Swooped By an Eagle!

I just had a heart beating surreal experience! I stepped out the back door to check on old dog Elsa when a giant bald eagle swooped down from the treeline laser eyed on one of my girls! If I have learned one thing from chicken logic it is this...follow your instincts!! thus the racket dance was born! I surprised even myself, it was unexpected and had little rhythm or grace and it was loud! Seeing this however caused that eagle to loose his train of thought as he completing a capital U pattern with empty talons! Seven of the eight girls ran down the hill with me shouting a shrill chick-chick-chick! Marjorie required some negotiation, finally folding so that I could carry her down the hill and into the coop where they are now safe!

Free Agent

Unlike congress, when there is a problem in the chicken world they put away their differences, come together and solve it, so when Cora the neighbor cattle dog stopped by for a visit, as expected they all came together to form one giant chicken! Suddenly Majorie bolts from the group like a free agent at a dead run in a grand attempt to chase Cora off of the property!!! Proof that if you can't overwhelm them with size baffle them with audacity! Cora left.