@AfroChickens In my original flock of ten hatchery gals, there were two buff Orpingtons, Sunny, who was a lighter color and Ginger, who was a deeper gold. Ginger earned the name "Dora the Explorer". Before we got the perimeter livestock fencing around 2 of our acres that included the house and coops, she would regularly grab a co-conspirator or two and venture off the reservation. We live on a wooded mountain property full of predators, though in the last couple of years, we made pasture of a portion of it so it's much more open now.
Once we locked up the coop, only to realize that two hens were missing. At the time, we had about 3/4 of the fence in place, with gates at various points, including our driveway gate. Apparently, Ginger had lured Violet, a Silver Laced Wyandotte, on her adventure and left out a back portion, sauntering around the overgrown dirt roads that surround our property. They apparently had circled around to the driveway and found the gate closed, then continued on around, down the power line easement road, past another gate and on to the 3rd gate on the far side of the house from the coop. I saw something on the road while walking back toward the house from the coop area, called to my husband that there was a chicken on the road, ran over to find that Ginger and Violet had partnered up for a hike and were trying to figure out how to get back home.
The last time she got out, we had only 20 ft pf fencing left to go at one back corner. Of course, Dora the Explorer found the opening, went down the hill and was being chased by the neighbor's overgrown puppy. The teenage son was chasing his dog chasing Ginger and grabbed the dog before he got more than a few feathers pulled out from her tail. Needless to say, we closed up that last 20 ft pronto!
Ginger, the gal who regularly went "on the lam"
Once we locked up the coop, only to realize that two hens were missing. At the time, we had about 3/4 of the fence in place, with gates at various points, including our driveway gate. Apparently, Ginger had lured Violet, a Silver Laced Wyandotte, on her adventure and left out a back portion, sauntering around the overgrown dirt roads that surround our property. They apparently had circled around to the driveway and found the gate closed, then continued on around, down the power line easement road, past another gate and on to the 3rd gate on the far side of the house from the coop. I saw something on the road while walking back toward the house from the coop area, called to my husband that there was a chicken on the road, ran over to find that Ginger and Violet had partnered up for a hike and were trying to figure out how to get back home.
The last time she got out, we had only 20 ft pf fencing left to go at one back corner. Of course, Dora the Explorer found the opening, went down the hill and was being chased by the neighbor's overgrown puppy. The teenage son was chasing his dog chasing Ginger and grabbed the dog before he got more than a few feathers pulled out from her tail. Needless to say, we closed up that last 20 ft pronto!
Ginger, the gal who regularly went "on the lam"
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I absolutely love reading your posts.
e I have 2 buff's that are a funny pair, I named them Lucy and Sally, and really they should have been named Lucy and Ethel. They are the same age, but Lucy is the bigger of the two, and she is the boss, or "Godmother" and Sally is her enforcer...LOL. They all still crack me up fighting over their position on the roost, its really gonna mess them up when I build their new one this week...lol. I started out with one red star that i rescued, and now have 9...and wanting more! I have 3 Delaware's, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Black sex link, and 1 Red sex link.... Someone on here said not to long ago that Chicken TV was the best, and it sure is! So glad you are enjoying your girls...
