When considering chicken, most people mentally meander toward fancies of delicious, deep-fried wings and thighs or sweet memories of summer barbeques with family and friends permeated by the tantalizing scent of slow-cooked delicacies. But, for a family in Bryan, Texas, their thoughts of chicken return them to memories of their recently deceased and beloved pet: Big Mama. So dearly loved was this winged creature that her family wrote a formal obituary for the 6-year-old, Rhode Island Red. The family saved Big Mama in 2013, after her original owners grew tired of her and left her at a veterinary clinic to be euthanized. Fortunately, Big Mama was saved. With her new family, she quickly “discovered how beautiful life could be walking in the grass, being a member of a flock, and having 24-7 love.”
See Hilary Hanson, Family’s Fabulous Pet Chicken Gets Own Obituary in Local Newspaper, Huffington Post, January 27, 2018.
Special thanks to Laura Galvan (Attorney, San Antonio, Texas) for bringing this article to my attention.
