- Mar 1, 2010
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My new wheaten and blue wheaten chicks from Jean
Not the best picture, but they won't hold still and pose for the camera.
I got them on Monday, and on Tuesday afternoon they hadn't figured out that they could go out the coop door into the run, so I did them a favour and just scooped them up and put them in the run, then went inside and had lunch. An hour or so later I went out to check on them and they weren't in the run. I thought, 'smart chickens, you figured out how to go back inside!' I looked inside the coop and....no chickens!! So I hunted all over the yard, and no chickens. I peeked into the neighbour's yard and didn't see them, so I went and rang their doorbell and asked them to please let me know if they saw them, then I looked around their yard, then checked out the field behind my house. Then I headed back through the neighbour's yard to go around over to the other neighbour's house, and as I was walking I heard, 'cheep cheep!' I looked and there was one of them on the neighbour's side of the fence looking at me. I got closer and she came running up to me! So I picked her up and put her in the coop and closed the pop door. Then I went back next door and looked around. Then I heard another 'cheep cheep!' The neighbours have a BBQ with a tarp over it, and there was a little chicken head peeking out from under it! I walked over and she hopped out and came right over to me, and back in the coop she went. I don't think either of them liked their little taste of freedom, they seemed awfully happy to be found! Turns out my husband had taken a board off of the bottom of the chicken tractor when he moved it (you can't push it around with the board on, it drags and makes the wheels pretty much not work) and he forgot to put it back on. That left just a little gap, but it was big enough for those two to get out! What a nerve-wracking first day that was! All I could think was, "Oh no, they're going to end up as something's lunch, or run over by a car!" and "Jean is going to be mad at me!"
I got them on Monday, and on Tuesday afternoon they hadn't figured out that they could go out the coop door into the run, so I did them a favour and just scooped them up and put them in the run, then went inside and had lunch. An hour or so later I went out to check on them and they weren't in the run. I thought, 'smart chickens, you figured out how to go back inside!' I looked inside the coop and....no chickens!! So I hunted all over the yard, and no chickens. I peeked into the neighbour's yard and didn't see them, so I went and rang their doorbell and asked them to please let me know if they saw them, then I looked around their yard, then checked out the field behind my house. Then I headed back through the neighbour's yard to go around over to the other neighbour's house, and as I was walking I heard, 'cheep cheep!' I looked and there was one of them on the neighbour's side of the fence looking at me. I got closer and she came running up to me! So I picked her up and put her in the coop and closed the pop door. Then I went back next door and looked around. Then I heard another 'cheep cheep!' The neighbours have a BBQ with a tarp over it, and there was a little chicken head peeking out from under it! I walked over and she hopped out and came right over to me, and back in the coop she went. I don't think either of them liked their little taste of freedom, they seemed awfully happy to be found! Turns out my husband had taken a board off of the bottom of the chicken tractor when he moved it (you can't push it around with the board on, it drags and makes the wheels pretty much not work) and he forgot to put it back on. That left just a little gap, but it was big enough for those two to get out! What a nerve-wracking first day that was! All I could think was, "Oh no, they're going to end up as something's lunch, or run over by a car!" and "Jean is going to be mad at me!"
