r.i.p salt and pepper

Old age? Sudden cold temperatures? Perhaps some kind of parasite? We aren't sure what has befallen the chooks but they died during the night. We will miss their lovely eggs and gentle clucking. We have had chickens for 9 years and will replace them in the spring. The kids are sad and reflective. Another lesson in the ways of nature and lifecycles.

They were good to us, we think we might have loved them.