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Totally gutted! Just missed out on my 1st Chicken of fate

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15 mins ago my next door but ones kids came knocking the door panting and asking if all my chickens were in as there was a black one running loose down the road.

 

Immediate panic :shock: as my escapologist is Shirley my Black Rock, all 3 of my girls were tucked up safely though, phew. By the time the rescue posse was back out on the street (I have such lovely neighbours) a man was walking towards us carrying a chicken.

 

It turns out he only lives 200 yrds away from us and keeps chickens but it wasn't one of his, he was looking for a house nearby that he thought kept them also. He said he thought the hen was a maran. She was black with white speckles, and very docile. I immediately offered to take her in until her owner could be found :oops: , but he was also equally determined to do the right thing :oops: . As he caught the chicken I gave in gracefully :(:boohoo: .

 

I just can't believe there are so many chicken people so near me i had no idea about!

 

I am going to pm Trish now incase it is her girl who has escaped.

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You need to run faster mostin :lol: Hopefully she will be returned safely, nice to know you have lots of chicken people about though.

 

I know :roll: , If only I had shut my chooks in half an hour before, then I would have known for sure it wasn't mine out on the road when Matty came knocking on the door. Then I may have got there 1st * stamps foot * :evil: .

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15 mins ago my next door but ones kids came knocking the door panting and asking if all my chickens were in as there was a black one running loose down the road.

 

Immediate panic :shock: as my escapologist is Shirley my Black Rock, all 3 of my girls were tucked up safely though, phew. By the time the rescue posse was back out on the street (I have such lovely neighbours) a man was walking towards us carrying a chicken.

 

It turns out he only lives 200 yrds away from us and keeps chickens but it wasn't one of his, he was looking for a house nearby that he thought kept them also. He said he thought the hen was a maran. She was black with white speckles, and very docile. I immediately offered to take her in until her owner could be found :oops: , but he was also equally determined to do the right thing :oops: . As he caught the chicken I gave in gracefully :(:boohoo: .

 

I just can't believe there are so many chicken people so near me i had no idea about!

 

I am going to pm Trish now incase it is her girl who has escaped.

 

Daaamn!!! Hope she gets home- My chicken of fate narrowly escaped me via FACEBOOK of all places :)

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Get you OH to knock on the chaps door and say he lost a chicken :wink:

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

I wish I could but unfortunately OH was working from home today so helped out on the street as well :roll: .

 

I just told OH you suggested this and he exploded laughing. He says we are all a bunch of chicken rustlers who'll stop at nothing to get our own C.O.F. :lol:

 

I don't know what he's talking about, (I wonder who I can get to go knock on the door and claim the chicken :think::whistle: )

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Chicken of Fate? :oops:

 

It's an omleteer term for a chicken that you don't buy, but that finds you instead. They tend to just turn up in your neighbours gardens etc. It's in the rules though that no OH's are allowed to whinge or turn away a C.O.F. so this rare breed is highly prized :lol::lol:

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oh soooo close, mostin, and I would have instantly driven over with my newly empty eglu for you to keep her in while she settled in ...... i mean you searched endlessly but fruitlessly for her owner (who can't be a very caring owner to have left her girl to run wild like that... :whistle::wink: )

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awww, pooor Mostin, another chicken of fate slips through your fingers! You could always consider 'rescuing' the Bradford chickens of fate, who may well still be living in the car park :lol: It has got to happen for you sooner or later. Thats two near misses! Hang in there and keep those chicken eyes peeled. Fancy having chickening neighbours though. Do you think you will ask them to chicken sit when you go away?

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I know, fancy having all those chicken neighbours. He looked very capable at handling her but the term "poultry-man" rather than "chicken-lover" was the description that flashed immediately through my mind. I don't think he'd fuss my girls enough :oops: .

 

I could be completely wrong though. I'm thinking about mooching along to no. 34 at some point this week, or this weekend, just to see if anyone has claimed her yet :whistle: . I could also have a nosey at his set up and maybe make a new chook friend.

 

I still have my christmas avatar Hen, I'm trying to think what to change it to for the new year.

 

I'll just get my car keys...........

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

oh soooo close, mostin, and I would have instantly driven over with my newly empty eglu for you to keep her in while she settled in ...... i mean you searched endlessly but fruitlessly for her owner (who can't be a very caring owner to have left her girl to run wild like that... :whistle::wink: )
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Just think, a Cuckoo maran as well, I wonder if she lays those beautiful dark brown eggs :doh:

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When the next pet of fate comes along, I will remind him. Most serious.

 

Probably kittens of fate next for me. My friend will be looking for homes when the kitten season starts in spring, and she knows I am cat-less... I'm a dead cert to take a couple or three :roll: .

 

If a Chicken of Fate should end up near me I'll be the first to do the right thing and take her in. There's room for one more in the Eglu, and everyone round here seems to know that I am the local mad chicken lady!

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You don't live near poached egg do you?!

 

Or could this be the new way to meet chicken owners in your neighbourhood: quietly release your well trained chook, under careful, covert observation and see how many chicken lovers (hopefully) emerge...

 

Ok, off to bed now, clearly loosing the plot! :oops:

 

:lol::lol:

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