Wednesday, November 28 was a sad day here. I lost Finnie, my first ever hen to egg binding. She was four years old, and this was going to be her last clutch. When the chicks were almost fledged, she started to lay a second round, and to prevent that, I took her box away and put her back into the larger cage with the other hens. I figured she would lay an egg or two off the perch and then quit. I wish I could have seen that there was a problem before it was too late. But I found her too late.

 

RIP, Finnie, mother of 24, grandmother of 11, and my favorite hen.

 

 

 

So sorry you lost your Finnie. Don't blame yourself, we can't be aware of everything 100% of the time. Do you still have some of her off spring to remember her by?

Sorry to hear about Finnie, she looked like a beautiful hen. It's always hard to loose a bird but even harder when it's your favorite.

Sorry to hear about Finnie but she has left you a nice legacy that will be with you for as long as you keep her kin. Happy reminders

Cheers Jenny

Awww I'm so sorry

 

RIP Finnie

Thank you for your kind words, everyone.

 

Yes, she does have quite a legacy of offspring, which there are a few I still have here. One of my other favorite hens is Pearl, who is Finnie's daughter. And there is a son, Angus, who was parent raised, and I never worked on taming him, but from the time he fledged, showed an extra friendly personality. He got to spend his "chldhood" living in my sale cage with some hand raised babies, and he quickly learned to copy them and tamed his own self. If they were landing on my hand, he didn't want to be left out, so he landed on my hand too.

 

There is another one of Finnie's chicks from this fall who shows the same friendly personality, but that one is being sold to an 11 year old girl.

 

And one of my long term breeding goals was to combine cinnamon, opaline and greywing all in one bird. Well, I have three of those now, and they are all granddaughters of Finnie. I've been super busy lately, but when I get a chance, I'll have to update an old thread of mine about that. The two new grand daughters from this fall are violets, and they are gorgeous!

big hugs, hard to lose any bird but your first feathered friend is always extra special.

Oh I'm so very sorry to read about Finnie. That must have been so hard. I'm glad you have her legacy still with you.

Thank you, Nerwen and Ima.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thank you, birdluv.