She wasn't looking well on Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday morning she'd fallen off the perch.
We buried her under the mulberry tree. The stresses of their early lives often mean battery hens die younger. In the 18 months she'd been a member of the Marmalade Cottage CWA, she learnt how to roost at night, how to scratch for worms and slaters, the joys of dust-bathing and how much she loves fresh greens.
When she arrived, her beak and wings had been clipped and she had lots of feathers missing. Straight away she took to life in the CWA hall, challenging for the ambitious role of deputy boss chook and feathering up beautifully.
We miss her, she had spark.
Shirley has also left, but for happier reasons. She's gone to a young family who needed a chook who understood how to be a proper chook to teach some rescue battery hens the ropes.
Meet Beatrice. Her former owners are moving house and their new place is not chook-friendly.
Things are a bit tense in the CWA hall as the girls work out the new pecking order. Beatrice - having a reputation for escaping - is under house arrest until things are a bit more settled.
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