Cleaning and chasing
October 23, 2007
Today wasn’t a good day. That is weather-wise. In terms of planning it wasn’t too bad, as the house needed cleaning for soon to arrive guests from Holland. It’s definitely better to do your cleaning up with heavy winds and rain outside than with sunshine and blue skies. The job was done at about halfway the afternoon, at which point I decided to relax for a bit and watch some TV.
As I was watching I saw something moving from the corner of my eye. To my surprise, there was one of the brown hens proudly parading the lawn next to the house. In her wake were the other ones only visibly less comfortable and keeping a bit of a distance. Up until now they’d only come out of the hutch if I was outside as well. But of all days, today they decided to take that big leap of faith…
So at about 17:30 I decided to round them up and close the hutch for the night. That was much easier said than done. Having had a taste of freedom, the ladies refused to go in and to be honest I got the feeling they were taking the mickey. I could not leave them outside, as they would most certainly be killed by some nasty vermin roaming about during the night. There was but one solution. I had to catch them. The first one was easy. One of the blacks. They’re a bit timid and I could easily pick her up. Once I got her, I carefully took her under my arm, walked to the hutch and put her in. The others were not too difficult as well. But last one… the one that paraded the lawn. She was a real challenge!! I had to chase her all over the place but eventually I got her into a corner were she could not escape. Under very loud protest madame went under my arm and was put into the hutch. I was soaked and out of breath…
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