{"id":36701,"date":"2023-04-28T08:34:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36701"},"modified":"2023-04-28T08:34:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:34:10","slug":"diamond-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36701","title":{"rendered":"Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Diamond was only with us for eight months and was only a year and four months old when we lost her. She had never laid an egg. Her breed was supposed to be a prolific egg layer but we never got to find that out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diamond was our biggest girl and despite her health problems came in as new top girl and yet was gentle and mild natured with it. Diamond and Dot had a close alliance and were often to be found perching or sitting together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I don&#8217;t have a huge amount of photos as her time with us was short so I have picked one from each month with us and a couple extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arrival-day-august-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arrival-day-august-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arrival-day-august-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arrival-day-august-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/arrival-day-august-2022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Arrival day &#8211; August 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/september-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/september-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/september-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/september-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/september-2022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>September 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/october-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/october-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/october-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/october-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/october-2022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>October 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/november-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/november-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/november-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/november-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/november-2022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Diamond with our flock of nine &#8211; November 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/after-her-first-beak-trim-december-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/after-her-first-beak-trim-december-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/after-her-first-beak-trim-december-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/after-her-first-beak-trim-december-2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/after-her-first-beak-trim-december-2022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>After Diamond&#8217;s first beak trim &#8211; December 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/january-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/january-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/january-2023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/january-2023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/january-2023-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Spinach for the girls &#8211; January 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dot-and-diamond-perched-together-as-they-often-were.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dot-and-diamond-perched-together-as-they-often-were.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dot-and-diamond-perched-together-as-they-often-were.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dot-and-diamond-perched-together-as-they-often-were-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dot-and-diamond-perched-together-as-they-often-were-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dot and Diamond were often perched together &#8211; January 2023 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/february-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/february-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/february-2023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/february-2023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/february-2023-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Diamond with our flock of eight &#8211; February 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dustbathing-together-march-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dustbathing-together-march-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dustbathing-together-march-2023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dustbathing-together-march-2023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dustbathing-together-march-2023-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dust bathing together &#8211; March 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/april-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/april-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/april-2023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/april-2023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/april-2023-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>April 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again our flock of six is feeling rather small. Goodbye Diamond. She was a beautiful girl. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diamond was only with us for eight months and was only a year and four months old when we lost her. She had never laid an egg. 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