Post by KellyGa on Jun 24, 2006 4:29:49 GMT -6
I didn't tell anyone but my little man Mazda has been sick for a while now. I had been treating him with the much appreciated advice of many of my chicken loving friends. This morning my little man Mazda passed. I picked him up from his pillow bed this morning and he was thin, drooping, wouldn't open his eyes hardly at all. I knew he wasn't going to make it at that moment. I held him close to me and cried. I set him on our bed and he made a violent sneeze and he flapped and seizured several times and then he was gone...just like that. My heart broke in two at 5 am this morning. I only had him for four months, but that four months was something else. He was so special.
I will miss his dancing for me each morning as I set him down on the porch floor. I will miss his crackly little crow off the back of the couch to wake me up in the morning. I will miss his preening our hair, hopping up in my lap and snuggling up under my chin as he wiggles his comb under my chin. I will miss all the cuddling we have done, the trips in the truck we made together, and how he wasn't content to sit in the seat next to me, he always wanted to sit up on my chest while we went down the road. I still remember how he made us all laugh so much when he watched that Poultry Show on Animal Planet. Strutting around, dancing at the tv, crowing his head off, hopping up and down on the couch, so excited, so full of life.
He only had four months with us, but I grew so attached so fast. I will be burying him at sunrise this morning. He is wrapped in a cloth that adorns pictures of pastures, barns, and the country. We each donated a clipping of our hair this morning and I placed it on top if his wrapped body. I closed the little box, taped it up and wrote this:
Mazda, our little man, we all loved you so much...Surely there is a heaven for such a special creature...Rest in peace my little friend.
Why is it we get so attached to our animals? I will tell you why. They are such pure creatures. They aren't cruel or judgemental. They have a good pure heart and all they want from us is our attention and love. They give it back 100 fold in return. Although I am so sad this morning, its worth every precious memory I have of him.
Please forgive me as some may not understand how I could be so attached to a little roo and not so attached to many humans. All I know is he was pure love to me. I have a lot of chickens, but he was something special, there was something more to him than I can put into words.
OH how I wish I had taken more pictures of him...
I will miss his dancing for me each morning as I set him down on the porch floor. I will miss his crackly little crow off the back of the couch to wake me up in the morning. I will miss his preening our hair, hopping up in my lap and snuggling up under my chin as he wiggles his comb under my chin. I will miss all the cuddling we have done, the trips in the truck we made together, and how he wasn't content to sit in the seat next to me, he always wanted to sit up on my chest while we went down the road. I still remember how he made us all laugh so much when he watched that Poultry Show on Animal Planet. Strutting around, dancing at the tv, crowing his head off, hopping up and down on the couch, so excited, so full of life.
He only had four months with us, but I grew so attached so fast. I will be burying him at sunrise this morning. He is wrapped in a cloth that adorns pictures of pastures, barns, and the country. We each donated a clipping of our hair this morning and I placed it on top if his wrapped body. I closed the little box, taped it up and wrote this:
Mazda, our little man, we all loved you so much...Surely there is a heaven for such a special creature...Rest in peace my little friend.
Why is it we get so attached to our animals? I will tell you why. They are such pure creatures. They aren't cruel or judgemental. They have a good pure heart and all they want from us is our attention and love. They give it back 100 fold in return. Although I am so sad this morning, its worth every precious memory I have of him.
Please forgive me as some may not understand how I could be so attached to a little roo and not so attached to many humans. All I know is he was pure love to me. I have a lot of chickens, but he was something special, there was something more to him than I can put into words.
OH how I wish I had taken more pictures of him...
))))
I am freaking out because its slam full of eggs and I am afraid I am going to lose my hatch! So, I call to see what time the power will be back on...they say not for three hours!!! MAN! On top of that I got four babies to keep warm with a heat lamp that has no power!!!! UGGGHH!!! So, I had some real nice folks in their 60s come by and offer a very extended hand and welcome. They were immediately like family. Well, I called them up, they said sure come right on over...so I unplugged the bator and headed over there. Well, wouldn't you know she said I just had to stay for a lunch, but I had left Shelby at home, so she said go on back and get her, and said please come for lunch, that it was just a simple farmers lunch, but we were welcome to join them.
