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For those of you that haven't seen me wailing & moping about on FB, witnessed me getting maudlin & drunk this evening over a chicken... 

 

 

I found Buttercup dead this morning  

 

He was in his man cave ...   just slumped.   No evidence of any injury or illness.

 

Just dead!

 

Tomorrow we are giving him a viking funeral pyre type send off...     (I have stashed his little fluffy body somewhere safe away from anything that might want to eat him)...  

 

 

I am sooo gutted..    I know, he's just a chicken..   but I loved him - the  fluffy little rapey pitbull of the bantam chicken world 

 

 

Its like Turner & Hooch.....,.    

 

in a couple of months there are going to be lots of mini Buttercups running around attacking me..    and that is supposed to make it all ok    Well it might have been ok for Tom Hanks..  but it ain't ok with me!!!!

 

anyways...   the only upside is all 11 of his babies are thriving and doing well..  even Runty Poo Bottom (the only named chick)...  

 

 

 

And this one...   this one has a look of his father about him:  

 

 

 

 

Anyway..  that's it now..  they say it comes in 3's..   and its been worrying me...   wondering if there would be a third..   and now this is it.   

 

AJ, my Mum & Buttercup..   lost them all in the last 6 months, and all on the last wednesday of the month...  

 

(disclaimer - obviously I have different levels of grief for these 3...    but right now..  in a haze of red wine..     its an accumulative thing).

 

 

 

 

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Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by Rexi:

 

 

Enjoy your wine babe

Scratch that ^^^

 

Enjoy your Rennies

god yeah...   Red wine & I are no longer buddies...  

 

I sniffled my way to sleep (hahaha... I actually did as well) then woke up every hour either with raging heartburn, or with Ickles cat purring at full volume on my shoulder..  or with both (resulting in p***ed off cat as I have to move her to get the rennies)...   

 

its like a circus round here 

Dirtyprettygirlthing
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):

Noooo.....  What happened to him Ditty?

 

He packed a lot in  thats for sure...

 Dunno Rosie..    he was just dead in his little bachelor pad henhouse.

 

He'd been really down for a while, but we'd put that down to him missing his hens.   We'd taken him in to see them and his kids...  supervised paternal visits type thing..     but he wasn't actually that interested. 

 

 

Dirtyprettygirlthing
Originally Posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien (fka noseyrosie):

Noooo.....  What happened to him Ditty?

 

He packed a lot in  thats for sure...

 Dunno Rosie..    he was just dead in his little bachelor pad henhouse.

 

He'd been really down for a while, but we'd put that down to him missing his hens.   We'd taken him in to see them and his kids...  supervised paternal visits type thing..     but he wasn't actually that interested. 

 

 

He was a live fast die young kind of guy  

Seriously though Ditty, really sorry..  you were very affectionate and caring about those birds. Guess their life span is short  though?... 

 

FM
Last edited by Former Member

I know we all think he's just a chicken but I really liked that chuck   I was ecstatic when he became a father to 11 yes 11 chicks the dirty devil having two women on the go.  I got all upset when he went missing a few weeks ago and thought for sure you were gonna tell us Mr Fox had nabbed him

 

*raises cup of tea in his honour*

 

gonna miss being told of his exploits and hope one of his brood turns out to be as cantankerous as he was

FM
Originally Posted by Pengy:

I know we all think he's just a chicken but I really liked that chuck   I was ecstatic when he became a father to 11 yes 11 chicks the dirty devil having two women on the go.  I got all upset when he went missing a few weeks ago and thought for sure you were gonna tell us Mr Fox had nabbed him

 

*raises cup of tea in his honour*

 

gonna miss being told of his exploits and hope one of his brood turns out to be as cantankerous as he was

*raises a tea cup* Ahh its sad 

FM

*raises tea cup*   (it actually is tea tonight as well... licorice tea!)

 

 

& thank you everyone..  

 

I really love that Buttercup was so famous & loved on the internet... 

 

most people at work are completely unaware of the secret online friends of Buttercup the feisty silky cockerel! 

 

 

Fly High you brave rapey little bugger...      

 

I still have a scar on my shin from one of our first interactions 

 

Best fluffy cock in the world...   love you!  xxxx 

Dirtyprettygirlthing

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