June 15th

With sadness, we said goodby to 

our sweet Ameraucana hen,

Hazel.

She was the last of the first 5 hens

we started with and would have 

been 8 in November.

She was our blue egger.

A beautiful hen with amazing

feather colors and bluish

gray feet, that loved to be 

around us.

When we called for the girls,

she'd be the first to 

come running.

She passed away today while napping

 on the patio.

We noticed that she had been slowing down

while patrolling the yard

and ever since Nugget

died, she seemed like

she was feeling her age.

She hadn't laid an egg since Christmas.

In fact, we haven't had

any eggs in a couple months.

Our whole flock is geriatric.

That's ok.

I'll gladly run an old hen nursing home.

They are our pets first and

laying eggs is just a bonus.

When any pet ages,

you expect their inevitable death,

but it's always sad.

So, now we go from 3 to 2.

Lucy and Ethel seem lost.

They were our scrawny little

rescue babies that we got almost a year

after the original 5.

Lucy and Ethel are

French Black Copper Marans.

They are distinguishable

by their feathery legs.

💔

Thanks, Hazel, for giving us the best eggs

and your cutest wobble walk.

You also had the best chirpy cluck

when you wanted to be near us

or to be held.

We will miss you so much.

You won't be alone,

you have your sisters to help you

cross the rainbow bridge.

🌈