It's amazing how God can create a creature with such a little brain, and yet can still make a place for itself in your heart. It's even more so with animal kingdom geniuses like dogs and cats and horses.
I think one of the high points of civilization was the invention of the internal combustion engine. It took the horse out of providing power for war and peace, and made them pets.
Algore is deeply saddened.
I tell ya, though, my friend...that Benny Hen was one amazing chicken. She was extremely personable. The others had their characters, but Benny was a real people chicken! LOL! She was completely happy sitting on my lap and would make this very sweet coo.
Yesterday, before Steve came home, I sat out in the run with her and she walked up to me, but couldn't get up on my lap and I didn't dare pick her up for fear I'd hurt her...so I just reached down and stroked her feathers under her crop...she made that sweet sound with that awful gaping hole in her back.