A few days ago while my girls were doing their chores, feeding the chickens and gathering eggs, one of my little hens got out. We tried to catch the darn thing, but she was too quick and hid herself really well. I told my girls not to worry, we would just leave her alone and since chickens are a homing bird (they like to roost in the same spot every night) she would come back to the coop, find a place to roost and sleep. Once she was asleep we could pick her up easily and put her back in the coop.
Well…..
I kinda forgot she was out there.
The next evening, when my girls went to do their chores they found our little run away hen clucking around. She must have really missed her friends, when Punk #1 opened the door to the coop she shuffled right in, happy to cluck away with the other hens.
Then we found this:
She left you a little gift! I bet the eggs you gather from your hens taste better than what I buy at the grocery store! You have happy chickens!
How funny!!!
We've had the same thing happen. Imagine our surprise one night when we came home and found all of our chickens (all 26 of them) roosting in nearby trees!!! They're free-range and the door to their coop had blown shut. Let's just say it was quite a sight to see me and my huband…flashlights in hand…gathering all of them in. My poor husband even had to climb trees to get them!!!