So he threw a rock at the hawk so that he could get in and cover up the body; then count to make sure the other 4 were safe [they were spooked and inside the coop] and then he buried her by Dolly, in the chicken cemetery. He came up to the house to tell me, with tears in his eyes.
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| Blondie enjoying a little sunshine 12-10-12 |
Today he is out taking down part of his plant shade house to use the wood to post up around the playground so that we can cover over all sides and tops to make it safe from any other flying predator.
Dang..dang..dang....It is so hard to loose an animal when you only have 5 and they are all pets! Especially sad since Blondie had the broken beak accident back in July: her beak was all healed tho' and she was at the end of her annual molt of feathers and looking really pretty.
It is interesting in that she was always a very vigilant chicken, keeping a good lookout for what was going on around her. Maybe her light color made her a stand-out target to the hawk.
It is the circle of life.....albeit a sad one.
