{"id":22831,"date":"2017-10-02T06:22:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22831"},"modified":"2017-10-02T06:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:22:06","slug":"a-tribute-to-rusty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22831","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to Rusty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly we have only had Rusty for a year. She certainly left her mark though. She was the funniest, feistiest, of characters. She was top serama or top banana as we called her and was always at the front of the flock. She was the first out of the chicken shed in the mornings and the first to the treats.<\/p>\n

If we offered dandelion leaves through the weld mesh, from the dandelion strip, Rusty would push the others out of the way and if I held them out to Apricot who would always go to the ladder rungs Rusty would jump into the air to get them.<\/p>\n

I have put together some photos as a tribute to her. Looking through the photos also made me realise what a close pair Rusty and Freckles were. They came into the flock together at the beginning of October last year and I am sure that Freckles will miss her little flock mate.<\/p>\n

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Rusty and Freckles<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beaks together<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rusty and Freckles with chests together<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rusty stretches her neck towards the scary peas<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rusty puffed up with broodiness<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rusty having a dust bath<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rusty and Freckles march together with Rusty looking like a little toy duckling<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rusty looking up at me<\/p><\/div>\n

Rusty always had this way of looking up at me. Sometimes she would twist her head and her eyes would lock on to me. She did this more than any of the other girls. She always liked to make eye contact. I will miss that intense look on her face.<\/p>\n

Rusty will be very much missed, she enriched our flock and often made us laugh.\u00a0 She was such a little bundle of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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