Lucky number 7

We have been letting our chickens out to eat during the day for the past few months and that plan has seemed to work well for us. We even decided several weeks back (when it was 105 out) that we probably didn't need to shut them in at night, that way the girls didn't have to go down to let them out in the morning. That plan even worked well...up until 2 nights ago. When I went to put the chickens up Wednesday night I could only find 8...hmmm...I thought. I searched the area and found only a few trace feathers...no other parts. When the chickens have been killed in the past I have always been able to find some evidence of it. At that point I figured whatever got the one chicken must have done it during the day and they would probably be ok...silly me! Before we left on our excursion today I went down to check on the chickns and yep, you guessed it another one completely gone...I don't know what is eating/taking our chickens but I guess we will be shutting them in at night again...at least it is not 105!

Chickity China the Chinese Chicken

More Chickens from around the World...

My boss visited China recently and brought back a couple of pictures of chickens. The first two were taken outside of Xian, China..

I don't know exactly where he saw this one...

The best part of his trip, for us anyway, was that he brought home some various "snack" foods for us to taste, including some chicken feet. Casey actually tried the chicken foot and even came back for a few more bites...if you ask her today she will tell you she likes to eat chicken feet!

ATTACK!!

Alright, we had our 1st attack on the chickens. There were 2 dogs in the pasture when I got home from work. All 9 chickens are still accounted for, however the Turken seems to be favoring a foot or leg...slight limp. As for the dogs...one escaped the other one was not quite so lucky! We will have to keep an eye on them for the next few days to insure they stay alive...we will also have to watch and see if egg production slows!