A young and wild Miss Chicken roams her neighborhood about January 2010, in this image taken by Stefanie Pettit. She was estimated to be about 9 months old at that time. Miss Chicken first appeared in Pettit’s driveway in December 2009. Pettit and company trapped and captured Miss Chicken in November 2010, and found a home for her with Joan and Jim Nolan and their flock of chickens in Spokane Valley. Miss C’s adventures and misadventures became legend in Pettit’s “Front Porch” columns. Miss C died May 2, 2020. She was about 11 years old. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
About a dozen people hold a first fan gathering to celebrate Miss Chicken’s 10th birthday in June 2019. The formerly feral chicken lived a life of luxury at the home of Joan and Jim Nolan in Spokane Valley. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
Miss Chicken’s birthday cake greeted the celebrity bird in June 2019 at her home in Joan and Jim Nolan’s yard in Spokane Valley. For her 10th birthday, there were sandwiches for the humans, wrapped gifts of dried mealworm treats and fresh cucumbers for the birthday girl and, of course, a birthday cake. There was no singing, however, except by Miss C, who did her own contented vocalizing to the guests’ delight. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
After a winter health scare, Miss Chicken bounces back to health. She accepts one of her favorite snacks, cut-up cucumbers, in June 2018. Miss C’s adventures and misadventures became legend in Pettit’s “Front Porch” columns. Miss C died May 2, 2020. She was about 11 years old. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
Miss Chicken looks after her 9-week-old adopted Plymouth Rock chicks in July 2015. At age 6, she is the second-oldest in the flock of 19. Good thing she hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down because this crop of babies is proving to be the most challenging. These Plymouth Rocks scoot around as they please, and their mama needs to chase after them. (Photo by Stefanie Pettit / Courtesy)
Miss Chicken is in her prime at age about 5 years in December 2014, as she perches on the railing of Joan Nolan’s home in Spokane Valley. (Stefanie Pettit / The Spokesman-Review)
The formerly feral Miss Chicken, who was rescued and made legend in Stefanie Pettit's "Front Porch" Columns, died May 2, 2020. Miss Chicken was about 11 years old.
On Saturday, May 2, the glorious Miss Chicken died. It was just two days after the story I wrote about her latest life adventure appeared in this space, in which I told about her possible sour crop and the quirky-looking crop bra she was sporting – and how this might be the final health battle in her long and adventurous and good life.