In memory of Noelle. A self blue Hedemora pullet, hatched this spring. She was a sweet and small bird. She was malpositioned in her egg so I assisted her. She was weak and had a profusely bleeding navel, but she pulled through and became a favorite. Today she escaped our chicken enclosure (for...
In memory of Penelope. She hatched and raised two amazing batches of naked neck crosses (20 chicks in all). She herself was a D'uccle/Polish cross. I rescued her from a neighbor who was selling her and her 20 siblings to a butcher. She was flighty and did not like being held, but was an amazing...