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Just lost our second chicken this month, why the fuck is life like this
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Life can be a real clucker sometimes, especially when we lose our beloved feathered friends. Losing Puffin just minutes ago, right after losing Beatris earlier this month, feels like a heavy blow to the heart. It's tough to understand why our chickens, who bring us so much joy, seem so fragile. With one of our other girls showing symptoms, we're getting a necropsy to find some answers. In the midst of this sadness, I’m holding onto Puffin’s feathers, determined to create something special in her memory. If you’ve got any ideas for charms I could make with her feathers, I’d love to hear them! Let’s celebrate our girls and keep their spirits alive, one quirky charm at a time.
we just lost our girl puffin minutes ago, why do chickens die so much. i alr lost my baby beatris this month. i dont even know why puffin died (were getting a necropsy bc one of our other girls is getting slight symptom). i just want my chickens to all be happy healthy and safe and instead this happens. i saved 5 of her feathers and am working on the process to preserve them, any ideas for some charms i could make? i already saved 3 feathers from beatris im goingto make charms with.
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