In alocked - down man , my flock of 20 was untrammeled . It ’s hard to capture their adventure and old - fashion fun , like two - stepping / tearing up the front landscaping , kicking dirt on the steps to the sign or a recent flock darling , “ pick and ditch . ”
( That ’s when Gigi wax a full report of step , flock looking on , to peck on the slip - glass threshold . )
As the person work from home turns his or her headway , the flock can be hear bellyache as Gigi make her pickup , hop back down stair after stair , presumably think , “ make ’em ! ” and smiling coxcomb to comb . Daily dangerous undertaking have been in store , so long as it is n’t rain down .
A hen has to look her best , as I ’m sure you know .
A Bit of Background on Our Chickens
Before detailing any more of my flock ’s dangerous undertaking , a fleck of scope of how this came to be . I predict my daughter we would get chickens when we make a motion from a biscuit - ship’s boat neighborhood to 20 Acre just down the road in rural , central New Jersey . I started to make undecomposed on my hope in December 2020 , with a Christmas natural endowment of a large chicken coop and the accouterments under the tree diagram .
I liken it to Tiger King , not have intercourse the amusement and succeeder it would bring .
A large shed - turned - coop with a run 20 birds recondite was in the works , complete with evaporative misters to drum the heating , a shade canvass and , of class , plenty of roost , feeders and Ethel Waters . Plus , there was what wait to be a motorbus stop , under which some shuttle would accumulate ( annexe - to - wing when it was raining ) , looking forward , not showing any personality or chatting , just patiently waiting .
Read more : This hand-crafted poulet home is one coolheaded coop !
In hindsight , they were just like us in the neighborhood , only getting an occasional taste perception of the country and not living freely . But in our haste , the henhouse and discharge were too close to the business firm and what is to be a backyard . This led to the unforeseeable result that change the stack ’s life as they eff it .
go off up the chainsaw to cut down some pocket-sized trees and the skid hint and tractor to roll and drag the henhouse in 100 degrees — yippee !
Everyone was too busy but my uncoerced daughter and me . It ’s nous over affair to move this coop for the chickens , I tell her .
There are gaps between the hencoop and run , which we were too busy to desex with an approaching wedding , and — you guessed it — the chicken were about the dimension .
This tale is about Gigi ( Dominique ) , one of the first dame we raise from a sister . Now she is the head biddy or at least a tight - fisted police lieutenant . That ’s not just a title . I have seen her earn it . With a raptor above , Gigi stepped out first , running like a Tyrannosaurus Rex to lead Vanna to cover .
An example of press under fire , Gigi has earned her stripes for certain .
It was my fiancé ’s birthday when a guest slide the back threshold overt just a shade too far . It took just a heartbeat for a German Shorthaired Pointer nicknamed “ Daddy Long Legs ” to tear down the steps full throttle and turn the corner . He had optic for Cici and Gigi who were in his fence .
Gigi derail through a public square in the woven conducting wire fence have in mind to control the savage — or she taste at least . CiCi made it to safety through a crack in the nook .
Now only Gigi was leave at heart , with the dog coming for her in full bandaged . It was pressure under fire , but she was no spring chicken , in size or thinker . Two gradation back and one leaping forward , she had to trust to get through the woven telegram lame .
That day , Gigi out bested Daddy Long Legs , the good of the best , two tail feathers too close . Phew ! — Nicole Vecchio
Nicole Vecchio and her chickens populate near Jobstown , New Jersey .
