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(Message started by: George_J on Sep 6^th, 2007, 10:32am)

Title: A Little Pandemonium
Post by George_J on Sep 6^th, 2007, 10:32am

...and a bloody lip.

At 3:30 this morning, we were woken up by considerable hell-raising from Ellen's chicken coop. Something was trying to get in, and the chickens were objecting.

In the process of rousting myself, one of the cats decided to use my lip as a launching pad to boost herself up to the window to see what the heck was going on. A cat's just got to know these things, you understand.

After pasting a tissue to my lip and hunting up a flashlight, I opened the door. Whatever it was had managed to open the door to the chicken coop, and a chicken was waiting at the back door. It shot inside the house to find a place to hide. Can't say I blame her.

So before I went to see what was happening out there, I had to chase a chicken around the house and shove her under my arm. Armed with a flashlight and a chicken, I went to do battle with the midnight marauder. Nothing. Whatever it was (probably a fox) had lit out. Everybody was stirred up, but no one was injured, except me.

I'm fortifying the door to the chicken coop this morning in order to render it impregnable to fox-kind. No more of this late-night brouhaha. I'm getting too old for it.

Like I said, probably a fox. If my flashlight had shown the eyeshine of one of the cougars that occasionally wander in from the foothills around here, I believe I'd have allowed him to have a chicken, and welcome to it.

Best wishes,

George

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by kimmiedawn81 on Sep 6^th, 2007, 10:35am

Oh my gosh...that is too funny! I almost spit out the water in my mouth when I read the part about you having the chicken under one arm and holding a flash light!

That's a good laugh! Thank you for sharing!

Edited to add: Glad that everyone is ok!

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by Ghost on Sep 6^th, 2007, 10:36am

Shoot I'd have tossed him the one under my arm! ;;D

Thems some mean cats when they are hungry. get a good rifle and be ready next time ... hopefully you wont have to use it though.

Mike

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by sldrswyfe on Sep 6^th, 2007, 10:43am

I am glad no one was hurt...

That being said...that was sooo funny...the cat using your "lip" as a launching pad....and it just went from there...

Thanks for the laughter!!! ;;D ;;D ;;D ;;D ;;D Yeah...definatley a shotgun for an un-expected cougar...that will definately stop anyone in their tracks.

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by chewy on Sep 6^th, 2007, 11:18am

on 09/06/07 at 10:32:04, George_J wrote:

... If my flashlight had shown the eyeshine of one of the cougars that occasionally wander in from the foothills around here, I believe I'd have allowed him to have a chicken, and welcome to it.

Best wishes,

George

I would have offered to barbecue it for him and servce with chilled wine.

Nice cougar..........Nice cougar

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by Lotus on Sep 7^th, 2007, 8:28am

George, you have a real gift with writing. Its always such a pleasure reading your pen work !

You really should be writing and publishing, the world is missing out here :)

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by Callico on Sep 7^th, 2007, 9:51pm

Funny!

reminds me of the old Jerry Clower story of Clovis Ledbetter being late to school because of plucking chickens. It seems a fox got in the chicken house and Pa Ledbetter went out there with a double barreled shotgun and the dog cold-nosed him under the night shirt. So they were plucking chickens. ;;D

Title: Re: A Little Pandemonium
Post by nani on Sep 7^th, 2007, 10:11pm

LOL... I think you need yerself a Foghorn Leghorn in that henhouse. ;)