PhantomSlayer
Songster
Have you ever had a moment where you couldn't help but facepalm yourself because of something your chicken/chickens were doing? I had an experience last night with our friendly buff orpington Rosemary.
I had leaned a large branch against the side of the fence of an poorly made extension for introducing chicks and goslings into the flock. It needs taken down sometime this week as it has fullfilled its purpose. However Rosemary got up on the branch and dropped down into the extended part and just kept running along the side of the run as all the other chickens were heading in for bed. At first she ignored me standing at the lowered fence calling for her but finally after about a minute she came over and let me pick her up and place her just outside. But then proceeded run along the down fencing until I called for her while standing by the coops big doors. Maybe it was to dark for her but I couldn't help but facepalm myself seeing her run up and down stopping short maybe 6 inches from the corner of the run to go back down and then come back up and to stop short again.
I had leaned a large branch against the side of the fence of an poorly made extension for introducing chicks and goslings into the flock. It needs taken down sometime this week as it has fullfilled its purpose. However Rosemary got up on the branch and dropped down into the extended part and just kept running along the side of the run as all the other chickens were heading in for bed. At first she ignored me standing at the lowered fence calling for her but finally after about a minute she came over and let me pick her up and place her just outside. But then proceeded run along the down fencing until I called for her while standing by the coops big doors. Maybe it was to dark for her but I couldn't help but facepalm myself seeing her run up and down stopping short maybe 6 inches from the corner of the run to go back down and then come back up and to stop short again.