RIP RIR

The last of our Rhode Island Red chickens, hatched in April 2015, died last night. Rest in peace, Red.

Here are some pictures of the RIRs from 2015:

Chickens

Chickens

Chicken

Info from the feed store:

RIR info

Ironically, Apple killed the Chicken GIFs iMessage sticker pack today, too, which featured animated GIFs of the RIRs and Leghorns. It’s like they could tell.