Chickens are funny creatures. Did you know chickens can’t really see in the dark? If you need to catch a chicken, just wait until dark and walk right up to them.
Ok, chickens are stupid.
Ok, maybe stupid is a little strong. Some of ours seem quite bright, actually. But they lack a long-term perspective. Take our new chicks. They’re at the teenager stage. A bunch of know-it-alls. Sure, you’re real smart if you figure out how to get out of the chicken coop when the door’s shut. BUT…
If you can’t get back in at dark, because I’m not home yet, and I thought you were locked in safe and sound, because I wouldn’t be home…
And you get eaten…
Then how smart are you, really?
Smart chickens stay where they’re put. Like all the grown ladies quiet and cozy inside the coop. These refused to be caught and the closest I got was these pictures. Remember how I said earlier to catch chickens at night because you can walk right up to them because they can’t see well in the dark? Well, except for teenage chickens. They think they’re invincible (sound familiar?) and run around crashing into fences, falling into ditches, and generally making big fat targets of themselves for things that can see in the dark. Their best chance was to hunker down for the night, pretend to be rubber chickens, and hope everything passed them by.
And my feet and work pants were already soaked from the dew and covered in grass seed from hunting around to find the above noted, stupid, teenage chickens in the dark. So I left them on their own. Something else, apparently, did not. Thankfully whatever it was took out the one rooster that was coming up. Remember, count your blessings.
