That one blue egg represents a life time of hard work.
Henrietta.
Every 25 hours or so, a chicken delivers the goods, whether there’s a rooster by her side or not.
Henrietta was no slacker.
And the blue egg among the brown proved it.
Our beautiful white matriarch of the coop.
Ameraucana or Araucana ~ not sure which.
Perhaps she was a little of both.
We got her in the spring of 2001, as a give-a-way.
An old worn out hen from the Wolverine area.
She passed on earlier this month with no warning, no fanfare.
The previous day she had been out free-ranging for some tasty morsels with the gals and their protector, our beautiful rooster.
Although we have some new two-year olds in our flock, we will miss the ole’ gal.
And that single blue egg.
Until tomorrow ~ God willing and knowing,
Woodswoman
