Goodbye Ermentrude

I've never really thought too deeply about our chickens, they have their little house and now they have a lovely big run. They peck about industriously all day long and I think they have a nice life with us. Every day they produce a lovely brown egg. When you really think about it that is a real achievement - 1 egg every day!! They are literally egg making machines. Every now and then something goes wrong and today we lost our lovely Ermentrude when she prolapsed trying to lay our daily egg. Apparently it's just something that happens (according to chook expert Jim)and nothing could have been done for her. Jim found her lying next to a tree with the other two standing over her. So, ironically, we now have the largest chicken run I've ever seen for just two chickens. Jim says we must get a rooster and re-populate.