Farewell to Old Man Henry

August 24, 2010
Proud rooster Henry

Henry in his healthier days

I should have known that something was wrong when our geriatric rooster, Old Man Henry, started sleeping in the nesting box.

At first Rick and I just figured it was cold and that he’d go back to his low senior citizen’s perch in the spring.

But when I found Henry sleeping smack dab on top of three eggs, we knew something was not quite right.

From then on, Henry was always on the eggs. Every morning I found myself in the odd situation of having to reach under the rooster to gather the eggs from the nesting box.

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