What the cluck?

There are things we know…things we do not know….

Thursday evening I found Jan standing in Dude and Ruby’s pasture while Doc was in his stall…an odd occurrence. Doc was acting strange- something was out of sorts at MGS!! Jan pointed out there appeared to be something moving in the far corner of the pasture and it was upsetting Doc.

Tracy, Jan and I conducted an investigation: they were chickens! Six good looking chickens: two black chickens, two gold chickens and two brown and black spotted chickens which would have been statistically an odd occurrence for feral chickens. (Is there such a thing as feral chickens?)

Tracy called Isha- the MGS official chicken expert. Isha arrived with mom Barbara, Troop Pomeranian, a net, corn feed and a crate. Pomeranians are about the size of the chickens and fearless. Pomeranians did a great job of telling where the chickens to go. Tracy ran one way pushing the chickens away from the street. Scott arrived late to the party and tried to tempt the chickens with bird seed. Three chickens ran into the forest- my attempts to track them were horrifically inept. Two gold chickens flew and roosted in a tree. One chicken repeatedly thwarted capture from Isha’s net. Jan supervised at a safe distance. Keeper (the ever wise Pomeranian stayed back and observed.) My only regret through out this entire venture was not video our failed attempts to corral and capture the chickens. Once we left the pasture, the chickens emerged from the woods. They mock us.

By morning there was no sign of our fine feathered foul friends.

What we do know:

Arabians are very smart horses

Doc is an Arabian and very observant

Pomeranians do not make good chicken herding dogs

Isha is a great friend

Christina, Jan, Scott and Tracy have limited future careers as chicken wranglers

What we do not know:

Where did the chickens come from?

Where did the chickens go?

 They almost look organized.

 Mighty fine chickens- two gold, two brown speckled and two black.

Tracy does a glorious job of gathering the chickens!

Jan greets Isha as she arrives with crate, net and Pomeranian support team.