Monday night was chicken roundup night. The majority of the chickens in the big house are scheduled to go to freezer camp on Wednesday. Freezer camp orientation has been moved from Wray, Colorado to Nunn, Colorado and they have to be there by 8AM so it is more complicated than usual. Fifteen of them are still residing in the big house as they were either too wily to be sent away, are physically handicapped or are favorites. Can't wait for chicken and dumplings!
We did have a surprise in the chicken house. Since we have found it is much easier to round up the chickens after they have gone to sleep, it was very dark outside when we started to gather them. Apparently momma opossum had at least six babies. We have dispatched 5 of them so far, but one has decided a particular chicken nest is a great place to spend the night. An oppossum's beady red eyes and ugly pointed snout is not something you want to see in the chicken house (or anywhere else for that matter). We cannot shoot it in the nest because of the way it is situated so trapping the thing is the preferred option at this time. We baited the trap with some really smelly cat food but Tuesday morning the trap was still empty and the varmint was gone.
Stay tuned for updates. Hopefully all the commotion has made it decide to move on.
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