Wednesday Night,
a sad and tragic day of our urban farm.
A chicken massacre.
4 lives lost.
One survivor.
No suspects....not even a print.
With a game camera and a fierce indignance,
we replayed the nights after,
expecting some proud furry animal to try for the last chicken,
but we saw only deer and house cats.
I was hoping for something much more wild.
Something more murderous.
Not to say that loss on an urban farm is unusual,
but after a few days of reality...
I believe my lax in farming protocol and our lazy gate system
is mostly to blame.
I am a little angry with myself that I could be so easy-going.
And I think it wouldn't be so sad, but Red is now our Lone Ranger....
but "Lucky" comes to mind more....
and may end up sticking as her namesake.
I don't know if Chickens feel loss or loneliness...
one out of five is almost worse than zero survivors.
But Lucky seems good.....
i think?
Not quite up for some fuzzy new chicks,
I went to the studio...and have honored the fallen with some silver.
A little charm for each of the gals.
Lucky here, hiding her tears?
(honestly, I wonder if this isn't some chicken karma here played out....Lucky was, hands down, the bottom of our pecking order. I wonder if she planned it, hired out some nasty villain....)
Honorable Mention Bangles
Hand Pierced Fowl
.............
And a piece out of humor for me heals all situations...
A Predator and Prey Bangle...
with Silver Pierced Fox and Chicken Charms...
that "chase" eachother around the bangle....
some say a little sick....but I don't care.
Natural laws of who stays and who goes...
sad, but the truth is there.
"The Chase"
Predator and Prey Bangle
xo the fallen
Hi Erin! I recently started following your blog on Bloglovin. I love your jewelry! I wanted to reach out and let you know I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful ladies. I too keep chickens. I have lost 3 beautiful buff orphingtons to a fox attack during broad daylight, and then a skunk squeezed through a 2" crack and ate only the necks off 4 of my chickens. We then built fort knox, and the only critter that might possibly get them is a bear! We now have 9 hens and 1 rooster, and for 2 years nothing has breached our barricade. Your bangles are super cute! Carol
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol. We are, too, in the middle of a small Fort Knox Rebuild, and are considering some fluffy babes to keep Lucky company....We set up the game cam again last week and have confirmed our killer is a cute red fox. What a jerk.
DeleteOh I'm sorry that happened!! Poor things. Lovely bangles though :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Poor gals. The silver has been fun, like a good group therapy hug! : )
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