Albert has joined the Choir Eternal
He’s been looking sorry for himself for the last few days. If I scrambled him an egg, he’d perk up for a while, but this morning he was dead in a heap in the chicken run.
Farewell, Bertus! Not my favorite chicken – I have scars from his young aggressive days.
That leaves Sam, hatched on the 4th of July 2019. That makes him a pretty elderly boy, but I feel bad for him. He’s a very sociable chicken and I forever hear him chattering to a flock that is no longer there.
I was going to give chickens a rest for a while, but I’m going to call around tomorrow and see if I can find him a couple of girls. Let him go out with a bang.
Good weekend, everyone!
Posted: May 29th, 2026 under personal.
Comments: 2
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Comment from Mark Matis
Time: May 29, 2026, 7:15 pm
One more time:
Splurge a bit and get him an Indio Gigante as a buddy.
You won’t have to worry about a fox getting him.
When an English fox sees his buddy, foxy will be LONG gone!
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: May 29, 2026, 9:07 pm
Oh, darn. Poor boy. Well, RIP Albert.
@Mark M — I wonder how a fox would fare against an emu?
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