Sunday, June 3, 2012

Dead Chicken

One of our older chickens died today.  She had been feeling poorly and had turned "yellow".  That's right ... the color of her comb and face had changed from red to orange.  Her legs and feet were a brighter yellow than usual.  She was eating, drinking, pooping OK, although I'm not sure she was laying anymore.  She stayed with the flock. I never saw another chicken harass her.  But she looked tired, sometimes sitting with her shoulders hunched up.  I knew it was just a matter of time.  Now it's ten hens in the chicken coop.

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