The Chicken Whisperer

Our layers have been enjoying the high life moving daily in the pastures, spreading the best fertilizer you could ever find, and happily eating bugs.  They live the best life a chicken could live, wandering freely through lush, green grass.  Having such free range, we tend to get some “rogue” chickens that make their way back to the house and barn. 

These rogue chickens are pretty clever.  They are quick and do not like to be bothered as they are spoiled from the “free-range” life.  Catching them is nearly impossible and for the most part, we have given up.  They are living and roaming around the house and roost in the barn at night.  Along with the ducks and guineas, we are okay knowing they hang around and are working hard to rid our yard and surrounding areas of pests and ticks. 

Cue Ethan...our "Chicken Whisperer."  He walks outside and immediately walks up to a chicken.  It squats down and he scoops it up and puts it in a dog crate.  We use the dog crate for after their capture as Dave will then drive them over to the mobile coop.  If Dave or I were to try and capture one of these chickens it would run away faster than we can say, "fried chicken."  So when a chicken gets loose, we know who we can call, and it's not the "Ghostbusters."