Things that only happen in the country or to chicken owners

[SillyChicken]

Yeah........... I have WHAT in my yard.......... usually ends up as .........I have WHAT on my shoe!

 

[Cetawin]

Ah...

eggs in pockets, horse treats with them, baling twine glob intermixed, cell phone ringing and it is a neighbor calling to say he saw someone suspicious in the barn short, wearing a bathrobe and 'sneaking' around...only to have me say "that was me, it was cold and I was trying to stay out of the wind". oh and pieces of stray hay in my hair at some point during the day...they are magical aren't they?

 

[sheaviance1]

Going into the opening meeting for the ISO audit dressed to the nines, drop your pen on the floor, notice the chicken poo encrusted straw sticking out of the side of your shoe, hope the auditor has a good sense of humor.

 

[turney31]

Driving home from work and my son sees a Deputy, lights flashing, a goat tied out the window of his car. The goat was ramming the patrol car door.

 

[angie3881]

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Lol! Been there! Different kind of meeting, but same heart sinking feeling... "Really? Did I just walk in to lead a meeting with poop all over my shoes? Uggghhh." Or sitting at my computer at work wondering "What is that smell?" Poopy shoe again.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

Got to work an pulled out a shotgun shell from my pocket once.. Was having some kind of preditor problems that day!

 

[gryeyes]

Helpful neighbor (truly, not sarcasm) pumping up his air rifle FOUR times to pelt a loose dog which had been eyeing my chickens through the fence. Got him in the butt and twirled that pit bull around good - a yipe and it dashed down the road.

Don't see that in town much.

Another time, I went to the mini-mart /gas station less than an eighth of a mile from my house to buy a couple of sodas; when I put my hand in my hoodie pocket to get money, I also pulled out a green egg. Got into a discussion with the clerk about my flock - she had never seen green eggs. I may have developed another customer for fresh, "ranch" eggs... (The neighbor who popped the dog in the butt is already a customer; I guess he was protecting his supply as well as being a good neighbor!)

 

[Rosaleen]

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ha!

a couple of months ago my hubby stopped to help out an officer because there were a pair of very friendly mares loose on the highway - he didn't have a halter, but he managed to use some construction weight extension cords to make impromptu halters and easily rounded them up. he had to stay and hold them while they waited for someone to come with a trailer, because the officer on site was holding them at gunpoint...

not kidding - the officer had drawn down on them... poor curious mares were probably just wondering if he had carrots...

good thing my hubby was there, or he might have shot them because they refused to put their hooves up.

ok, we're from the country, but clearly this officer was an import.

I didn't have a halter (for a loose horse) once and took my bra off and used that instead. Of course the horse was a chestnut and my bra was white...lol...

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

When your children think nothing of the fact that you are running late to pick them up because the neighbors horse was loose again because said horse could open any and all latches, then go out roaming and if he was bored, well pop over that fence and more to explore.

Horse was eventually kept in his stall with a padlock.

Open the center console in my truck, there are horse halters, dog leashes, some rope and some other odds and ends that are used to catch/control loose animals.

 

[michelle89]

Eggs in my pocket thats happened more than once and finding pine bedding in your pockets! The back of my suv is always a mess!