A special present

Last week were where invited at the new house of one of our chefs. She very proudly inherited a big three bedroom house with dogs, goats, chickens and a big land to grow potatoes and vegetables. As a farewell gift we were given banana, avocado, fresh eggs and a live chicken.

Well, at home the chicken got a lot of interest from the dogs. First we left it in the garden, with the dogs inside the house, but when it got dark we had to lock it in the shower of the boys quarters. The dogs and cats are already timesharing the garden, adding a chicken in this schedule is not easy. First thing in the morning Michel made a fence, so the chicken would be protected against the dogs. Unfortunately our security guard at night stepped in it and tore the wire mesh for 3 meters. A big repair within the first 24 hours. For the first days the dogs were not allowed together in the garden. A gang of three dogs could easily get to the chicken and hunt it down. Which they did try, one by one. Little Tara manages to crawl under the fence, but since the chicken is her size and there is no help, she leaves it alone. Wodan our big guard dog prefers to climb the fence at the crack of dawn (around 6.15) and then starts to play with the chicken. The chicken survived. After locking Wodan up, he understood that he cannot grab the chicken by the neck and play with it, like he does with the cats in the morning. The chicken took her own action against the three dogs an decided to fly to the neighbours. So at dusk we had to catch the chicken and cuts the wings to keep it in. Yesterday for the first time we left all three dogs with the chicken the whole day unguarded. We came home and she was still alive. Beside chicken food she get leftover pizza and bread from Dutchess. We wonder how her eggs will taste.