The story of Henry and Helen

(Helen, left-Henry, right)

This is the story of Henry and Helen, two elderly birds here at Coon Hollow Farm. Henry is a 7 year old rooster with the sweetest personality. Even when he was younger he didn't have a mean bone in his little feathered body. He was quite the stud with the ladies and has lived his life with such peace and grace.

This is Helen, an elderly blind Speckled Sussex chicken who is as equally gentle and sweet. She gets around just fine but extra feed and space for her is granted for her special needs.

Each morning half of the flock runs into the run to get their morning breakfast but not these two, they eat on the veranda. This way they get ample feed and do not have to fight for it, because if these two did they would starve. 

Their bond is like nothing I have ever seen. He is so devoted to her and stays by her side all day long. If she makes her way down to the water, he is with her. She does go for short strolls during the day. These days the flock is contained to the coops, run and extended run. We just have too many predators to watch them every second. In all my years I have never seen a bond like these two, it is sweet and warms my heart just at a time when we need it the most.