Ebony Remembered

Ebony was the black hen that got killed last week. She was here almost a year. She was very beautiful. She hated the camera and would never let me get a good picture of her. That's why it's so strange that the day before she died I got this short sequence of photos. She was always impossible to get a picture of except at night when she was on the perch. It breaks my heart that she tried to be a mother four different times. Every time, her nest was stolen by one of the other hens. So her black babies were all raised by grey mothers. The best part of the story is that we have three of Ebony's babies to continue her legacy. All three are hens.

...her last five minutes...