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.
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.
I don’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.
Once again our flock of six is feeling rather small. Goodbye Diamond. She was a beautiful girl.
Click here to see the history of my flock.
Oh Carol, I’ve just read that Diamond is gone – I am so so sorry!! 🙁 As always you did your very best for her and you gave her a wonderful 8 months. As I’ve said before chicken-keeping is stressful and not for the faint-hearted. Thinking of you xx
Thank you. You are right that chicken keeping is not for the faint hearted but I never expected it to be this hard xx
Nor I! I suppose we have to work out whether the good times outweigh the bad. When its all going well there’s nothing better but the lows are very low! 🙁 Thinking of you xxxx
Richard keeps telling me that I should give up chicken keeping because it’s too hard and too stressful but I just can’t imagine not having them xxxx
P.S. I didn’t want to say until I had written my next post, which I have now, but I have now been hit with the next bombshell xx
So sorry to her another lovely girl is gone. So sad.
Thank you, it is so sad.
Sorry About the spelling mistake. Missed the a.
You needn’t have worried, I didn’t even notice.
A lovely tribute, but it says as much about yourself, as a Florence Nightingale, as it does about Diamond.
Thank you. I try so hard and yet still lose girls. It is heartbreaking.