[Ag-eq] Gabby

[Jody Ianuzzi]

Hello all,

I don't think I told the story of Gabby the chicken.

We had three chickens and this spring we got four chicks.  They grew up and joined the older chickens and all was fine until two of the babies disappeared.  Then two more disappeared a few days later.  I actually thought they might have gone to a neighbors since they heard their roosters crowing.  Then two weeks ago I let the girls out in the morning and when I went to put them back in the coop at night my favorite chicken Gabby was gone.  

She was named Gabby because she was always talking.  She would come over to me and stand at my feet and cluck and cluck as if she was trying to tell me something.  She was such a character and a real part of the farm.  She was the leader of the group and where Gabby went the others would follow so it was easy to locate the group.  

Now she is gone and it is so quiet.  I keep the remaining chickens in the coop all the time so they don't disappear too.  I think they were really scared by the event because they stopped laying eggs and the one chicken just sits in the nesting box staring at the wall all day.  

Oh, the weird thing is that Gabby disappeared in the middle of the day and no one saw any scattered feathers or any sign of a preditor.  We do have fox, coyote and bob cats in the area but I didn't think they would grab a chicken in the middle of the day.

Poor Gabby.  We miss you.  

JODY 🐺
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