Angel, in the 5 years that I've been keeping chickens, I have learned two things. 1) chickens love to die for no apparent reason and 2) Chickens are insane. I've seen my young Fayoumi pullets be standing perfectly still, suddenly let out a squawk and jump straight up in the air high enough to hit the netting, take off running around the run, then boom, back to normal.
Hawks usually leave a mess. They love to set with their prey on the ground and pull out feathers before tearing off what they want and flying away. Every spring, we find circles of feathers where the hawks have been preying on migrating water fowl in our pasture. So hopefully it wasn't a hawk. I tend to agree with the suggestion that she got startled by what her crazy little chicken brain thought was a fire breathing dragon and either went up, or down into hiding until she thought the coast was clear.
Speaking of a self serve world. At our last HAM club meeting they asked for volunteers to help at the local flu shot clinic. I thought, OH BOY! I gets to give shots again! only to be told that no the club provides radio coverage for the drive through shot clinic that they hold at the local Fair Grounds. Seems as though you can just pull in, fill out a page, let them copy your insurance card, pull up, somebody jabs you with a needle through your open car window and off you go. It's the club's job to use radios to handle traffic flow and parking when needed. I just moaned leaned over and told my dear husband. You went through medical school and I went through nursing school to park cars.......I don't think so. If I can't give shots, I ain't gonna play! He felt the same way.
Glad to hear that you are feeling better
@trumpeting_angel. Ticks must die! Is more than a motto for me, it's a way of life.
DD, I think you are the same age my brother is so yeah, I see your point. Things were so much different back then.
No Costco near us or Sam's club. Usually I get my Zyrtec and Singulair through my medicine insurance and my benadryl via
Amazon along with my flonase. My part D will only pay for one bottle a month and I use two a month. Allergies from Hades here.
