Here is a fun tale for you to enjoy while the weather is too hot to do anything. I am under my fan munching on some treats when all of this transpired. The Keeper was feeding everyone and checking on everyone's welfare. We have seven baby chickens in the tack room with their mom and they make all kinds of noise. The Keeper noticed a peeping coming from the wall of the barn. Following the sound, she figured out that one of the chickens had laid eggs up above on a shelf over the stalls. Apparently, one had hatched and it had fallen into the crack between the wall and the insulation.
She thought at first it was just the echo of the other chicks and was jokingly been calling it the ghost chicken. Today he was louder and very obviously not an echo. I got to watch the Keeper try to fish him out from the top of the stalls. That did not work. Then she tried to dig him out from underneath. That did not work. She went in the tack room and pulled insulation and boards and still couldn't get to him. In the meantime, the temperature keeps rising. When I took my afternoon nap, she was still trying to pry the outside wall off of a telephone pole.
The Sire finally came out to lend some assistance. Between the two of them, they pried, pulled and propped open the wall just enough to see the rare "wall chicken". It was wedged where it could not move between two boards and a bunch of wires. The Sire held the wall and the Keeper pulled the little guy out.
So far he is doing fine. He is in the tub with another hen and her eggs. The Keeper is hoping the hen will adopt him, if not, he will be raised by the Keeper. Anyway, I thought I would share the story and show you the picture of the rare "wall chicken". Happy Trails to You!
She thought at first it was just the echo of the other chicks and was jokingly been calling it the ghost chicken. Today he was louder and very obviously not an echo. I got to watch the Keeper try to fish him out from the top of the stalls. That did not work. Then she tried to dig him out from underneath. That did not work. She went in the tack room and pulled insulation and boards and still couldn't get to him. In the meantime, the temperature keeps rising. When I took my afternoon nap, she was still trying to pry the outside wall off of a telephone pole.
The Sire finally came out to lend some assistance. Between the two of them, they pried, pulled and propped open the wall just enough to see the rare "wall chicken". It was wedged where it could not move between two boards and a bunch of wires. The Sire held the wall and the Keeper pulled the little guy out.
So far he is doing fine. He is in the tub with another hen and her eggs. The Keeper is hoping the hen will adopt him, if not, he will be raised by the Keeper. Anyway, I thought I would share the story and show you the picture of the rare "wall chicken". Happy Trails to You!