Henny Penny, our oldest and smallest hen died this week of old age. we were really attached to her. she's been through a lot, but always came out tougher on the other side. one time some animal got her leg under the fence when we weren't around, and broke it. when we found her, her leg looked pretty bad, broken and a bloody mess. we brought her in the house and nursed her. it took weeks, but she recovered. at first she just hopped around the yard on her other good leg, but eventually she was able to use the broken one again too.
she was never a great mom, but she had a lot of personality, and even though she was half the size of all the other chickens, she was by far the wisest and most experienced. she also stayed very friendly with us after we helped her with her broken leg. we were all sad when she died...
here is Aiyana with Henny Penny a couple of weeks ago.
peace
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oh, that is so sad. RIP Henny Penny.
I love that picture of Aiyana - she looks so serious standing there holding a chicken.
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