Trisven13 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 We checked on you all last night and you were all safe out of the water. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I wish we'd moved you closer to the house. The 3 black girls weren't anything special - just 3 little black chickens that would one day lay us eggs but Extra you were one of a kind. A sweet and gentle little rooster who was perfectly happy to be cuddled by a 5 year old girl you will be missed. :dunce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 OH no Trish, the kids must be devastated Poor little chickies, every life is so precious - furry or feathered. Don't beat yoursself up, I know so many animals have been lost with the flooding, you just don't know when & where the water will go. hugs to you all fifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbiemax71 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Sorry about your Chookies Trish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Oh Sorry about Extra . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Oh no Did you lose all of them Trish? Could they get up high? I'm only wondering as I am struggling with my coop flooding too. Im sorry for your loss, the kids must be devastated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) No we only lost 4 - the other 5 were up on the nesting boxes or roosting like normal. I think the problem is that we had only just last weekend moved some of the babies (the bigger ones) into the main chook pen as they were getting too cramped in the baby pen. We also wanted to see if Extra & Brian could get along as the kids really, really wanted to keep him. The ones who died were the babies - the three little black ones who stayed together all the time and Extra. Honey Ginger was the only one of the babies who we moved who survived. It just doesn't make sense to us as they WERE all up (ETA we have two rows of shelves/roosting that they can be on and they were WELL above the water level) - all we can think is that something happened that meant they jumped down off the nesting boxes when the water was already above their heads. Maybe the big chooks moved and scared them down? I don't know. Extra's body was under the ramp . From an egg production point of view though we lost three hens - all the suspected roosters were still safe in the baby pen. Edited December 9, 2010 by Trisven13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle. Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Awwww, that's so sad. I know how you feel, I lost one of my banties a few weeks ago and I still miss her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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