The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[1muttsfan]

I've been wearing the little cowl scarf on my trips to the post office each day

I took little Henny Penny out to the coop today and left her there in the dog crate. I think she has been lonely, and now that her feathers are opening, and the weather has warmed up, she can start the reintegration process. Although the actual intro is still a little ways off. She started clucking at the other birds right away, I imagine that 3 weeks in solitary confinement was more than enough! She looked lonely, anyway. If it gets too cold she may need to go back in the garage at night.

 

[speckledhen]

From my Finn thread, a funny story, though DH was not laughing at the time. Maybe I should call this "Tased In The Night", LOL.

What a night! Finn drama! Last night, at 2 a.m., a cat "RAOUWWWWWW! RAOWWooWWW!" screamed out and we both jumped out of bed to see if it Finn was in trouble or laying down the law to another cat on our deck. Tom runs out calling for him and said to me to get my flashlight, meaning my tactical flashlight. I couldn't remember exactly where that one was so I grabbed my stun flashlight from my purse. It is a tactical type flashlight with a switch on the bottom that turns the head of it into a mini-Taser. I handed it to him and told him it was the Taser flashlight, but being awoken from a sound sleep, he couldn't remember that it turned on differently than my other lookalike plain tactical flashlight, which has an on button on the bottom and twists and telescopes to change from normal to strobe, etc. The Taser has a switch on the bottom that turns the flashlight into a Taser and a small round button on the side to activate the Taser function. To turn on the flashlight, you use a small slide button on the side. Well...... you can guess. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!! He tased his own hand, LOL. It's a wonder he didn't drop it off the deck into the backyard. I finally found my other one and shined the light into the woods, hearing something run from our yard across the power line easement and saw two eyes low to the ground looking back at me, but it was too far to see if it was a cat or a raccoon or what. A deer crossed in front of the path of my beam at that moment, too, so I didn't get to see the animal turn away to glimpse the shape of it. Finn was unsettled the rest of the night, looking over the edge of the deck, going in and out, etc. He tangled with something that disturbed him quite a bit so I doubt another cat.

 

[getaclue]

I've been wearing my purple, almost constantly, but not to the chicken coop. I have "coop attire" I wear out there.

So Tom really tazed himself? Had my husband done something like that, I would have been laughing so hard, I would have been no help at all. Of course, my riotous laughter would have scared off whatever animal was out there.

 

[speckledhen]

I've been wearing my purple, almost constantly, but not to the chicken coop. I have "coop attire" I wear out there.

So Tom really tazed himself? Had my husband done something like that, I would have been laughing so hard, I would have been no help at all. Of course, my riotous laughter would have scared off whatever animal was out there.

Oh, we were in hysterics about it this morning! Yes, he really did it. He said his hand was numb for awhile. I think it hit mainly on one finger so he didn't get the full effect of it. He said it would give an attacker pause... if he could figure out how to turn it on when he needed it, LOL. He'd probably just blind 'em with the flashlight, haha! It works, though, for sure! Actually, it's mainly for me, not him.

 

[kitkat5505]

Lol that’s hilarious!

 

[speckledhen]

I dumped the pics on the driveway game camera in hopes that whatever was around strolled past it, but I only saw this strange cat from a few days ago. I think I saw him about a year ago when I had the camera up on my deck, but never before or since, until now, if that's the same one. And I think it is. But, cats don't usually make Finn this crazed and nervous. I think it was a raccoon.

 

[speckledhen]

This was my husband's shortened version of the story from last night that he posted on FB. He has a way with words, LOL. Short and sweet.

Last night was one for the books. At 2am our cat gave out a blood curdling scream outside our bedroom window. We knew he must be in a fight with something. I jumped out of bed and grabbed a flashlight. The flashlight was, as I had forgotten, a Taser. In my sleep state I turned on the taser and forgot how to turn on the light. I pressed a button on the side and a spark jumped from the Taser to my fingers. Needless to say, I was immediately awake. My hand went numb. I forgot about the cat. The cat turned out to be OK.

 

[1muttsfan]

 

[speckledhen]

Latest video. I have got to figure out a way to do this better, but if it makes you seasick, just listen, don't watch, LOL.

 

[speckledhen]

Oh, my son posted this picture on FB, said, "I thought of you, Mom". Guess this is a shop in Dublin somewhere. I do hope he means my chickens, not me personally!