Our First Loss To Predation On The Homestead - Crowe
I'm not gonna lie: I didn't care much for Crowe when she was but a growing chick. She was kind of wild and flighty. Any time I had to move the birds, she was always the most difficult to catch.
But, as she grew older, she became much more tame. She was always the first to my feet in the mornings when I opened the coop; she was the only chicken that would eat out of your hand; and she was pretty chill once you picked her up. Now, she didn't like to be picked up - she was still pretty difficult to catch - but once you had her in your arm, she would calm right down.
She was the last of the three hens to begin laying, but when she finally did, her eggs were a beautiful light blue. I was kind of excited about the opportunity to have her hatch a few of them out! Unfortunately though, right after she started laying (we had only collected 2 of her eggs), she was killed by a predator.
In this video, I discuss what I think got her and what the best possible way to honor her will be.
Music:
Grass by Silent Partner:
It's cool to think about how to best serve your ecosystem with the death of an animal. All mine that we lost to predators were buried near fruit trees or bushes. I like the idea of a maggot bucket though, that's a good way too.
Kind of a micro scale way to contemplate our own death and our own place in the ecosystem too. There's a holism that comes around homesteading that's peaceful and enlightening.
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