Why did the chicken wake up on the wrong
side of the fence?
This is like the age old question about chickens
crossing the road. And as I figure chickens really do cross the road for
reasons unbeknownst to me, I may as well relate how my very own Extra Crispy
woke up one morning on the wrong side of the fence and found herself unhappily
separated from her flock-mates, Original Recipe and Peaches. My worry about her
becoming a snack for the neighbors pit pooch (a good reason for the fence in
the first place) or an owl (we have great horned ones roosting nearby too) was
immediate when I went out at the crack of dawn I did my usual chicken count (yes,
after they've hatched) and noticed her absence right away. Fortunately I did
not discover a pile of feathered remains as Original Recipe and Peaches pointed
the way, since birds of a feather do actually flock together (even when separated
by a chicken wire fence) and I spotted the girl that flew the proverbial coop and
landed on the wrong side of the fence right where my rabbit hutch abuts. Under
the hutch huddled two concerned hens clucking out loud about their sister’s
predicament and poor Extra Crispy clucking right along, seemingly oblivious. So
with a handful of chicken feed and my own sister to run interference I ventured
into the neighbor’s back yard. The pit pooch never made an appearance (but he
gets along with my dog, Fred, so even if he had I was hopeful and prepared with
a dog biscuit in my pocket anyway) and that was a good thing. Extra Crispy was
an easy catch and quickly returned to the right side of the fence where she has
happily awakened every day since.
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