{"id":16725,"date":"2016-08-31T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T07:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16725"},"modified":"2016-08-31T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T07:59:43","slug":"saying-goodbye-to-jackie-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16725","title":{"rendered":"Saying goodbye to Jackie (for now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I saw Jackie to do a last few things together and say goodbye for now. We dropped some things in to the charity shop and went to collect her train ticket to the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n<p>This time it&#8217;s a one way ticket but she will be back in a couple of weeks to sign some papers and we will meet up again then. She will come and see my new girls and we hope to go and visit her girls at Debbie&#8217;s. Debbie has sent Jackie some photos of her girls and says that they have settled in really well.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I took a few photos of Jackie&#8217;s garden. She had had the chicken run taken down and was filling her second skip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16740\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16740\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16740\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16740\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jackies_patio_in_chaos.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie's patio was in chaos\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jackies_patio_in_chaos.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jackies_patio_in_chaos-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jackies_patio_in_chaos-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie&#8217;s patio was in chaos<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16741\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16741\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16741\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16741\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_is_down.jpg\" alt=\"The chicken run has been taken down\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_is_down.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_is_down-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_is_down-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chicken run has been taken down<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I took a few last photos in Jackie&#8217;s garden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16742\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16742\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16742\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16742\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_garden_is_now_cleared.jpg\" alt=\"The garden is now cleared\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_garden_is_now_cleared.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_garden_is_now_cleared-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_garden_is_now_cleared-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The garden is now almost cleared<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16743\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16743\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16743\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16743\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_area_is_bare.jpg\" alt=\"The chicken run area is bare\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_area_is_bare.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_area_is_bare-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the_chicken_run_area_is_bare-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chicken run area is bare<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had given Jackie a little chicken broach as a going away gift and Jackie gave me three plants in terracotta pots from her garden which are now on our patio.<\/p>\n<p>I said I wouldn&#8217;t cry but when Jackie hugged me and thanked me for being a good friend I couldn&#8217;t speak for the lump in the my throat and I had tears streaming down my face on the drive home. I couldn&#8217;t say thank you to Jackie for being a good friend too, because I couldn&#8217;t speak, but I am saying it now.<\/p>\n<p>We will always be good friends and we will stay in touch but I will miss Jackie so much. From the beginning of my chicken keeping Jackie has become my closest friend.<\/p>\n<p>I wish her all the luck and happiness in the world for her new adventure and I know we will always be there for each other in any way that we can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I saw Jackie to do a last few things together and say goodbye for now. We dropped some things in to the charity shop and went to collect her train ticket to the Isle of Wight. 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