Peace Like a River - More egg-ventures!

2006-Sep-7

More egg-ventures!

More adventures (or shall we say 'egg-ventures'?) in chicken ownership.... Yesterday afternoon, Brannan retrieved a farm fresh egg from the nest and was walking toward the house when the inside-but-think-he's-an-outside-kitty made a break for freedom. Brannan spun, rolled, and slid making a dive for the newly freed cat, and in the process egged himself real good!

Shoes, socks, shorts, knees, and of course one very gooey hand. It was pretty amusing! After he got over the shock, he had to run and proudly show daddy what a mess he had made all over himself.

And a couple days ago, I got brave and let all three chickens loose (remember I live in the middle of town!). Up until then, I had only let Josa loose, and she would stay fairly close since the other two were still in the tractor. Apparently, since the two Reds could wander freely about the yard, she became much more confident and disappeared from the yard entirely. I had been keeping an eye on them all day, but she somehow slipped away when I wasn't paying attention. I looked everywhere I could think of and couldn't find her. I kept checking every so often to see if she had returned, but she was gone for hours. Finally, late in the afternoon, a couple houses down the alley in back, I hear "Bark! bark! bark!" from our neighbor's Jack Russell. Immediately followed by a very concerned, "Bawk! Bock! Bock! Baawwwwkkkkk!!!" Immediately followed by a shocked female voice exclaiming, "It's a CHICKEN!!" I cautiously poked my head out back just in time to see one terrified chicken fleeing at top speed back down the alley toward home. Needless to say, one of us has learned a lesson, maybe both. I have not let all 3 chickens loose again, and Josa stays in the yard close to her friends in the chicken tractor.

I know I probably bore everyone with my chicken stories, but they are still exciting to us and I just can't help going on and on about them!

Oh, good news! My mom (with my dad's consent, see my last post) has agreed to be a foster mom to our chickens, at least on a trial basis (I promise I didn't harass my dad!

). Hopefully that will work out, otherwise I will need to find a new permanent home for them. They will probably move this weekend, but I'm kind of waiting until the last possible minute since I will miss having them around! :)