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[LittleLakePhil]

Mmmmmm.....fresh roasted coffee.....pass me a cup.....

 

[Bridebeliever]

I just had the SCARE of my life!!! (Well, with my chickens anyway!) It gets dark here at about 4:15-4:30. My daughter or I usually go out at 4:30 to close up the coop. Tonight we were late, she went out about 5:15.

Well...there was a FLIPPING OWL IN THE COOP!!!!!!

A huge flipping owl! My daughter came yelling back to the house, "An owl, an owl! I can't find the chickens!!!!"

You would never see me move so fast running from the house to the coop!! Just yelling, no, no, no... I get over there and we see that one of our RIR was hiding IN the coop under a ramp. The other 9 chickens were all over the place outside. They free range, no covering except the ground cover which is TONS of ferns, everywhere. The chickens start coming out of cover when they hear me. Think of the munchkins that start coming out of hiding after the Wicked Witch of the West leaves. Funny, when I think back to it, but NOT funny at the time! So I start picking them up and putting them through the coop door one at a time. Big Mama, Nickel, Dime, Shimmer, Rose, Polly, Chickaletta, Lacy...where's DUCK! Nooooo, where's Duck?!?! My precious Splash Andelusian!!! MY baby! She was nowhere to be found! I was frantic! Looking everywhere...somebody get a flashlight!! I'm calling Duck, Duck, Duck looking everywhere! I go further in the woods and then I hear her, she hears me! She's looking for me, but it's dark and she can't see well. I run to her and she's completely freaked, hackle feathers up and everything...but thank the Lord, not injured! Oh thank goodness! All my babies are SAFE! My heart is still pounding!

That was the most awful experience...and now I really know how I feel about those fuzzbutts! Oh, and I HATE owls!!

I'll probably go over and post a copy of this in the predator thread.

 

[scottcaddy]

I just had the SCARE of my life!!! (Well, with my chickens anyway!) It gets dark here at about 4:15-4:30. My daughter or I usually go out at 4:30 to close up the coop. Tonight we were late, she went out about 5:15.

Well...there was a FLIPPING OWL IN THE COOP!!!!!!

A huge flipping owl! My daughter came yelling back to the house, "An owl, an owl! I can't find the chickens!!!!"

You would never see me move so fast running from the house to the coop!! Just yelling, no, no, no... I get over there and we see that one of our RIR was hiding IN the coop under a ramp. The other 9 chickens were all over the place outside. They free range, no covering except the ground cover which is TONS of ferns, everywhere. The chickens start coming out of cover when they hear me. Think of the munchkins that start coming out of hiding after the Wicked Witch of the West leaves. Funny, when I think back to it, but NOT funny at the time! So I start picking them up and putting them through the coop door one at a time. Big Mama, Nickel, Dime, Shimmer, Rose, Polly, Chickaletta, Lacy...where's DUCK! Nooooo, where's Duck?!?! My precious Splash Andelusian!!! MY baby! She was nowhere to be found! I was frantic! Looking everywhere...somebody get a flashlight!! I'm calling Duck, Duck, Duck looking everywhere! I go further in the woods and then I hear her, she hears me! She's looking for me, but it's dark and she can't see well. I run to her and she's completely freaked, hackle feathers up and everything...but thank the Lord, not injured! Oh thank goodness! All my babies are SAFE! My heart is still pounding!

That was the most awful experience...and now I really know how I feel about those fuzzbutts! Oh, and I HATE owls!!

I'll probably go over and post a copy of this in the predator thread.

So glad to see that all of your fuzzbutts are safe and in the coop now!

Do be careful out in the dark,
Scott

 

[Bridebeliever]

So glad to see that all of your fuzzbutts are safe and in the coop now!

Do be careful out in the dark,
Scott

Thanks! I needed a hug! I never even considered that an owl would come down on the ground and go in the pop door! Now, I'm stressed out because I'm sure it will be back and I don't know what to do.

The owls around here hunt during the day as well.

 

[scottcaddy]

I do hope that all of our Texas friends are safe for the night. I just seen where they got beat up with a few bad tornadoes.

waiting on news.
Scott

 

[N F C]

Good morning,

@Bridebeliever glad all your birds are ok, that would have given me a start to find an owl in the coop too

@scottcaddy seems the weather has been nuts lately. I was just looking at pictures of severe flooding in GA.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

Good Morning! No snow, at least not yet.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! Wow BB, glad your chooks are okay!
It is COLD here, minus something and I am recovering from a nasty cold. But hey, it is one less cold that I will get, right?
Hot coffee is the greatest!

 

[scottcaddy]

Good Morning! No snow, at least not yet.

Good Morning OFW, I hope that you don't get involved in that Texas snow mess.

Morning! Wow BB, glad your chooks are okay!
It is COLD here, minus something and I am recovering from a nasty cold. But hey, it is one less cold that I will get, right?
Hot coffee is the greatest!

Yes, one more off the list of colds for life. How is the Bobcat tracks doing?
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

The Bobcats were in here thick as thieves for about 5 days and now they seem to have moved on. Works for me. Took my DGD sledding again, she is starting to like it. Yesterday was a bit cold, but today, we got some giggles and yes head-bobs. My younger-older hens are starting to lay again as well as some new pullets. I love fresh eggs! And hot coffee!
Went down to the neighbor's place and restocked the close in wood stash for them, drank a couple of cups and solved some world issues and watched football with them. Couple of hours well spent on a cold Sunday.
Have a good one you all.....