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Anybody ever have the food escape? Well, Friday night I brought a chicken home from work and left it in the cage, by my back door. I get them from a guy at work whose Dad raises them. Anyway, I went out after dark to get it and saw that the cage was wide open! Dang! I loaded up the cage, after I fixed the broken latch, into the car and drove all over town looking for it. I gave up and went home, thinking he was probably roosting somewhere or that maybe an animal got it. I got up Saturday morning and walked around the neighborhood to see if I could spot it. No such luck! So, I get in the car and drive around town again. No chicken. We live in a really small town that has one grocery store and one convenience store. I stopped at both places and asked if anyone had come in saying that they had seen a chicken walking around town. After they were done with the strange looks and laughter I was told that "no haven't heard anything like that" I'm on a first name basis with most people in town so they knew what the chicken was for. Frustrated, I went back home, had some lunch, then laid down on the sofa for a little nap. About an hour later, my Daughter comes in yelling that the chicken was in the neighbors yard! I jumped up and ran outside where my son and daughter wer already chasing the thing around the neighbors yard. I joined them and we chased it for about ten minutes before it ran into a culvert the went under the hiway. After throwing pebbles at it for awhile trying to coax it out the other end- Did I mention it was raining like mad the whole time we were chasing it- We gave up and I went in and called a friend that has a golden lab. Five minute later he showed up with his dog. The dog goes in the culvert and one minute later, swims out the other end with a dead chicken in his mouth. I am happy to say that the stinking chicken is where I wanted it to go in the first place. Monti's belly. Maybe it wouldhave just been easier to go buy another chicken! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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