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Thanks.Glad the runt is growing..they look so cute
Another reason that chickens aren't necessarily the smartest birds around...
After some bitterly cold days, yesterday was a nice enough day that I was finally able to shovel enough space so my birds could get out in their run again. Today most of them were out and were able to make it to their favorite daytime roosting spot, which is a group of wood pallets that I have set up for composting bins.
It then begin to snow again late this afternoon. When I went out around 7:00 PM to gather any late eggs and shut them in, I found six of my girls and one boy still roosting outside getting covered with snow in the dark as they remained there.
The new snow wasn't very deep, but I assume it was still foreign enough to that small group that they were afraid to jump down and head back to the coop for the night so they just stayed right where they were even though night had fallen. I was easily able to grab each one and put them all where they were supposed to be. I was caught with a reaction somewhere between sad for the birds getting covered with a light snow (it still wasn't too cold) and humor at the sight of them hunkering down for the night with that "lost chicken" look I am sure many of you are familiar with.
When I let them out again tomorrow, I will make sure I check on them a little bit earlier next time.
when I was a kid the chickens were disappearing and we were blaming coons. After a dozen were missing and one night they refused to go into the hen house, we couldn't find any coons but found a possum eating one and figured it was eating a dead one a coon killed.... got rid of the possum and chickens quit disappearing .. FYI they can travel several miles looking for food.. so if you relocate it, it becomes a problem for someone else.... also illegal to release w/-land owners permission.Another new experience... Yesterday was chickens stuck outside night. This afternoon was possum in the nesting box day. I didn't think I would ever get it out. It looked quite comfortable in the nesting bucket. It doesn't appear it got any eggs. It looked like it just wanted shelter. It took me 10 minutes before I was able to grab its tail and throw it out of the area. Hopefully that's the last I'll see of him, but who knows.
so if you relocate it, it becomes a problem for someone else.... also illegal to release w/-land owners permission.