Yes, thank you for this thread. The stories are great. Even though it is obvious there is sadness over the losses, you can still feel the joy everyone feels for having had these special birds in our lives, and it's a comfort to be able to share these pictures and memories.
Well the only chicken I have had a real affinity for so far - I can't call it a relationship or a friendship, just more of a mutual respect - was Elvis. Yes, a big black rooster, our first. He may have been a Black Australorp or, more likely, a Jersey Giant, I don't know for sure. But he was a...