Backyard Chickens: Goodbye Scooter!

Well, a very sad thing happened this morning...all the girls were fine this morning after their feeding. I hung out with them as they drank at their waterer. I just went outside to check on them and roust them out of my hostas. Scooter wasn't with the rest of the gals, which was unusual. So I went looking for her. Found her lying dead by the door to the coop. I don't know what happened...she's always been the smallest of the group and always seemed to have trouble eating, so I babied her. Perhaps she had something wrong with her from the start and her poor little heart just couldn't take the heat. I'm so sad. She was my little sweetheart...