RIP Lucia

Sadly this blog is becoming a bit of a chicken obituary blog. Having been away for the weekend to Innsbruck for the International Accordion Competition (we came 5th out of 160 which was pretty good), Janet checked the chickens yesterday and they were fine. Today when I went down, Lucia had passed away. I'm pretty sure she died in the night - basically went to sleep and didn't wake up. No signs of any trauma so nicely gentle.

Lucia and Porsche were my oldest chickens at over 11 1/4 years old (arrived in Spring 2014) so I don't think it will be long before we lose Porsche.

This photo was from last Wednesday when I sent it to Janet (who feeds them when we are away) to show her what creatures of habit they are. Every day when I fill up their little footballs with corn treats, Lucia would come and stand on the edge and eat from the tub. Last Wednesday, Porsche was doing it with her which looked really funny but by the time I'd got my phone out Porsche had wandered off. Still, I'm pleased to have this recent memento showing how happy she was. RIB Lucia