Lucylou
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Well, apparently chooks aren't clever, this one is!!
A friend had a fox attack in the summer, all gone except Peg. She's called Peg because she has a sort of 'peg-leg'
She doesn't walk well & sort of hobbles but gets around fine. They live in a small village right on the edge of open country, & chooks roam free in the very long garden. So they got another 2 chooks making 3 with Peg. Although Peg was very upset she settled down & with her new friends everything got back to normal.
The other morning they heard tapping on the glass doors with a very agitated Peg going demented at the door tapping her beak on the glass. 'Funny', they thought,' she never comes this far up the garden', so they went to see what was going on.
Looking up the garden to their horror there was Mr Fox
with one of the other chooks in his mouth but frozen to the spot. They shouted & ran up the garden, he dropped the chook & made off. Chook had slightly bruised wing but was OK. Peg had come to raise the alarm!
Moral of the story - make sure Hubby CLOSES UP THE COUP AT NIGHT!!! (he's just been allowed out of the dog-house) Hubby had forgotten, chooks were up at first light & Foxy was waiting :evil:
A friend had a fox attack in the summer, all gone except Peg. She's called Peg because she has a sort of 'peg-leg'
She doesn't walk well & sort of hobbles but gets around fine. They live in a small village right on the edge of open country, & chooks roam free in the very long garden. So they got another 2 chooks making 3 with Peg. Although Peg was very upset she settled down & with her new friends everything got back to normal.The other morning they heard tapping on the glass doors with a very agitated Peg going demented at the door tapping her beak on the glass. 'Funny', they thought,' she never comes this far up the garden', so they went to see what was going on.
Looking up the garden to their horror there was Mr Fox
with one of the other chooks in his mouth but frozen to the spot. They shouted & ran up the garden, he dropped the chook & made off. Chook had slightly bruised wing but was OK. Peg had come to raise the alarm!Moral of the story - make sure Hubby CLOSES UP THE COUP AT NIGHT!!! (he's just been allowed out of the dog-house) Hubby had forgotten, chooks were up at first light & Foxy was waiting :evil:
