This chicken is not dead

[MROO]

I don't *think* she's dead...
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Yeah, I'd worry about that one, too. If she's not dead, most of her brain cells probably are!

 

[MROO]

Reminds me of a foal I once had, she somehow was snoozing with her hind quarters out underneath the board fence!

I didn't want to spook her awake and if she couldn't get up she would hurt herself struggling. What to do?? Well I quietly walked over, reached for her hind legs under the fence, and then with an almighty HEAVE, I hauled her chunky fat arse back inside the paddock, I scared the living daylights out of her, she jumped up and both hind feet smacked me in the thigh/hip. Lucky it wasn't my face so I count myself lucky there!

Between the horses and chooks it's no wonder I am getting grey hair!

Penelope - she was great at play acting
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FYI ... It's not "grey hair," it's "Arctic Grey." So, those aren't senior moments we're experiencing ... they're blonde ones!

 

[N F C]

I had forgotten about this picture. Sadly Maggie is no longer with us and the picture is from several years ago, but she was one of the first to terrify me on a regular basis.
RIP Maggie - I am sure you are still playing dead in the sunshine wherever you are.
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Sorry she's no longer with you. She could have taught the rest of your flock how to pose so magnificently!

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Reminds me of a foal I once had, she somehow was snoozing with her hind quarters out underneath the board fence!

I didn't want to spook her awake and if she couldn't get up she would hurt herself struggling. What to do?? Well I quietly walked over, reached for her hind legs under the fence, and then with an almighty HEAVE, I hauled her chunky fat arse back inside the paddock, I scared the living daylights out of her, she jumped up and both hind feet smacked me in the thigh/hip. Lucky it wasn't my face so I count myself lucky there!

Between the horses and chooks it's no wonder I am getting grey hair!

Penelope - she was great at play acting
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Horses, man...
There's always something funny/odd they need to do.

I had to get two horses "out of" a tree.

(Not my horses)

 

[Ponypoor]

Horses, man...
There's always something funny/odd they need to do.

I had to get two horses "out of" a tree.

(Not my horses)

This require explaining…!

 

[Bigdumogre]

Yeah, I'd worry about that one, too. If she's not dead, most of her brain cells probably are!

I have realized most chickens only have a half of a brain cell that the whole flock shares

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

This require explaining…!

Well, the mares are pretty quiet about what went on.
But there were willow leaves, so. Totally justified on their part.

So, there were some old trees. One was half dead, and that dead half was gradually lowering to the ground over several weeks.
Some of it was cut up and removed before this happened, but the rest had to wait a few days.
(There was no reason to think this would be an issue btw.)

*edit. The tree was no longer falling, as all the limbs had been cut off from the stump. So this event was from one of the web of branches that had to be removed for safety, but not yet cut up and hauled out. (Sawing did not take place in presence of animals.)

I didn't get a picture of the first mare. She wasn't in as much of a predicament and I was able to guide her backwards.

(*edit. Second horse was maybe a couple hours later. Because I had gone to get a saw for the tree, and came back to this)

The filly, however... decided to step over a large downed branch. And hadn't enough room to go backwards, or forwards, or sideways.
I had to carefully pull a brittle branch away from her (in front of her front legs/chest area. Couldn't let it snap) and encourage her to move forward and make a sharp turn.

She got out okay.
I destroyed the worst branches.
The tree got sorted out soon after.

Picture is of the filly, the second horse in the story. I don't have a picture of the first mare stuck.
(This was a few years ago. They're all fine.)

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

Well, the mares are pretty quiet about what went on.
But there were willow leaves, so. Totally justified on their part.

So, there were some old trees. One was half dead, and that dead half was gradually lowering to the ground over several weeks.
Some of it was cut up and removed before this happened, but the rest had to wait a few days.
(There was no reason to think this would be an issue btw.)

I didn't get a picture of the first mare. She wasn't in as much of a predicament and I was able to guide her backwards.

(*edit. Second horse was maybe a couple hours later. Because I had gone to get a saw for the tree, and came back to this)

The filly, however... decided to step over a large downed branch. And hadn't enough room to go backwards, or forwards, or sideways.
I had to carefully pull a brittle branch away from her (in front of her front legs/chest area. Couldn't let it snap) and encourage her to move forward and make a sharp turn.

She got out okay.
I destroyed the worst branches.
The tree got sorted out soon after.

Picture is of the filly, the second horse in the story. I don't have a picture of the first mare stuck.
(This was a few years ago. They're all fine.)

The way she looks at you questioning her life choices!

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

The way she looks at you questioning her life choices!

I mean

She was actually pretty fed up with me because it was grazing time and I was doing this.