Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Thursday his family's pet chicken named Hillary died right before the election.

McAuliffe, a Democrat and a top Clinton ally, was asked about his four chickens in an interview with the Atlantic.

"I hate to say this, one chicken died," he said. "About a month before the election, Hillary died."

"We've got Hillary, Jr. now," he added. "She is bright and fluffy and making a lot of noise and healthy as an ox."

McAuliffe's wife, Dorothy, told the Richmond-Times Dispatch in 2015 that the couple promised their children they could have chickens if they got to live in the governor's mansion.

The other chickens were named Dolly, Snape and Camo.