I'd forgotten to leave the chicks' hutch open and it was dusk. Four were roosted on the hutch roof and two were in the narrow space between the hutch and shed.
The roof-based ones were sleepy enough for me to pluck them off then put them in. With a long green rod I waved the other two to head in the direction of the open door. It took two minutes with one doing a full 360 of the outside before it finally went in.
It was nice to pick them up and not have them be scared. They were grumpy at being handled but sleepy enough to accept it—except for one. I don't usually get to do that and it felt special.
Herding in the other two, and then the final one, was annoying.
Chickens; they're an experience.
The roof-based ones were sleepy enough for me to pluck them off then put them in. With a long green rod I waved the other two to head in the direction of the open door. It took two minutes with one doing a full 360 of the outside before it finally went in.
It was nice to pick them up and not have them be scared. They were grumpy at being handled but sleepy enough to accept it—except for one. I don't usually get to do that and it felt special.
Herding in the other two, and then the final one, was annoying.
Chickens; they're an experience.