@Aunt Tat, I have two of my neighbor's chickens that decided to pack a bag and leave. Don't blame the chickens my neighbor's idea of animal husbandry differs from mine. They built a simply gorgeous coop but did nothing else to protect them from predators. When they first moved here they had about 30 chickens, a flock of guineas and turkeys. After the first year they had none left. Next year they just got chickens - 30 - and by the end of year 2 the only one remaining was Hai Hai, pictured in my avatar. She is a gorgeous white Ameraucauna going on 7 years now, I've had her for 4. This past summer I adopted their last remaining of three pullets, Henrietta. She's a Red Star and the day I went to bring her over she jumped right up on my arm and up to my shoulder. She'd never met me before! It cracked me up. After a few weeks of introduction she finally has a flock of her own. Henrietta laid her first egg the day I got her and she's laid an egg every day since. It won't last forever but it's been nice since my other's are slackers during the short days of winter.
