Someone's being a naughty girl.

[DParker75089]

When I went outside a few minutes ago my favorite and usually best behaved hen (an EE mutt of some kind) was completely missing from the backyard where my flock free-ranges. She's and one other hen have never gone AWOL before and so they're the only ones who don't have their flight feathers clipped. We've had a small pack of coyotes frequenting the creek that's at the back of the property about 200 yds away from the yard, so I feared the worst. Then I spotted her just on the other side of our pasture fence foraging in the neighbor's grass.

Naughty girl. Luckily for her she knows what "Treats!" means, and all I have to do is yell it and she comes running right to my feet. Time for the scissors and a come-to-Jesus lecture...

 

[N F C]

When I went outside a few minutes ago my favorite and usually best behaved hen (an EE mutt of some kind) was completely missing from the backyard where my flock free-ranges. She's and one other hen have never gone AWOL before and so they're the only ones who don't have their flight feathers clipped. We've had a small pack of coyotes frequenting the creek that's at the back of the property about 200 yds away from the yard, so I feared the worst. Then I spotted her just on the other side of our pasture fence foraging in the neighbor's grass.

Naughty girl. Luckily for her she knows what "Treats!" means, and all I have to do is yell it and she comes running right to my feet. Time for the scissors and a come-to-Jesus lecture...

She must have heard the grass is greener on the other side

 

[DParker75089]

She must have heard the grass is greener on the other side

What she clearly hasn't heard is me talking about the pack of coyotes that have been hanging out at the back end of the property.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

What she clearly hasn't heard is me talking about the pack of coyotes that have been hanging out at the back end of the property.

Oh wow!!!! Look at all those shiny, very alive, eye balls! creepin' lookin for a chicken dinner. I thought the family of racoons that wanders through the yard at night was an issue..... Yikes! Hide all the Chickens and children!