Elegantenvy
Songster
Sorry, long post fsir warning!!
Y'all, today started off so wrong. We recently got a new rooster that my girls do not approve of. So much that they badly pecked him and he's been in my house for like 3 weeks healing.
I've been putting his little crate outside In front of the coop so he and the girls can see each other and maybe get along eventually. Well today I tried putting him in with them, and they immediately went after him. So he ran out, I scooped him up, and we did the normal visitation in the crate thing.
I walked away to get him water and when I came back out, the door to the coop was open and my white leg horn Stella was missing. My dogs darted in a direction as if to chase something and I knew it had to be Stella. I searched everywhere, and couldn't find her. I was heart broken. She's my oldest hen, that I managed to save after my original flock was attacked. I climbed a barbed wire fence to get to her in the woods to save her. I was devastated today. She was my daughter's favourite chicken. And I couldn't believe she was gone. I saw one white egg in the coop and couldn't help but think she laid me one last white egg before she disappeared.
I was waiting to see feathers or a carcass, I was dreading it.
I had been going out periodically to check on the rest of the girls through the day, nervous about losing them . I went out one last time this afternoon, dogs were outside. And I kid you not!! I saw a white chicken laying right next to the coop on the ground. It was Stella. I ran over and scooped her right up and she was untouched. I couldn't believe it. I was so full of emotion. I had the biggest ugly cry you've ever seen. Sobbing and kissing her. And she was pecking the tears off of my face. (Like , mom, I'm getting wet over here)
I held her in the house for a long time. I was so happy to find her. I thought for sure she was gone. Idk what the dogs ran off after, maybe they ran bc they know how I feel about them being around my chickens. But I am so happy to still have my girl around!!!
Y'all, today started off so wrong. We recently got a new rooster that my girls do not approve of. So much that they badly pecked him and he's been in my house for like 3 weeks healing.
I've been putting his little crate outside In front of the coop so he and the girls can see each other and maybe get along eventually. Well today I tried putting him in with them, and they immediately went after him. So he ran out, I scooped him up, and we did the normal visitation in the crate thing.
I walked away to get him water and when I came back out, the door to the coop was open and my white leg horn Stella was missing. My dogs darted in a direction as if to chase something and I knew it had to be Stella. I searched everywhere, and couldn't find her. I was heart broken. She's my oldest hen, that I managed to save after my original flock was attacked. I climbed a barbed wire fence to get to her in the woods to save her. I was devastated today. She was my daughter's favourite chicken. And I couldn't believe she was gone. I saw one white egg in the coop and couldn't help but think she laid me one last white egg before she disappeared.
I was waiting to see feathers or a carcass, I was dreading it.
I had been going out periodically to check on the rest of the girls through the day, nervous about losing them . I went out one last time this afternoon, dogs were outside. And I kid you not!! I saw a white chicken laying right next to the coop on the ground. It was Stella. I ran over and scooped her right up and she was untouched. I couldn't believe it. I was so full of emotion. I had the biggest ugly cry you've ever seen. Sobbing and kissing her. And she was pecking the tears off of my face. (Like , mom, I'm getting wet over here)
I held her in the house for a long time. I was so happy to find her. I thought for sure she was gone. Idk what the dogs ran off after, maybe they ran bc they know how I feel about them being around my chickens. But I am so happy to still have my girl around!!!
they sent my mom a pic and sure enough there were our 4 “missing” ducks and one sad crying toddler in the background!! We drove over and picked them up. I watched them that day bc they kept trying to go through the woods and swim across the creek then walk a long long long way just to get to the baby pond. We even have a baby pool!!! 
