A carton of 12 brown eggs, when were so used to seeing a happy mix of blue and white and brown.

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:46:45 +0000

You know Deanna, I would really still encourage you to give chicken farming a go. I don’t regret one minute of our time with them.
But, yes, I think it’s important to know that they are real live animals and that means poop and predators and noise and unexpected who knows whats.

But still… they really do make such amazing pets. I mean honestly, what other pet turns your table scraps into more food?

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:44:44 +0000

Oh! We are jealous of the acres AND the chickens!
One fine day, in this life or the next we will have our acres and all the chickens we can love up!