Alburny was a Rhode Island Red. I had her for about 3 1/2 years.When I took a nap on the couch she would nap with me.She would make a purring like noise that I called pretty. She was my one of my kids.She went to be with the Lord about 3 years ago.

About 4 or 6 months after she left,I had a dream. Did you ever wake up in a dream and knew you were dreaming? Well thats what happen to me.I was looking for Alburny. I came to this beautiful field,with tall grass,grazing horses,and chickens. I cant remember the other animals.The chickens looked so peaceful,walking in the tall grass and pecking at the ground,very peaceful and quite. I was walking down this road after I called her once.I was ready to pass over like a little bridge and I knew once I crossed over I was going to start dreaming another dream. So before I did, I turned and called alburny once more.There were some white chickens with little bit of black dots on their backs.One looked up in the air and bucked(buck buck) and I called again "Alburny?" She came running down that road,her leg all fixed(she had a bad leg)and she flew into my arms. And I hugged her and said "I will never leave you again!" And as soon as I said it I woke up.(tears)

I had wanted to know if animals that we love go to be with the Lord, or wait untill we come to heaven,you see I wanted the best for her! And after having this dream(or what ever)I almost felt she was there in a place the Lord made for animals. Well about a week later on the internet someone talked about losing their animal and this is what they found on a website.

Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had breen ill and old are restored to health and vigor those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just Rainbow Bridge as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they each miss someone very special, someone who was left behind.

They all run and play together,but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; his eager body begins to quiver. Suddenly, he breaks from the group,flying over the green grass, faster and faster.You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion,never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face, your hands again caress the beloved head,and you look once more into those trusting eyes, so long gone from your life, but never absent from your heart. Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.... (Author Unknow)

TIFFY'S LAST GIFT

Recently I had to watch one of my feathered kids die. I felt like a mom taking care of a dying baby. I felt so helpless. During that time I told her I wanted her to open her eyes and look at me. She kept them closed. And all the while I longed for a feather from her that I could keep, if and when I lost her. Only God knew that thought. I never said it out loud.

The night she went home, while she was breathing her last breath, she opened her eyes and looked at me until her soul left. I petted her poor body and thought again about a feather but couldnt take one from her. My husband Barak and I went outside and dug her grave. When I came back in to get her laying next to her on the chair was one feather. She hadn't lost any for months. I know the Lord left it there for me to keep.

Thank you Abba for animals in our life. It is a very precious gift and also that we get to keep them forever in heaven! AMEN.

Silkie goes home

My next kid also died in my arms,fighting for life he did not want to leave me,he did not want to give up, like most birds will do. His Name was Fluffy He was a Silkie rooster,who loved for me to hold me to no end. At the time he was leaving me he did not want me to put him down for a moment,right before he died,for a breif sec,I saw his soul,spirit, what ever one wants to call it go up. That was another confirmation from the Lord where our kids go!

Danielle

Danielle was my RIR protection chicken,as I think back on her. She and Jayjay were buddies,but when he would try to hit on me and I called out her name she would come to my rescue and give him a good bop on his head. We had her for about 4 years. I would take her and Jayjay out and bond with them on the kitchen floor. She would come and sit on one of my legs and he on the other leg and we would just chill out. She wasn’t one of those lap kids,where you can watch tv with like some of my other kids. But in the kitchen I could get her to sit with me.

About two weeks before she went home she did sit on my lap while I watched tv. And on that fateful day we took her to the vet for the last time,in the car she did things she never did before. She layed her neck across my arm and did pretties (the sound chickens will make when they are content) and I said Danielle you must make it through this (the surgery) and come back to me. She looked up at me and made a noise like….but mom I need to go home now, and moved her neck on my arm as if to kind of pet me. At the time I didn’t want to believe what she was letting me know. Well she had made it though the surgery,but then her heart gave out and went on to be with the Lord.

I went to go get her to bring her body back to our yard,with all our other kids. She was in a carrying case,for a cat or dog. and I had had a pillow covering the bottom,she couldn’t move it no matter what. When I took her out and after putting her in the ground,I came back in the apt. and started to clean out the carring case,under the pillow in the very middle was one feather! Again that one feather….the Lord letting me know He has one more of my kids with Him! She died April 11th of this year 2000….