Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown Mourns Death of Family Chicken: ‘You Love Them, You Take Care of Them’

Mar. 15, 2025

Janelle Brown in “Sister Wives”.Photo:TLC

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Janelle Brownis mourning the loss of one of her family’s chickens.

“So yesterday, we discovered that we lost a chicken to a hawk,” theSister Wivesstar, 55, announced via anInstagram Reelon Thursday, March 13. Janelle explained that her daughter Madison Brush (née Brown), 29, has a small “cute little flock” in her backyard.

“They don’t have names — because I know better — and so do they,” she said of Madison’s flock.

“They’re pretty, they’re really well taken care of,” Janelle continued. “They’re well protected. There’s these trees that keep the aerial predators out, but this one loves to get out — or did love to get out — and wander in the backyard.”

Janelle Brown Instagram on March 13, 2025.Janelle Brown/Instagram

Janelle Brown/Instagram

“I know everybody has been so surprised that [Madison’s family] haven’t lost more chickens than they have, because chickens are susceptible to the predators. But a hawk got her. Yeah, it’s just kind of like, ‘Okay, this is my life now. This is my life.’ ”

“You love them, you take care of them, but sometimes those things happen,” she said before concluding with a message to herself: “So, welcome to agriculture Janelle.”

“RIP little hen 🐓,” she captioned the Instagram Reel.

Janelle Brown Instagram of her garden on June 13, 2024.Janelle Brown/Instagram

Madison is married to Caleb, and they share son Axel, 7, daughters Evangalynn “Evie,” 5, Josephine “Joey,” 2, and are expecting a third daughter this year.

Janelle’s post follows her December 2024 Instagram Reel in which she revealed she wasputting down “some permanent roots”with a new home in North Carolina.

She made the move from Flagstaff, Ariz., after purchasing a North Carolina property close to Madison’s home, perCollider. The move also follows her December 2022splitfrom ex-husbandKody Brown. The pair were together for close to three decades.

During Janelle and Kody’s marriage, they welcomedsix childrentogether: Logan, 30, Hunter, 27, Gabriel, 24, Savanah, 20, Madison and their late Garrison.

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source: people.com