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Recommended by Ricochet Members Created with Sketch. A Little Local Color (Part 2)

 

Farewell, Colonel Brandon

My husband, observing several discrete piles of feathers behind our house, said, “Well, looks like something got one of our chickens.” It had been several years since a predator had made off with a chicken. Once, it was a fox. Our younger daughter thinks she saw it, boldly dashing away by daylight with a delectable hen in his jaws. Another time, we thought there was evidence that the thief had been a bear. We took action–played music near the coop, rigged bright lights that came on with movement at night–yet we could no longer feel at ease letting our chickens wander the property, an activity they seem to blissfully enjoy.