Chicken bald back

[Chillicat]

Evening all

Just wanted to share last nights experience with you.

I came home from work yesterday at around 4:15 and my mum, who lives with us and happens to do an eggstremly eggspert job of nannying for the chickens during the day, couldn't find Amelia.

Amelia, just 14 weeks old, got her name from Miss Earhart as she can fly eggstremly well. Anyway my mum was really worried that she couldn't find her and it was getting dark very quickly. My mum had been searching for some time and was worried that she'd flown over into a neighbours garden or been taken by a strange black cat that had been lurking in the garden during the day

Fortunately due to my eagle eye (I've done ALL of the Where's Wally books), I found her within seconds......IN OUR CHRISTMAS TREE!

The tree is my son's first real Christmas tree that we planted in the garden..........he's now 13 so the tree is quite big and Amelia managed to fly up into it just above head height.

It took a while to get her out as she wasn't budging, but we managed to get her back in the eglu safely in the end. Of course, I stole a cuddle too

So, moral of the story is to check the trees if your chicken goes missing!

[Saronne]

 

 

Great story.

 

 

Saronne x

[Chicken Shirl]

What a lovely story. I love that your mum chicken sits for you I would like to have seen her hiding in the christmas tree Amelia, not your mum Little minx.

[docsquid]

Obviously the song needs to be changed to

 

A Chook in a Christmas Tree!

[4Clucks-minusOne]

My clucks went missing yesterday during the day and I found them sitting in a large laurel tree. I don't know who was more surprised me or them but they jumped off the branches looking very guilty.

 

I think this must be their escape route into next doors wood.....walk along overhanging branch, jump down onto soft leaf mould dig around then stand at railings looking surprised to be on wrong side of the fence.

[Plum]

Very seasonal roosting. Bless her

[Plum]

My clucks went missing yesterday during the day and I found them sitting in a large laurel tree. I don't know who was more surprised me or them but they jumped off the branches looking very guilty.

 

I think this must be their escape route into next doors wood.....walk along overhanging branch, jump down onto soft leaf mould dig around then stand at railings looking surprised to be on wrong side of the fence.

 

'The Great Escape' I'll be singing the tune all night now.

[Chicken Shirl]

My clucks went missing yesterday during the day and I found them sitting in a large laurel tree. I don't know who was more surprised me or them but they jumped off the branches looking very guilty.

 

I think this must be their escape route into next doors wood.....walk along overhanging branch, jump down onto soft leaf mould dig around then stand at railings looking surprised to be on wrong side of the fence.

 

 

 

I can just see them looking around to see if the coast is clear. You have to laugh.

[4Clucks-minusOne]

I did when I found them. poor Roxy is scared of heights so was still dithering about jumping down and gave the game away.

 

Now I have to think of a way to stop them.

 

I thought about your roosting hens Chicken Shirl.

[Egluntyne]

How funny. Thanks for sharing.

[Chicken Shirl]

 

Now I have to think of a way to stop them.

 

I thought about your roosting hens Chicken Shirl.

 

Gosh, there is no way to stop that. You will have to build a twenty foot wall around your garden

[CluckyBucks]

Awwwwww

 

xx xx

[dippy bird]

I did when I found them. poor Roxy is scared of heights so was still dithering about jumping down and gave the game away.

 

Now I have to think of a way to stop them.

 

I thought about your roosting hens Chicken Shirl.

 

You have a chicken that is scared of heights? Have you tried therapy for her?

[Chicken Shirl]

I did when I found them. poor Roxy is scared of heights so was still dithering about jumping down and gave the game away.

 

Now I have to think of a way to stop them.

 

I thought about your roosting hens Chicken Shirl.

 

You have a chicken that is scared of heights? Have you tried therapy for her?

 

 

That just had me in tucks Dippy Bird.

[mostin]

How sweet , a seasonal roosting perch.

 

if she was happy up there, you can bet she'll be back up there tomorrow

[dancing cloud]

 

The ultimate christmas tree decoration!

 

It never fails to amaze me how many new and interesting ways our ladies can find of escaping and networking with the neighbours. Anyone would thnk they don't love us (till they all come scurrying back when the treat box rattles!)