Well my little Alphie went to the henhouse in the sky. He has had a dodgy heart from the start and has had many 'funny turns' over the years, pulling back from what seemed near death at times to amazing recovery. Sadly his luck ran out and he died overnight on Monday.
I got home about tea-time and saw he wasn't great. He came inside and seemed to revive, eating and drinking quite well, but he was 7 Last June and was an old boy. I guess this time was just too much.
His girls seem fine without him. Foggy is crowing and can't work out why there is no answering crow, but other than that life goes on.