Jail break

[feather13]

My DD is taking care of our mixed flock of thirteen while I'm out of town. I've been reading a lot recently about how intelligent chickens are and I definitely believe it. Ours are usually free ranged, but will be in our big coop and run for a few weeks and seem to think they have been sent to prison. They're planning a jail break by taking turns digging through the sand on one side of the coop.

DD said when she came by today they had almost dug their way out . She had to fill the nearly completed tunnel in with big rocks. Next I suppose they'll fashion wire cutters out of galvanized steel to cut through the hardware cloth. Devious bird brains!

 

[sourland]

Have you seen the movie, "Chicken Run"?

 

[Aapomp831]

My DD is taking care of our mixed flock of thirteen while I'm out of town. I've been reading a lot recently about how intelligent chickens are and I definitely believe it. Ours are usually free ranged, but will be in our big coop and run for a few weeks and seem to think they have been sent to prison. They're planning a jail break by taking turns digging through the sand on one side of the coop.

DD said when she came by today they had almost dug their way out . She had to fill the nearly completed tunnel in with big rocks. Next I suppose they'll fashion wire cutters out of galvanized steel to cut through the hardware cloth. Devious bird brains!

Your designated driver? Your boobs? What’s taking care of the chickens?

 

[feather13]

Have you seen the movie, "Chicken Run"?

Yes... only our chickens have the most luxurious life and aren't ever going into a pie machine. So not sure why they think they're living on Alcatraz Island.

 

[feather13]

Your designated driver? Your boobs? What’s taking care of the chickens?

LOL... DD = Internet slang for dear daughter (who is sometimes her friends' designated driver)

 

[theoldchick]

Chickens like to dig!

 

[Aapomp831]

LOL... DD = Internet slang for dear daughter (who is sometimes her friends' designated driver)

Oooooooooh!!! I didn’t know that... I thought you had a really committed designated driver or super talented and helpful boobs. Now I know!

 

[feather13]

Oooooooooh!!! I didn’t know that... I thought you had a really committed designated driver or super talented and helpful boobs. Now I know!

I really do wish I had detachable size DD boobs that would also double as chicken wranglers. Sigh. Hope springs eternal...

 

[feather13]

Chickens like to dig!View attachment 2525156

10 years into chicken keeping and I had no idea! We recently covered our coop and run in sand, so maybe that's way more fun than super hard packed dirt. At first my daughter thought a raccoon had made the hole from the inside, trying to get away from our overly zealous chickens.

 

[Aapomp831]

I really do wish I had detachable size DD boobs that would also double as chicken wranglers. Sigh. Hope springs eternal...

Heard that! I’ve been waiting for my DDs for 37 years... not gonna happen