Some things that I do are not in my best interests.
Take yesterday as a prime example. Laura wanted to cuddle some chickens. There’s a problem though. When they’re in the chicken run during the day, it’s fully self contained. There’s no way in without taking down some fencing.
What to do?
With the option of going into the chicken run off of the table, the only choice left was obvious. I had to find a way to get the chickens out. Luckily, chickens are not super bright.
In fact, chickens are pretty stupid. They do like food and tend to respond well to it.
I filled their little feeder and used it to lure them into their coop. Once there, I opened the access hatch that’s used for egg retrieval and cleaning. Then, using a stick with a hook, I moved their food from inside of the coop to the outside.
The hook scared the chickens the first time. Eventually, they became used to it. They’d come in, begin to eat. It was then that I lifted the food out. I held it outside of the coop. Despite watching…
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