http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/ A love letter Mon, 21 May 2012 19:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-4892 dervala Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:30:14 +0000 http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/#comment-4892 Thanks, Randy and Pamela. I never imagined becoming attached to chickens, but they are irresistible. Thanks, Randy and Pamela. I never imagined becoming attached to chickens, but they are irresistible.

]]> http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-4884 Randy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:20:16 +0000 http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/#comment-4884 Wow -- what a great piece! I stumbled across your site from some google listing on CSS and then noticed your chicken postings -- which are a sweet subject for us. My wife and I moved to a farm just a year ago with sheep, goats and chickens. We've seen more birth and death and happiness and frustration in this year than we could have ever imagined -- and so much of it was summed up in your Helen the Chicken posting. Thank you very much for sharing it. Wow — what a great piece! I stumbled across your site from some google listing on CSS and then noticed your chicken postings — which are a sweet subject for us. My wife and I moved to a farm just a year ago with sheep, goats and chickens. We’ve seen more birth and death and happiness and frustration in this year than we could have ever imagined — and so much of it was summed up in your Helen the Chicken posting. Thank you very much for sharing it.

]]> http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-3104 Pamela Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:35:56 +0000 http://dervala.net/2007/10/09/helen-the-chicken/#comment-3104 I am so sorry. Just because they are chickens doesn’t mean you can’t grow attached to them. My girls definitely knew something was different when the first rooster (Dora) left the coop; when the second one left (Big Daddy), they just clucked around the run looking for their friend. Even if Big Daddy did pound them into the dirt and they hated it, it’s taken awhile for the girls to settle into a new routine. I am so sorry. Just because they are chickens doesn’t mean you can’t grow attached to them. My girls definitely knew something was different when the first rooster (Dora) left the coop; when the second one left (Big Daddy), they just clucked around the run looking for their friend. Even if Big Daddy did pound them into the dirt and they hated it, it’s taken awhile for the girls to settle into a new routine.

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