Chicken Mystery...

Dogstar

Dogstar

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This morning when I opened up the pop-hole of one of my chuck's arks, there was a suspicious silence...I realised the door of the house section was wedged open and when I pulled it fully open, I saw that all my 6 Welsummers in that ark were gone. I was so annoyed with myself as I knew the ark needed fixing but wasn't sure how to do it; I thought it was just about fox proof but obviously not. No sign of my chucks anywhere. So quite sad today. Then this evening, when I was shutting up, I couldn't believe my eyes- all 6 Welsummers back in their house! Am I going mad? Where were they all the time? It was daylight when I went to let them out so they wouldnt have been roosting still if they had escaped.. confused but relieved!
 
I have a secure shed I will put them in, it's just that they love being outside but after my scare they are going in!
 
I'm glad you found them!

I'd be devastated if I lost mine, I think I see myself as the girl from fly away home, but with hens...:p

My three banties (all whom have clipped wings) get over the fence into nextdoors garden. Mysterious birds.

They also never go to roost in their coop, but up a neighbouring fir tree, from which I usually have to extract them.

Stoopid Chucks.
 
I can never let my little bantams out (Hamburgs and silkies) as they are very naughty and always roost in the hedge, unlike the good as gold Welsummers.

When I worked on a goat farm many years ago, often we would count the goats and there would be one missing. My colleague, the farm's owners daughter would just say 'oh she's gone to visit the devil, we'll have a coffee and she'll be back afterwards' Lo and behold this always worked!
 
They ARE more naughty than other chickens, people think I'm mad when I say this.

Unfortunately, my mother and father decided it would be fun to name the cockerel after their nextdoor neighbour; Geoff, we also have two hens squeaky (it doesn't make the correct noise :p) and Little bit (obvious reasons).

The once, he fell out of the tree, the wrong side of the fence. So my mother is cussing Geoff (the chuck) through the hedge, just as Geoff (the man) walks past with his dog. Haha.

My mother swears the bugger knew, and did it just to humiliate her.
 
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