You Are What You Eat

Got the chickens out late today.  Didn't get to bed until 11:30 last night on account of Muskett ran away AGAIN and I had to wait till he came home to retire.  He goes on walk about periodically, and, it seems, always at night when finding a black dog is nigh impossible.  I should get him a glow in the dark collar.

Our coop is a very very very nice coop

Short blog today cause I have to go pick up my wine selection at Silver Coast Winery.  It's one of the two where I am a member.  It has wonderful dry wines.  Duplin Winery has the sweet wines, so I have it all covered.  I went for two bottles and came back with an extra case.  Always happens.

But, Horror!!!!  When I came back, I walked up the back porch steps and saw.......Dun Dun Dun Dunnnnn...

First, a bit of history.  During the winter, I always augmented the chickens' diet with animal protein.  Sometimes ham scraps, sometimes venison scraps, sometimes fish guts, but NEVER chicken or turkey.

Cannibalism!!!!

Anyway, back to the storyline.....that three of the girls had torn one of the garbage bags destined for the dump and had pulled out  CHICKEN BONES and were EATING THEM!!  GAAAAAHH.  

I immediately chased them off.

Then I thought, really, I am anthropromorphizing them by calling them cannibals.  To them it's just protein.  Very sensible not to let a bit of free meat go by.  They're just doing what animals do.

But I'm still not giving them chicken.  Or turkey.

There's a fresh (?) bottle of wine waiting to be opened, so Farmer Ann out.  Peace!

Bak Bak