RIP Beautiful Lacy...My First Loss Ever

I just saw this and read it and am very sorry for your loss-she sounds like she was a wonderful hen and I know she had a good life

I just saw this too. Im sorry that she is no longer with you but be happy in knowing that she wasnt taken by a pred and had a happy homelife.
RIP dear little hen.

This is such a sweet outpouring of sympathy for me and my Lacy. Thank you all. You know, when I was waking up this morning, I remembered something that I have no idea why I didn't recall before now; probably just the shock of her passing. I remembered picking her up to cuddle her a couple of days before she died and noting that she had a good weight and seemed bright-eyed, but didnt remember that the very reason I picked her up was that my DH saw her sitting in the pen when the others were ranging, all alone. She wasnt sitting in a sunny spot and the day was chilly. He pointed at her and I went to her and called her name. She stood up and squatted like she always did and I carried her out of the pen into a sunny spot, asking why she didnt go somewhere warmer to sit and I did a quick check of her, loved on her a bit, then sat her in the sun. She went on about her business and I never thought about it again till this morning as my mind was wandering about 4 a.m. Why do our minds work that way?
I know that there was nothing that would have changed anything because nothing was obviously wrong with her, but she did feel off before her death, I know that now. From now on, I'll be paranoid about things like that, I'm sure.
Lacy did have a pampered life with the best foods and the best accomodations a chicken could want short of living in our own house, so I feel good about her life. Still miss her, though.

Cyn, I am sorry to hear about Lacy. She sure was a pretty girl.

Sorry to hear about Lacy, funny how attached we are to our chickens.