Sooo I'm in integrating a teen flock and older gals. Not going so well, so per BYC suggestion they are fee ranging in the evening. Yesterday there was a hint of sunlight after raining for several days... Freedom, everyone gets buggies for lunch!!! As dusk approached, I was call out and left the house for about 1 1/2 hours. It was dark when I got home. DH and I went to close up the girls and found one missing. Susie the SS ...17 weeks old, who is incredibly attached to her sister Sarah also a SS. She is very connected to me as well. so we called, looked under bushes and even looked in the horse barn, which they NEVER go in.
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I had to stop because it was 8:45 and the fam hadn't eaten yet. Which I don't really care but it was family dinner night and I felt obligated to practice what I preach. So dinner was dished up we said a prayer and MY DH included in the prayer to bless Susie, as we have many predator. Just as we finished the prayer I heard a screech owl call to her babies.
"ok lets eat" she said.
Why did I let them out ?
I called out the dinning room window "SUSIE, Where are you???" which echoed through the quite night air. As we ate, I tried to keep the conversation light and positive... didn't work very well. Then I heard a weird noise. MY DS and I looked @ each other and he said he heard it too. I got my head lamp and went to the FRONT door. Looked down the steps and in the flower bed, then next to my ELBOW I felt a flutter. It was SUSIE on my railing. Right there on the front steps. SHE CAME BACK TO ME.
I put this under chicken behavior because these chickens do think, do love and do mind their mommies. She came home. And called to me to come get her. Any later and the owls might have gotten the or skunk or raccoon
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