The Joy of Farm Life
I will spare you the details, but I finally got them back in, except they ran through my front gate and past the paddock gate, back up to my back steps and gardens where they proceeded to munch a little more. I threatened them a trip to the local butcher and that seemed to do the trick, and they all mosied down to where they usually live. The biggest one (the ringleader I mentioned earlier) wasn't so keen - he just stood and "moo'd" at me - right in my face. What a cheek.
Anyway, one thing we did through this entire excercise was laugh, it really was hilarious. We decided since we were outside again we should check once more on the chicks. Those eggs I referred to in the last article did finally hatch - well, only two of them but I had given up on having any at all....We trudged into the chook pen and past the big group of chickens that congregate at the front to the hutch at the back that contains our little white bantam and her chicks......at least it did. The chicks had gotten out and were running about madly looking for a way to get back in. Given I had the girls with me, it is amazing we caught them at all because they insisted on catching them themselves and were trying to be discreet while sneaking up on them, but everytime they would get near one to catch it, it would dart the other way and the unsuspecting child would fall over (right in chook poo at one stage). Of course, the little fluffballs were finally returned to their mother and all was well - except Scarlett was not coping wth chook poo on her dress.
That was really enough action for me for one afternoon, and when I woke this morning and saw the goat had gotten in through the fence, I just laughed myself silly. Who would believe it? We have had so many of these moments while living here, like the time we had to chase our little rooster off the kitchen table and out of the house - the long way around of course because he wasn''t ready to go it seemed. That same rooster is still with us only because if that determination of his. He was mercilessly attacking our other rooster and so we decided he should go back
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