{"id":25799,"date":"2018-07-13T12:27:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25799"},"modified":"2018-07-13T12:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:30:45","slug":"a-tribute-to-my-lovey-emerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25799","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to my lovey Emerald"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emerald is the first of our girls that I have felt really reached old age. It took me ages to collate these photographs of her because they go back over five years. We think she was six years old or maybe even a bit more as she was an adult bird when we got her. She has always been a firm favourite. She was a beautiful girl with a gentle nature and is very much missed.<\/p>\n

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A young Emerald in the new chicken shed<\/p><\/div>\n

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Emerald and Toffee share a nest box<\/p><\/div>\n

Toffee and Emerald came in together and were firm friends. We lost Toffee two years ago so Emerald has done really well. A lot of girls have come and gone during her time with us.<\/p>\n

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Emerald checks out the store cabinet<\/p><\/div>\n

Emerald was a curious girl and she also knew that this is where the treats are kept.<\/p>\n

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Emerald getting ready to lay<\/p><\/div>\n

Emerald had the most beautiful glossy emerald green and purple feathers, hence her name.<\/p>\n

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Emerald in the pellet bucket<\/p><\/div>\n

This is one of the funniest photos of Emerald. It really shows off her game bird shape and her long neck.<\/p>\n

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Emerald and Speckles on the, inner, gate<\/p><\/div>\n

Emerald and Speckles had a habit of greeting me on the inner gate\u00a0whenever\u00a0I was about to go in. This was a habit every summer when they were both egg laying but something they dropped the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

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Apricot watches Emerald having a dust bath<\/p><\/div>\n

Emerald would really throw some shapes when she was dust bathing. This is her dead chicken pose.<\/p>\n

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Emerald about to lay her egg in the cat box<\/p><\/div>\n

I put a cat box in the chicken shed as an extra temporary nest box when the entire flock were laying. Emerald had to try it out and laid her egg there a few times.<\/p>\n

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Emerald with a very red face<\/p><\/div>\n

In summer when Emerald was laying her face and tiny comb would go a lovely red colour. In winter her face and comb were a pale grey, the same colour as her legs.<\/p>\n

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Emerald leading the way with the frozen peas<\/p><\/div>\n

Although I have been giving the girls frozen peas recently this photo is from last summer. Emerald was always the first girl to try the frozen peas. I guess she has seen it all many times before.<\/p>\n

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Emerald looking magnificent<\/p><\/div>\n

Emerald had a very distinct game bird shape.<\/p>\n

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Emerald sun bathing and showing her, now, white wing feathers<\/p><\/div>\n

As the years went by Emerald’s, underneath, wing feathers gradually came in white.<\/p>\n

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Emerald and Speckles share a nest box<\/p><\/div>\n

Once Emerald and Speckles became the only two bigger girls left they became firm friends and were inseparable.<\/p>\n

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The last photo of Emerald and Speckles perching together<\/p><\/div>\n

This photo was taken the evening before she lost her battle with life. She has left a huge hole in the flock and will never be forgotten. Goodbye my sweet Emerald.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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