Dawn Snow Chicken
On the way to the greenhouse in the morning, to let the hens out of the coop, I was surprised to find one lone, chilly chicken outside already.What the heck? Obviously she roosted in the pine tree for the night, and it seems a rabbit came by as well. It's just strange that she chose to leave the greenhouse at all yesterday, let alone not return to the coop.The greenhouse was open a few hours in the afternoon, and other than a quick novelty excursion to eat some snow, now that there's a snow pack the birds generally choose to stay in the warmer greenhouse all on their own.Except for this one.She wasn't sorry to stay under the tree, either, making no moves to go back to the greenhouse even after her sisters started up the food noises. With the "help" of the dog, and cutting well cut up by the brambles around the tree, I caught her, stuck her in my coat, and repatriated her.