OK-2 posts in a day. New record. Big deal.
Writing fast, as I am sure someone called the police. We herded 7 of the 8 hens into the enclosed area around the coop tonight--no more free range chickens pooping all over the patio for us!
The one who stayed out? The Black Hen--the aloof chick.
So-I waited until dark, knowing she would roost up in the big old spruce. Snuck out and grabbed her by the hind legs. I suppose chickens don't actually have fore legs... She let out a scream that almost curdled my blood. And she kept on with it until I got her across the yard and into the chicken area. I am sure someone thought a felony assault was being committed in our yard, so I am waiting for the officers to arrive anytime. If they send the SWAT team, I hope they bring chicken frying oil with them.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
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2 comments:
ha ha, what a lesson you taught that smart hen! Last night we did the same herding but within 10 minutes the young chicks and the old black hen were walking around by the back door and sitting in the spruce tree. So dad one by one caught the youngsters and we clipped there wings. You kids are learning about clippped wings-those things in life that keep you grounded. He couldn't catch the black, she had learned from the night before to jump out of the tree and flee for her life on those fast dinousaur legs. He went out an hour later to catch her in the tree but low and behold she is a very smart chicken-he found her already in the chicken coop. She reminds me of Poppy and perhaps myself. We'll do something but most the time it has to be our own idea.
bwa ha ha! Outsmarted, and outsmarting the chickens!
I really wish the cops would've come. That'd be amusing.
But I don't think mummy would've liked that. Probably would've gotten caught having chickens, no, EIGHT chickens!
"ma'am, you can't have chickens."
"what chickens?"
"ma'am."
"no!"
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