Here's how it started: My aunt was ordering chicks and she asked if we wanted any.....We quickly said yes to them and 2009, March 18th We
went down there to get them. As soon as I saw Marshmallow I knew she was the chicken for me. She was the only white chick in the batch.
Right after I saw her I knew what to name her.......Marshmallow, it would be! We quickly rode home with her, along with 2 other chicks. When she was a chick she would follow me around wherever I tapped there she would be. I even trained her to do a few tricks with this tiny chick-sized playground equipment. She would always love to sit on my lap and snuggle with me. As she grew older; she learned her name and would either come when I called it or cluck, if she was busy. She would also come to me when I squatted down and spread out my arms. And a lot of times she wouldn't come close enough to get her, so I would say "closer" and after a while of saying closer she did actually come closer. I used to hold her constantly and then when we got new chicks I started holding them more and more, and holding her less and less. After a while of that, she rebelled against me and wanted almost nothing to do with me. All she wanted to do was peck the new chickens. And when she pecked them, I got angry with her and yelled at her. That was the biggest mistake ever! After that, Instead of being my sweet chicken, she would peck me, and run from me when I got angry. After a year of that I realized that I shouldn't be yelling at her and Instead tried to be nicer to her.Only the past few months I had really been treating her how she deserved. I had been holding her way more than any of the other chickens. And I realized I loved her way more than all of the other chickens, and she loved me way more than all of the other chickens loved me. A month or so ago she got egg yolk peritonitis. And had been going down hill ever since then. Today she died. But I got to spend the last moments of her life with her, just what I had prayed. I will probably miss her forever because I don't think there could ever be a more sweet and devoted chicken in the world. She was a gift from God. And I will never forget her. She will live on forever! Marshmallow,
March 16th 2009 to May 22nd 2013
I'm so sorry! I never saw this thread until now...I'm starting to tear up :"(
