{"id":29714,"date":"2019-09-04T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T09:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=29714"},"modified":"2019-09-04T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T09:48:11","slug":"vanilla-has-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=29714","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla has gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning when I went out to the chooks Vanilla was missing as well as the two broody girls. I assumed that she would be laying an early egg. I checked the nest boxes for the broodies and then checked the chicken shed.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla was dead in front of her roost spot. We have only had Vanilla for a year just like Apricot last year. She is our fourth girl to go at home and we buried her in the chickens&#8217; strip next to the other girls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29729\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29729\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29729\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29729\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-chickens-strip-has-got-rather-overgrown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-chickens-strip-has-got-rather-overgrown.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-chickens-strip-has-got-rather-overgrown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-chickens-strip-has-got-rather-overgrown-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I realised that the chickens&#8217; strip had got rather overgrown<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29730\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29730\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29730\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29730\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-cleared-the-strip-and-Vanilla-has-been-buried-here.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-cleared-the-strip-and-Vanilla-has-been-buried-here.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-cleared-the-strip-and-Vanilla-has-been-buried-here-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-cleared-the-strip-and-Vanilla-has-been-buried-here-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I have cleared the strip and we buried Vanilla here<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29731\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29731\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29731\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29731\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-planted-some-fox-glove-seedling-over-her.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-planted-some-fox-glove-seedling-over-her.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-planted-some-fox-glove-seedling-over-her-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/I-have-planted-some-fox-glove-seedling-over-her-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I have planted some fox glove seedlings over her<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My husband made a fourth cross for Vanilla.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I will do a tribute to Vanilla when I have collected together some photographs of her. It is so sad to lose these little girls after such a short time but I console myself with knowing that she had a good year with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning when I went out to the chooks Vanilla was missing as well as the two broody girls. I assumed that she would be laying an early egg. 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