We have 9 chickens and a rooster here on the farm. During the winter months they don't lay as many eggs - some stop altogether - so I decided to let them out of the coop so they could stretch their legs a bit. Ryan has been pestering me to put them back in since:
1: they crap everywhere
2: one of them is laying eggs and it's becoming an Easter egg hunt and
3: they need to be use to being in the coop so they aren't so hard to get in come spring.
Yesterday he was able to get 6 of the birds back in the coop while the others managed to hide for another day. And that brings me to this morning.
I get a scoop of chicken scratch and open the coop door. I'm the type that likes to chat with my animals, so after a customary "Good Morning" I lean over the dump the food. That's when all hell breaks loose!
Squawk
Crow
SHIT!
Chirp
Screech
Chickens, chickens, EVERYWHERE!Chicken up the front, two in the face, rooster down my back. All I could see was feathers & feet. I learned that I have quite a bit of ninja moves under my belt - of course, none of them were effective. I'm sure it was quite the sight with me in my pjs, oversized coat, boots, and birds & feathers going every which way. I swear they spent half the night planning and plotting just how they would make their escape.
So, the chickens are out and that's ok with me. Half of them will become soup before spring comes anyway.
That's pretty funny! Would be funnier if I hadn't just come in from chasing stupid dogs that were chasing the horses all because I thought I would be nice to Bruce and put the dogs in the garage so he wouldn't have to go out later and do it, last flipping time I do anything nice to help him, the big turd, some things never change....
ReplyDeleteHahaha! The other day (as I was trying to convince Marshall that his new class was going to be awesome) I told him that Brecken lives on a farm and there are goats there and maybe we could go see them. He was less than impressed with the mention of goats and asked if maybe there were chickens. Sounds like you have more than enough exciting chickens. :)
ReplyDeleteSo funny! On facebook, a friend of mine just asked whether anyone thought it was worth the trouble to have chickens. I should have her read your blog.
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up! I LOL when I read your posting. You're good at writing, I could picture it all!!
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