Chick with the Pearl Earring

SUSAN:
So, you may have figured out that I L-O-V-E Curious Georgette (AKA #1). She is my pet. I do adore her. Anyway, when I go out to feed the chickens in the evening, she has taken to standing on top of the feeder and requesting that I feed her first, from the cup that I am using to dip-out the chicken feed. And, how can I resist? So, I feed her a bit, and then I pour a bit into the feeder ... feed her a bit pour a bit into the feeder ... you get the picture.

NIGEL:
Yes this is the nightmare I am dealing with?!!? The chickens are being completely confused by this sort of treatment... very chicken-unlike treatment!!!

Back to SUSAN:
Well, I went to lean down to make sure that the feed was actually going through the feeder appropriately, when Curious Georgette took my pearl earring RIGHT OUT OF MY EAR! I instinctly grabbed the back of the earring, then looked up to see my Pearl Earring (that, by the way was a college graduation present) perfectly balanced between her upper and lower beak. If only I had a camera ... or the time to take the photo! I immediately went for the pearl earring, which she dropped onto the floor of the coup. I made lots of loud noises to distract the other chickens so that they wouldn't pick it up before me.

NOTE: For those of you lucky enough never to have owned chickens, if there's something new in the coop to pick up & run around with, this is a BIG game. See Nigel's post about the chicken coop's similiarities to a tailgate party for more.

I had to dig through a bit of unmentionable "droppings" on the coop floor, but I did recover the earring!! That Georgette .... she's a bit TOO curious. What did curiosity do to the cat???

NIGEL:
Exactly.... made it into a broiler!!!