I let my 3 bantams out today just watching them graze, and it started raining really hard so I got a unbrella and started out of the garage to catch them and put 'em back up. Right when I took a step across the concrete into the mud they went beserk and flew across the yard. I was wearing flip flops which were covered in mud by the time I even made it to the actual chicken coop so I just took them off. I tried to catch my Golden Seabright Bantam first the dog decided it looked fun (he would never harm my chickens) and chased him right up into the garage which is VERY EXTREMLY hard to catch when you have a 5 car garage filled with the unknowns. When I finally did catch him I easily caught my Modern Splash but by now Im completly covered in mud. Next I went to go catch my IDK what type of Old English he is some people say chocolate by he has yellow in him...He went flying off somewhere when I came out, somewhere around the house. WOW! those things CAN fly, just like birds in the sky. After I wandered around 10 minutes trying to find him I find him in a spot of tall grass but when I approach I scare him and he goes flying up again almost landing on our roof. I eventually cornered him and caught him bringing him under the unbrella. "OH well this isn't so bad!?" is what he looks like he is thinking. Im going to teach my new chicks to be unafraid of unbrellas because this isn't the first time...
