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pacificpikachuMom found Pastel (the new porcelain d'uccle) this morning all muddy and in shock. I think the guinea fowl might have attacked her... I went over from dad's to check on her, and discovered she was in bad, bad shape. I spent about forty-five minutes with the blow dryer and massaging her all over trying to get her out of shock and restore her circulation, and she perked up a little, and then she went into seizures and died. ;____; I'm sad about it... She was so gorgeous, and it feels so unfair that she had to go that way. I really hate these deaths where I feel like I could have prevented it, even though it's not really my fault. I'm trying not to feel too gloomy about it, but it's hard.
I took all the other new chickens and moved them out of the coop for now, along with the Salula because her back was bleeding a bit and the buff orpingtons were pecking at her a bit. I have to figure out what I'm doing with the guinea fowl. I may delegate a new part of the coop for them, or put them in the dog kennel or something. :/ Mom wants me to think about rehoming them, but I just...don't think I can do that. I like the guinea fowl, and I don't blame them on any personal level for Pastel's death. They're just being guinea fowl. I don't even know for certain if they're behind it, though I suspect they might be.
Anyway, at least I hopefully get to look forward to serama chicks this week, assuming the hatch goes well. Lockdown for hatching starts tomorrow night~
On another note, finished Eva again with my friends tonight, and--wow. I understood it so much better than the first time I saw it, and I've got to say I'm way more impressed with it than I've ever been. It's been growing on me more and more for years now, but now I'm like... *____* I feel like I truly and fully appreciate it for the first time!
I took all the other new chickens and moved them out of the coop for now, along with the Salula because her back was bleeding a bit and the buff orpingtons were pecking at her a bit. I have to figure out what I'm doing with the guinea fowl. I may delegate a new part of the coop for them, or put them in the dog kennel or something. :/ Mom wants me to think about rehoming them, but I just...don't think I can do that. I like the guinea fowl, and I don't blame them on any personal level for Pastel's death. They're just being guinea fowl. I don't even know for certain if they're behind it, though I suspect they might be.
Anyway, at least I hopefully get to look forward to serama chicks this week, assuming the hatch goes well. Lockdown for hatching starts tomorrow night~
On another note, finished Eva again with my friends tonight, and--wow. I understood it so much better than the first time I saw it, and I've got to say I'm way more impressed with it than I've ever been. It's been growing on me more and more for years now, but now I'm like... *____* I feel like I truly and fully appreciate it for the first time!
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Date: 2010-02-09 03:21 am (UTC)Hope the hatching goes well. :D