After running a couple errands yesterday, I swept thru the backyard for a quick chick check my Bantams love to taunt me by flying over their 6 foot fence. No Itty Bitties out, and in the heat, toasty 100 degrees, my big girls do not venture out from their shade unless treat tempted. Into the house I go and release the young dogs (young mastiff and young border collie both almost 2), close door to preserve the cool ac air, let the old-sters out of their kennels (old mastiff -9 and old blue heeler -13). Waiting for the blue heeler to work himself into moving I hear a horrible chicken screaming outside.
Heart pounding, I dash outside, yelling for the dogs mind racing how could this happen my youngsters love the chickens and spend hours with them even unsupervised. There standing 75 feet from the porch are the youngsters between them and my pasture fence a STRANGE little chicken on the other side of the pasture fence ANOTHER strange little chicken. The chicken closest to the dogs is screaming like it is being eaten alive, frantically running up and down the fence line, bobbing and weaving. The second chicken is also frantically mirroring the first but (thankfully) minus the ear piercing screaming.
I am not sure who was more bewildered me or my poor dogs! They were about 50 feet away from the strange chickens and were not even thinking about touching them.
So, now rounded up and in quarantine, I have two strange roos (believe they both are, one crows for sure and other seems to be showing saddle feathers) though who knows how much contact they may have had thru the fences with my flock. They seem very, very thin (even compared to my 12 week old bantams), dont seem to recognize crumbles, or fruits/veggies but are excited to see .bird seed and bread.
So here they are any clue what they might be? Anyone interested? I have checked with my neighbors no chickens. The black/white is very skittish, crower, screamer, but also tidbit clucker. Red is quiet, not as skittish but not yet at ease sound the alarm quickly when he sees me.
Yippy!
Heart pounding, I dash outside, yelling for the dogs mind racing how could this happen my youngsters love the chickens and spend hours with them even unsupervised. There standing 75 feet from the porch are the youngsters between them and my pasture fence a STRANGE little chicken on the other side of the pasture fence ANOTHER strange little chicken. The chicken closest to the dogs is screaming like it is being eaten alive, frantically running up and down the fence line, bobbing and weaving. The second chicken is also frantically mirroring the first but (thankfully) minus the ear piercing screaming.
I am not sure who was more bewildered me or my poor dogs! They were about 50 feet away from the strange chickens and were not even thinking about touching them.
So, now rounded up and in quarantine, I have two strange roos (believe they both are, one crows for sure and other seems to be showing saddle feathers) though who knows how much contact they may have had thru the fences with my flock. They seem very, very thin (even compared to my 12 week old bantams), dont seem to recognize crumbles, or fruits/veggies but are excited to see .bird seed and bread.
So here they are any clue what they might be? Anyone interested? I have checked with my neighbors no chickens. The black/white is very skittish, crower, screamer, but also tidbit clucker. Red is quiet, not as skittish but not yet at ease sound the alarm quickly when he sees me.
Yippy!
