#fjalar

It is my great pleasure to introduce the newest member of our little flock, Fjalar.

Fjalar is a young Öländsk dvärghöna (Öland bantam) rooster, hatched last summer. He is not here to replace our beloved Aron, who faithfully watched over the hens for so many years and whose place in our hearts will always be his alone. Instead, Fjalar arrives to begin his own journey, to build his own story and, in time, leave his own mark on our little flock. He follows in a proud tradition established by Rufus and Aron, two remarkable roosters who each cared for their hens in their own way.

I must admit that it feels rather special to hear a rooster crowing across the garden once again. It is a sound I have missed far more than I realised.

The hens seem to have taken the arrival of their new gentleman very much in their stride. And Hedda in particular, who was always especially fond of Aron, already seems quite pleased that such a handsome young man has moved into the neighbourhood.

Fjalar's name comes from Norse mythology. In the poem Völuspá, a rooster named Fjalar crows to herald the coming of Ragnarök, the end of the world. Fortunately, the only thing this Fjalar is announcing here in Käxsundet is a happy new chapter for our much-loved feathered family.

These are the WIPs I did on Fjalar the undead bird. At time I was in a roleplay server which I didn't thought of his species and instead drew a hooded figure. After I put in my character in, then I was trying to come up what would be his species. I did thought of monster with tentacles as feet but I scrap that idea out of my head because it reminded me of a character named Weaver (tentacle hunter) from Identity V. I also thought about adding an amulet in but I scrap it since it didn't look right on the hood. I was even trying to draw right hood figure shape without looking wavy even the top part is hard. I added in his age and name even info so I can look back in case I don't remember like how many people he killed.

I then go with undead bird, however I was trying not to have that speices down because it reminded me of SCP 049 which I was trying not to have desgin being too similar until I go with "the heck with it" and added in the Fjalar is undead bird, plus I like the head shape of a dead bird like some plague doctor mask. Also I did doodle in other pages to fill in blank areas.

July to early October

A bit of a spoiler for the reason i started trying to catch up again a new puppy💚 One of the white males is my newest baby Swift💚 I can't tell him and his white brother apart from the baby pictures it is what it is. I had dreamt of a white galgo since I started dog sitting my gang of galgo girls in 2018. When I saw Buckys breeders white female when picking Bucky up that want just intentisifed. The parents of Swift are 2 brindle dogs. Buckys brindle sister anf a brindle outside male. But buckys father is white so I guess it skippade a generation and there also being 2 white males! I wanted a forward and brave male puppy with a strong prefernce for a dog that does not look the same as Bucky. My reserve puppy was a darkwr brindle with a bigger blaze.

I picked Swift over his brother just because he was more forward and brave when we visited. And he is truly insane in all the best ways. I love him so much he is exacly what i wanted in my next puppy💚

We have been waiting not very patiently for Buckys breeder to have puppy again and it has taken this long so it had nothing to do with Fjalar passing. I was looking forward to having 3 dogs again but it was not to be sadly.

Now the sad Stuff. After feeling that Fjalar was not getting better we had to decide to day goodbye. The day we called and booked the date for Fjalars euthanisa was the day I was officially offered a puppy from the litter. The week beetwen us booking the appointment and it happening he was on so much meditation he was so happy and comfortable but it was not a long term answer. The day of he happily trotted into the clinic and greeted the vet for thw first time of his life. Fjalar was not a friendly dog so it says alot about how medicated he was. I passed in my lap where he was the happiest. I am so angry that he did not even get to 8. The forest pics are form his last walk💜💔

April to early July 2024

Bucky and his litter sisters from a dog show.

In early april we got Fjalar neutered. We wanted to do it before he got to old for anasthesia to be safe.

Sadly he never really recovered and was put down in early October. He likely had a herniated disc before the surgery that he hid so well we did not notice. The rest for healing and muscle mass loss after the surgery made it progress to him being symptomatic and he got worse over the summer before getting the diagnosis in agust/september it is all just a blur. It hurts so much to see him at all. I miss him everyday💜

Jan feb march 2024