Some Questions Never Get Answered
Well, I will never know if my little chick with the attitude was a rooster or a hen. "Why?" you might ask. The answer is because he or she is gone!
I came home from work Tuesday morning to find that the chicks had gotten out of the chicken pen again. It was different this time though. They weren't all together like they usually are. As I tried to gather the little darlings up I found one in the hen house on a roost calling out to the others. I thought that was odd. Then I found a couple running around the horse corral and a couple more in their usual hiding place in the wood pile. OOPS! There should be one more!
I looked all over. Not a sign of the last little chick. No feathers, not a trace. This meant only one thing. A very efficient hunter snatched him or her and carried him or her off! I suspect it was a fox or a coyote. We have both of those critters roaming around here from time to time. If it had been one of the cats I would have known it right away because they always bring me their trophies. If it had been one of the marauding dogs there would have been some trace of feathers because the dogs are more interested in torturing their victims than in eating them.
Sooo... things as they are, the rooster question will never be answered :(
I came home from work Tuesday morning to find that the chicks had gotten out of the chicken pen again. It was different this time though. They weren't all together like they usually are. As I tried to gather the little darlings up I found one in the hen house on a roost calling out to the others. I thought that was odd. Then I found a couple running around the horse corral and a couple more in their usual hiding place in the wood pile. OOPS! There should be one more!
I looked all over. Not a sign of the last little chick. No feathers, not a trace. This meant only one thing. A very efficient hunter snatched him or her and carried him or her off! I suspect it was a fox or a coyote. We have both of those critters roaming around here from time to time. If it had been one of the cats I would have known it right away because they always bring me their trophies. If it had been one of the marauding dogs there would have been some trace of feathers because the dogs are more interested in torturing their victims than in eating them.
Sooo... things as they are, the rooster question will never be answered :(