{"id":25677,"date":"2018-07-01T19:26:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T19:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25677"},"modified":"2018-07-01T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T19:40:18","slug":"a-tribute-to-freckles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25677","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to Freckles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly I had to make the decision to have Freckles put to sleep on Saturday. I had pulled a soft shelled egg from her vent and cleaned her up but she didn’t recover and I couldn’t let her suffer any longer.<\/p>\n

I often think if anyone reads my history of chicken keeping it may be enough to put them off of chicken keeping and if anybody reads my history with seramas it would definitely put them off. I try so hard to give my girls the best life I can but I do believe that I have been unlucky with my breeders.<\/p>\n

Before I do a tribute to Freckles I will just recap and it doesn’t make good reading.<\/p>\n

My seramas<\/h2>\n

31\/8\/16 I bought home Caramel and Pebbles from my first breeder. They were her last two girls as she was giving up breeding them. 20\/9\/16 I had to have Caramel put to sleep as she had a really advanced case of mycoplasma and this had now brought this to my flock. We had her for three weeks.<\/p>\n

17\/12\/16 I had to have Pebbles put to sleep for the same reason. We had her for four months.<\/p>\n

I found another breeder and brought home Rusty and Freckles on 25\/9\/16.<\/p>\n

From this breeder I brought home Cinnamon, Dandelion and Apricot on 25\/2\/17.<\/p>\n

On 30\/9\/16 we lost Rusty at home after her second prolapse. We had her for a year.<\/p>\n

On 9\/4\/18 we lost Apricot overnight just as she would have been coming in to lay. We had her for one year and one month.<\/p>\n

On 30\/6\/18 I had to have Freckles put to sleep after constantly laying soft shelled eggs and getting one stuck partly inside her. We had her for one year and nine months which is our longest serama so far.<\/p>\n

Dandelion has also had some soft shelled eggs and a slight prolapse but so far has bounced back. She laid her second, good shelled egg, today, after her prolapse.<\/p>\n

Cinnamon is the only one not suffer this but right from when we first had her she has always almost turned herself inside out when she poops. We thought she would be the most likely to prolapse but we now think that it’s been her saving grace. We think that she has strengthened her muscles and that is why she is doing okay. My son said it’s a bit like pelvic floor exercises, he has a year old son which is why he would know this!<\/p>\n

We have had Dandelion and Cinnamon for one year and four months. Dandelion is like the cat with nine lives and has had many moments when we thought we would lose her but she has managed to come back each time.<\/p>\n

We have now found a third breeder and brought home three chicks, Blue, Sienna and Jasmine on 20\/5\/18. We have had them for five months. We hope these will prove to be healthy although we strongly suspect that Blue is a cockerel but that is a different story.<\/p>\n

Freckles<\/h2>\n
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Rusty and Freckles when we first got them<\/p><\/div>\n

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

These two were inseparable and Freckles was top serama from the start and remained that way until she left us.<\/p>\n

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Freckles tail feathers are amazing<\/p><\/div>\n

This was Freckles with her new tail feathers after her moult hence the pale comb.<\/p>\n

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Freckles squatting<\/p><\/div>\n

Freckles would drop into a squat when I came up behind her or touched her back. She squatted more than any of the other girls and it made it really easy to pick her up.<\/p>\n

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Freckles looks amazing<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freckles when broody<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freckles when I lift her out of the nest box when broody<\/p><\/div>\n

Freckles would go broody regularly and her tail would rise up over her back. I would take her from the nest box and she would sit for a while until I moved her on.<\/p>\n

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Freckles portrait<\/p><\/div>\n

Freckles was a lovely looking girl. She will be sadly missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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