Drizzle - Nest in Peace

Drizzle began life a a child's 4H project before being rehomed to my wife and her flock of nine chickens. Drizzle was always timid and was the bottom of the pecking order. But she survived as the others passed of age and illness the over the subsequent 8 years. And even outlived Clem and Yolko who were brought in to keep a healthy age diverse flock. After Yolko's recent passing, she was on her third iteration of the flock with two younger hens, and had finally risen from bottom of the pecking order to head hen. Drizzle had a challenging life, but was our ultimate survivor and longest lived hen at 8.5 years old. She died of an apparent heart attack or stroke earlier today. Part of me thinks that she outlived so many of her flockmates that her heart couldn't take it any more.

I will always remember Drizzle for her charatistic anxiety and pessimism (her nickname was anxiety chicken), her unique characteristic burr buurrrr chicken call, lucious beard, and the softest feathers of any chicken I've ever met. I had fond memories with her roosting on the couch in the time following her friend Snowflake's abduction.

You had quite the life, and you will be missed. If there is any consolation its that you can finally let your many worries go.