Soooo the first day watching the Trask Farm started out mmmm not so great? I wake up around 7:30 in the morning and head out the back door to feed the animals. I was going to start with the dogs, the cats and the rabbits, since they all eat out back. I grabbed a few cups of dog food and that's when I saw it. I looked to the right in horror as I saw IT! A chicken...I kid you not. Apparently the chickens had gotten out sometime during the night and now the dogs were chasing it.
So after that I spend about 10 minutes running around like (excuse the pun) a chicken with it's head cut off chasing after...well the chickens. After I rounded up the chickens, as usual there was that one ONE elusive chicken. The one that was smarter than ALL the others. It KNEW the best routes and paths to stay away from my near frost-bitten fingers.
Oh but it didn't end there! To make matters worse, now the dogs were chasing after it! This had become a game of skill. A Hunt so to speak. Man vs. Chicken. Who will outsmart the other? Who Will reign supreme? Will Kendall capture this chicken so the others can eat? Will Koda and Kinsly (The Dogs) stop chasing the chicken so that they too can eat? Will the horses get their food? If and ONLY IF...I could catch that chicken. I zigged left, it zagged right! I tried to grab it and it DUCKED behind the pens!
But after a few more minutes of chasing, I had come out on top!! Kendall-1...Chicken-0. After I finished feeding them and the horses, I went back inside from the back to warm my hands. As I went back outside through the front door, Koda and Kinsly left me a nice little gift. A dead chicken on the porch.
As all the animals were fed and things were being wrapped up, the most heart stopping, jaw dropping thing happened to me! Kinsly came up to me and RIPPED OUT MY HOODIES DRAWSTRING!!! Does she not know that it's impossible to get those things back in?? Eh I guess she doesn't. Oh well.
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