Broken Four-Wheel Drive

 

On Christmas Day my kidlets ran upstairs to tell me that one of our chickens was stuck in the snow. I thought to myself, “No big deal. I’m sure a chicken can get herself out of some snow by hopping, flapping, or something”.

My kidlets said, “Hurry! She’s really stuck and can’t get out. She needs your help, Mama!”

I went downstairs and immediately looked out the sliding glass doors in our living room and saw Sarah, one of our Speckled Sussex hens, out in the deep snow. Poor girl. Yep she was stuck.

I have no idea why she would venture out that far into the deep snow, and leave the safety of the coop and the shoveled clear path to the house, but poor Sarah had hit a snow wall. She was literally wedged into the snow, and could not move.

I pulled my boots on and hurried outside and rescued Sarah from the snow. She cooed and clucked and just seemed very relieved to have me scoop her up out of her snowy restraints.

In the future, our chickens had better make sure their four-wheel drive gear is working before they ever try that again.