...And Then There Were Less!

We had another Chicken loss.

One of the original members of Chez Hen House disappeared.

Last week, one of my chickens was feeling rather odd... well, actually, I assume she was feeling on, because I really dont know just by holding her. She felt fine. But, she behaved very odd. Easy to pickup, a little fidgety, but this chicken appeared to have a case of High School "Senioritis". Was present, but didn't seem to give a damn.

A day later, she disappeared. I have to assume scavengers got her. But it is also possible that she just up and left, with an attitude of "who cares" thrown in nonchalantly, but heck I am no chicken doctor. In fact, I am no human doctor either...although my ability to diagnose humans is pretty damn high.

The odd thing is, there is literally no sign of struggle when these little birds go missing. I have to assume if something attacked a bird the size of a football (the bird that is) it would leave some trace... feathers, blood, a piece of denim from their "bad-boy" ensemble. Whatever.

Point is, if something took these birds, it did so in a very clean way. To date, we have lost a handful of these animals and usually under the age of a few weeks, no like this one. this one was a matriarch, which is why it is disappointing to say the least.

Perhaps it was the copy of the Wall Street Journal I left for it. Perhaps that sent this bird over the edge and it ran away, I don't really know.

All I can say is she was muttering Buh Buh Bailout! The last time I saw her.

Something is running foul amongst my fowl and I need to get to the bottom of it.

Good bye little lady, and Godspeed wherever you are going.

Our thoughts are with you.

-B