Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[cheeka]

A storm coming, and one of my hardest-to-catch-but-lays-everyday chickens went through a barbed-wire fence out into a huge hard-to-navigate pasture behind my land. Lightning and thunder, and I had to catch her. now my whole body is shaking, I'm burning up, and my arm is cut on a barbed wire fence and is bleeding. I got the chicken, though!

we all hope you feel better now that you are back inside! sometimes that last chicken... that won't follow directives, or follow the other chickens... is so aggravating you almost want to leave them to their own devices... but then, reality sets in and we tromp through the woods, climb through barbed wire, take pine branches in the eye, all for the precious bird brain who doesn't know better... my knucklehead changes daily. this afternoon, it was Wilma. had everyone close, went to get Blu and Isis from the pine bath and then Wilma decides to play ring around the whole yard. I don't like that game. Most of the time, it's Archie. he's gotten so much better since he's been in the enclosure, not nearly so skittish.
put some good goop on your cuts - neosporin or ichthamol... hope you have some super soft jammies or a blanket that you can curl up in! Congrats on another 5 eggs!

 

[okallthis4eggs]

When Roger got loose I chased her 2 1/2 miles thru the woods and when I got home that night she was sitting by the coop door laughing at me.

 

[okallthis4eggs]

One tomato
Half a head of lettuce
1/2 cup dog kibble (no chicken or byproducts)
Lasagna noodles
2 kinds of rice
Potato soup
Cooked prunes with juice
Water to taste.

Cook it all up, and put one scoop in a plastic bowl. Dump the rest (3-4 cups) in a huge plastic bowl or bed pan.
Realize the bed pan was used, and start again (kidding!).
Bundle up, and go outside.
Realize you forgot the chicken stew.
Go get the stew, and go back out.
Ignore the dog asking what you have. He doesn't like any of this stuff anyway.
Put small bowl on the ground so you can open the run.
Realize the dog is actually eating the small bowl of stew.
Place large bowl in run, and watch the chickens.
Realize the dog ate a tomato, prune or three, and other garbage. Wonder if it is the ambiance.
Grab bowl, scoop some out of the big bowl, and lock run back up.
Feed the new pair in quarantine.
Wonder for the next hour why that stupid dog won't eat his food in the kitchen, but eats anything outside.

So the dog ate tomatoes, prunes, and lettuce and you let it back in the house?

 

[okallthis4eggs]

SIX

SIX......Today....Like Yesterday........And he Day Before......We Laid SIX eggs.

 

[cheeka]

So the dog ate tomatoes, prunes, and lettuce and you let it back in the house?

I'll take MC's dog in before W4W's Belle... prunes vs. skunk??? a little tootin' might clear the room...................

 

[animallover505]

we all hope you feel better now that you are back inside! sometimes that last chicken... that won't follow directives, or follow the other chickens... is so aggravating you almost want to leave them to their own devices... but then, reality sets in and we tromp through the woods, climb through barbed wire, take pine branches in the eye, all for the precious bird brain who doesn't know better... my knucklehead changes daily. this afternoon, it was Wilma. had everyone close, went to get Blu and Isis from the pine bath and then Wilma decides to play ring around the whole yard. I don't like that game. Most of the time, it's Archie. he's gotten so much better since he's been in the enclosure, not nearly so skittish.
put some good goop on your cuts - neosporin or ichthamol... hope you have some super soft jammies or a blanket that you can curl up in! Congrats on another 5 eggs!

Haha, Thanks, I'm good now. But somehow, I didn't notice a huge thorn in my hand for a few hours.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

A storm coming, and one of my hardest-to-catch-but-lays-everyday chickens went through a barbed-wire fence out into a huge hard-to-navigate pasture behind my land. Lightning and thunder, and I had to catch her. now my whole body is shaking, I'm burning up, and my arm is cut on a barbed wire fence and is bleeding. I got the chicken, though!

Sounds like your chicken has been communicating with ol' Roger. Running off like that during a thunder storm... pretty bird-brained of her! Hope all our chickens haven't organized a contest to see who is the most outlandish. All the texting they do, wouldn't put it past them.

Maybe the subtitle of this thread should be "Is it really worth all the trouble?"

Glad you're okay!

 

[animallover505]

Sounds like your chicken has been communicating with ol' Roger. Running off like that during a thunder storm... pretty bird-brained of her! Hope all our chickens haven't organized a contest to see who is the most outlandish. All the texting they do, wouldn't put it past them.

Maybe the subtitle of this thread should be "Is it really worth all the trouble?"

Glad you're okay!

yeah, thanks.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I'll take MC's dog in before W4W's Belle... prunes vs. skunk??? a little tootin' might clear the room...................

Was just out petting Belle and having a little TLC session. Smelled normal. Thinking maybe it's time for her to sleep in the house again. Then she yawned in my face. A most unpleasant experience.

Your eggs are beautiful. Great color assortment. Congrats on the perfect 6 day. I haven't had a perfect 8 day in ages.

Hope you got the furnace fixed! Snowing? I feel bad for all the folks who still have no power. I grew up dealing with power outages every winter, so we were always prepared. The worst part was no water (electric pump for the well). We hauled water from the creek for the horses and other animals and to flush the toilets, but after a week, you sure are ready for a hot shower!

 

[animallover505]

Skunk spray can actually make you go temporrarily (sp?) blind, if it hits you right in the face.