I'd count them, but in a particular bit of bad timing, we had plans to leave town for a wedding. I had told my regular pet sitter that she wouldn't have to mess with the chickens, and then had to call her back and explain that she need to make sure our dog (terrier mix, would like to eat tasty...
Sounds like everyone is pretty well agreed. Good enough for me. I still haven't had any luck locating her owners. I may try going door to door on the street she was found on, but for now she's got the basics. My husband wants to keep her so he can tell people we have a chicken from the streets.
That would be comforting. I'd much rather watch after someone's hen then harbor someone's rooster. Here's one more picture I forgot to add before, a top down shot.
Last night around dusk someone knocked on my door and asked if I kept chickens, I said yes, and he told me my chicken was loose. We have three hens at the moment and our BLRW Daydream is quite an escape artist, but I was baffled how she'd manage to hop the fence (a feat she's only managed in the...