This Chick Escaped Today
By Kareng
@kareng (80243)
United States
March 3, 2022 10:20pm CST
I had an escapee this afternoon. This little lady (the black and white one in the front) decided to venture out of the chicken coop while I filled the water bucket. This is a barred rock chicken. She is always a curious little gal.
She is one of the hens that made it over to my other coop (just a wire wall as a divider separates the two coops. She didn't like the other side and they didn't like her either. She got picked on so I put her back where she belongs...the nice girl coop!!
Anyway, after darkness fell I went outside to look for her. She was on the back side of the coop squatted down and snoozing already. I got her and returned her to the coop. At least she got to dine on some bugs and worms today and didn't have to worry about missing the late afternoon feeding.
Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
4 Mar 22
She's pretty. I've never seen a chicken with that type of pattern on her feathers before. I wonder why the other chickens picked on her?
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
4 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil I don't like that and have already told the hubby that we need one more coop. He has already committed to making me a tractor run that can be moved easily in the yard, but of course that project has never gotten started. I need to start prodding!
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
4 Mar 22
@kareng I'm glad she's not getting picked on anymore.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
4 Mar 22
MIne all try to get treats or food first when I go inside the coops. I have found that by sticking my arm out with the bucket in my hand that keeps them from jumping up on me or trying to escape. My husband hates to feed them and hasn't caught on to that yet. He always complains that they attack him. LOL. I tried to tell him what works but apparently he doesn't believe me. Oh well!!
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Mar 22
I have a spot in the cover to my run I need to fix before mine start getting out. The ice storm tore it loose.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
5 Mar 22
@wolfgirl569 Yep! I haven't done anything today other than feed the animals. After the eye incident that made my decision to not do the Farmer's Market tomorrow. I still haven't worked on tagging things for flea market. I take that back--I did wipe off some books.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Mar 22
@kareng I understand that feeling. Sometimes think about selling all of them and not gardening. But then I would weigh 200 pounds because of eating my boredom 
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
4 Mar 22
@JudyEv My original flock was trained to come running back for a snack at dusk but I don't have but one left from the first batch of chickens I got. We will probably give this a try soon as it is warming up now. I stopped after a coyote made off with one of my chickens when they were free ranging at 9:30 in the morning.
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
4 Mar 22
Ah, the chicken flew the coop! 
There’s someone a few streets over that has chickens (understand, I live in an urban subdivision, not in a rural area!), and I’ve found one of their chickens in my back yard, enjoying bird seed a couple of times.
There’s someone a few streets over that has chickens (understand, I live in an urban subdivision, not in a rural area!), and I’ve found one of their chickens in my back yard, enjoying bird seed a couple of times. 1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
4 Mar 22
That's a beautiful chicken. I'm glad she was safe.
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@MarieCoyle (59110)
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5 Mar 22
Years ago, we had banty chickens. One was a big escape artist. She liked to go to the neighbors house down the road and eat their kitty food, like we didn't feed her! Last summer I found 2 chickens on my patio. No one around here keeps chickens, didn't know what to do. They hung around for several days, I called a friend who keeps chickens and she came and got them. At least she didn't run off and you found her safe and sound.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Mar 22
I like this story of the chicken in your farm.
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