but I just have to tell you anyway!
I don't have chickens anymore (but will again someday) BUT I worked at a fall festival last Sept. - Nov. and was in charge of the poultry and rabbits. There was a beautiful blue peacock and 3 sebrights running loose from the year before. After the festival was over, I let the 5 guineas free and now they all hang together. I go over once a week to make sure the feeders and waterer are full as the people who own the place don't bother supplying them with food and water! So, I consider them mine even though they aren't. I love them so much. Today, after I gave them their food and water, I sat in the car and watched them. The 5 guineas were extremely curious about that "thing" looking out the window of the car and came over to check me out. It was so cool because, when I'm approaching them, they run away but, since it was just my face, they didn't feel threatened apparently. I got to observe them very close up and, gosh! It's impossible to tell them apart!!! As I was driving away I noticed a barn cat had caught a mouse and was "playing" with the poor thing. He'd pick it up with his mouth, set it down and when it tried to run away he'd do the same thing. I had a dream the other night that I saw a cat catch a mouse and, when I came back later, the cat had skinned the mouse and it was still alive but had no skin! I decided to rescue the mouse I saw today. It was too much like my dream. So, the cat saw me coming and actually brought me the mouse. He laid it down at my feet and, of course, the poor thing started to run away and the cat started after it. I picked the cat up and held him until the mouse ran into the barn. When I let the cat down, he ran into the barn and was meowing and trying to find the mouse. I probably deprived him of his dinner. Oh well. One mouse lucked out. So, that was my day visiting "my" peacock, sebrights and guineas with a little extra adventure or two. I TOLD you it was boring!!!!
Ellen

Ellen