I apologize for all the gloomy chicken posts lately, but I'm afraid I have some distressing news: Peggy has passed on to that great chicken coop in the sky. We had some crazy times, me and the Peggster, and she will be missed.
I'm no chicken doctor, but I believe Peggy died of natural causes. Several weeks ago, I found her lying dead in a corner of the run when I went down to give the hens their morning scoop of food. There was no sign of foul play (ahem), and, honestly, it looked like she'd just keeled over while sitting on a perch. Hopefully, she died happy, clucking away with her sisters.
Peggy was one of my older chickens, at a little less than 3 years old. Tina, who is the same age, is still laying eggs and seems quite vigourous, but Peggy hadn't laid for a year or so, and seemed to have slowed down a little. She is my first chicken to die of old age. We gave her our traditional viking funeral.
Sorry for your loss. Thanks for your blog postings btw, I always enjoy reading them.
was the funeral pyre fueled by your oven's broiler?
Hi Audrey,
I came to your blog through Backyard Chickens. I love it and added you to my reader. Sorry about your loss. I plan on getting some chickens when I move back to the States in June (in MX now). Also I wanted to tell you how much I loved the Good Girls idea and am inspired to start a humanist group in my town as well!
Thanks for the cool blog.
Erica