A Fowl Tale....

Sadly, when we arrived home from the beach trip, we discovered our last Bantam chicken, Belle, had died in the chicken yard.  No evidence of any trauma.  She was a little over two years old, so not sure if that was her lifespan or not.

Belle, in better times.....

Her partner, Harley, our fancy pants Bantam rooster, has very quickly (scandalously, really) taken another partner,

a full size red hen.... which makes me wonder.....

a love triangle gone terribly wrong?

a jealous red hen, bent on taking out her barnyard rival while the "humans" were gone?

did they hire a hit squad of the other big hens to take Belle out? A few of those Dominique hens have been avoiding me lately....hmmm......

I guess we'll never know.  But if you aren't keeping a small group of chickens in your yard, you're missing out on the entire spectrum of avian life, relationships, and intrigue.  I swear, its better than a soap opera.