The Big Shakeup!

There seems to be an unexpected shakeup in what has been a seemingly well run coop thus far. As I opened the hatch (on time I might add as chickens run a rather orderly life) there was a cackling push through the hatch that reminded me of Black Friday at Walmart! This might be a good time to add I had an egg drought yesterday!

A chicken on a mission is like a laser to a target and Eenie the brooder raced to a place near the door of the coop where I had placed the plywood used for the first couple of days of Marjorie’s recovery period. Following her was Puppy the curious and rather nosy chicken. As I took a closer look to see what all of the ruckus was about I discovered a first ever outside nest complete with eggs!

As I pondered the chicken logic in this I have come to understand that as the girls roosted in the rafters of their coop they had a bird’s eye view of the special attention and lean-to I had created for Marjorie’s safety. Later, in came a rather large kennel and out went the straw stack that had once been the favorite nesting place! In my limited capacity to understand the rotation theory I had only seen its lack of use lately. Apparently they were near rotation and they had been robbed! 

Today’s lesson from the coop: Don’t ever assume that you have a clue what is important to anyone other than yourself, there is a pretty good chance you don’t have all the details. Ones useless straw stack may be another’s throne!