Our Lulu is gone (favorite chicken)

[I_heart_Fraggles]

Our family keeps chickens for there eggs. Mostly Americana and Buffs but in the coop among all these great big hens and our HUGE americana rooster was Lulu. A black silkie no bigger then a football but the boss of the whole coop. Lulu was a sweet hen who you could scoop up and hold anytime. She was a devoted and protective mother and hatched several chick every year. The eggs always came from the other hens but last summer we noticed a tiny black chick. Lulu had snuck her own
egg in with her the others and hatched a little black fluff ball. The only possible father was Clyde the huge americana six times Lulus size. That is how we ended up with Marvin our americana/silkie mix :shock: Lulu was wonderful she was everyone's favorite girl. My father inlaw once picked up one of her chicks and she tried to get him with her feet. She flew at him and didn't even make it to his knee. She was so tough for being so small. Yesterday Lulu was found on her nest she had past away in the place were she had given life to so many chicks including Marvin. Our family is heartbroken over the sudden loss of this tough little girl who loved the grass and spent her days scratching and dust bathing. The coop won't be the same without "little Lulu"

 

[Nancy McClelland]

We're so sorry for your loss. Rest in peace little girl.

 

[pumpkinandwhiskersmom]

She sounds like such a wonderful girl! May your memories of her life soon overshadow the sadness that you feel today

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

Thank you. She was wonderful,you could not visit the hens without saying hi to Lulu. She was the smallest girl with the biggest personality. How we miss her, I saw the signs that something was not right when she abandoned a clutch of eggs a couple weeks ago. That was not like her at all but I just thought "it happens" and forgot about it. Now she is gone and I have no answers.

 

[myheart]

Awe... that's so sad when something small doesn't really catch our attention to question the situation further. I've never had chickens, so I don't know how much of a red-flag it is for a hen to abandon her clutch is.

I am so sorry for your loss of your Lulu. She sounds like a wonderful little girl, especially if she let you carry her around. Does Marvin have any of Lulu's personality?

Rest in Peace little Lulu :rainbow:

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

Happily Marvin is very much like his mom. He is a rooster but you can pick him right up and he cuddles and clucks softly. Which is unusual for a rooster. Lulu was only four years old not even "middle age" yet. It is unusual for a hen as devoted as Lulu to abandon her eggs. I don't think I will ever have an answer as to what happened to my special girl.