Thought I lost one of the girls

[Equus5O]

They're between 12 and 16 weeks now.

I went out to lock the coop at about 8:30, and did a head count.

7 out of 8 girls were roosting. I was missing a Leghorn (one of the younger ones)!

I checked the nesting boxes. I checked under the coop. I looked around the run. I did another head count. I was still missing one.

I couldn't believe she had gotten out or had been captured.

I was starting to think she had died while I was at work, and no one was telling me.

I looked in the coop again to do another head count, and saw white out of the corner of my eye.

She was on top of the pole I used to hang the waterer!

 

[crait]

I remember my Leghorn Roo did something similar like this to me.
Never found out where he was hiding.. He just came back.

 

[thewarriorchild]

LOL glad she was ok!! Good thing she did not jump out at you and scare you!

 

[Equus5O]

You would have heard me screaming a mile away!

It was one of your babies!