You are all so wonderful. Thank you so much for your well wishes and support.
This past summer when my chickens were sick and I had to cull then, it was hard but not nearly as hard as it was this time. This sweet girl knew it was her time to go and was so calm about the whole process. That didn't help things, might I add. I don't have thousand's of dollars invested in my birds, but they have stolen my heart. They add so much happiness to my life and I've grown so attached to them. I guess I don't make much of a farm girl after all! My DH told me tonight that he doesn't believe me anymore about how I've stated that if things got really bad, we would always have the chickens to fall back on. He said he realized this evening that my family would just starve before we'd eat one of the chickens! All joking aside, I do miss my girl already. I sure do wish that things like this weren't so difficult for me to do. My hat's off to those of you who can do the deed so easily.