Chickens and Fetticini

Fettuccine and chickens are a funny mix.  I had left overs of fettuccine noodles and decided I wanted to see if my chickens would eat them.  My friend told me she frequently make spaghetti for her chickens and they love it.

Yesterday morning after watering, the chickens followed me out to the barn yard like usual thinking I was going to give them scratch as I do every morning.

I laid the noodles down on the ground and to my surprise they began fighting over each noodle.  It
 was the caviar of the chicken world.  Imagine the movie  Lady and the Tramp , the cute scene in which Lady begins eating a spaghetti noodle and Tramp finds himself on the same noodle.  Suddenly, they come face to face and their eyes meet.  Now you can imagine my chickens minus the romance.  As the chickens scurried around, our cat, Otis noticed all the ruckus and joined the fun.  Chickens, roosters, and a large gray hair tom cat began fighting over the delicious noodle.  What a sight.

Olive Makes 13

A friend of mine, Christine, suggested I write down this story about my chickens and let my readers enjoy.

The other evening I was in the chicken coop feeding and watering before bedtime.  My favorite chicken Olive is a beautiful Ameraucana.   I picked her up and put her on my shoulder as I did my chores.  I closed the chicken door to tuck the chickens in for the night.

 I began my night ritual of counting the chickens.  One, two, three....Twelve!  Twelve?  Oh no, one is missing!  

Memories of looking for chickens in the dark returned to my mind.  After 1 1/2 hours we found them in the rafters of the barn.  

I don't want to look for a chicken in the dark.  "Maybe I counted wrong."  I began counting again "one, two, three....12.  Again 12!" "Olive who is missing", I asked her as she rode on my worried shoulders.

They're moving around maybe I missed one.  I counted again, "One, two, three.....12!" and then Olive "PEEPED!"  "I held 13!