I have complained elsewhere about my pullet, Charcoal, who keeps flying out of the pen -- even after getting not just one but both wings clipped.
Unlike my former California White, this Australorp is NOT smart enough to fly back in and ends up going to roost in a cardboard box at the back of the coop if I don't happen to see her out just before dark, catch her, and toss her in.
I'm about 90% sure that a certain 13-week-old is her daughter -- Charcoal and this youngster both being Gypsy-faced.
The past several days I've found the little one out too.
Ember, named today, was found hunkered down next to the coop door on the outside when I went to close up. Silly thing, following her mother out and likewise unable to figure out how to get back in.
Like mother, like daughter -- and not necessarily in a good way.
*sigh*
Unlike my former California White, this Australorp is NOT smart enough to fly back in and ends up going to roost in a cardboard box at the back of the coop if I don't happen to see her out just before dark, catch her, and toss her in.
I'm about 90% sure that a certain 13-week-old is her daughter -- Charcoal and this youngster both being Gypsy-faced.
The past several days I've found the little one out too.
Ember, named today, was found hunkered down next to the coop door on the outside when I went to close up. Silly thing, following her mother out and likewise unable to figure out how to get back in.
Like mother, like daughter -- and not necessarily in a good way.
*sigh*