{"id":1512,"date":"2015-01-31T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindawebb.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2015-01-31T19:27:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:27:24","slug":"in-memorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/?p=1512","title":{"rendered":"In Memorium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>In June of 2008 we purchased our first chicks. They were already getting a few of their pin feathers in place of the fluff. When they had enough feathers to move outside, they did so during the day and I brought them in at night. Their first outdoors home was the dog’s crate with the floor removed. They loved exploring their new world.<\/p>\n

One of the new girls was an Easter Egger as they are sometimes called. She was a very hardy bird and the only one left of the original flock until today. She had been slowing down and yesterday was injured. She died today. As I buried her, the other hens were looking on from the other side of their fence. I thought they might be mourning but realized they only wanted to see if I was digging up any bugs!<\/p>\n

Our brown chicken was a great layer for quite a long time and healthy for so long. She lived 6 1\/2 years – a long time for chickens. She lived a lot longer than any industrial bird and she had a great life in our yard.<\/p>\n

We had not been getting any eggs from the younger hens for about a month and I was seriously considering culling them and starting some new girls. When I was cleaning the coop this afternoon, I found this:
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\nMaybe she thought she should get busy laying or I might bury her like I did her flockmate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

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