A lesson learned: When a cute little bantam chicken comes out to keep you company while you hoe and plant corn and bean rows, do not say to yourself “Awww, isn’t that sweet” and allow it to hang around. You might just look out your window later to find the same little chicken scratching up and munching all the corn seeds, thinking all the while you left such delicious hidden treats, while discarding those not-so-tasty bean seeds neatly beside each mound.
Chickens are much more sly than they look.
No matter how cute and friendly they may seem, it’s best to just send them on their way out of the garden to scratch around somewhere else.
Haha! I love this!
Agreed! 😉 I know all to well myself. What a funny post. I love the photos — priceless.
So true, Katherine! We have a mama hen who has cute, adorable chicks that she taught to slip through the garden fencing and scratch up the corn seed. Not cute! Thankfully we found the spot they were slipping through, so they couldn't get all the seed! The corn seedlings have all popped up now, including where we had to re-plant. Green blessings.
I have to keep my brood in carefully maintained runs for just that reason!
Haha, yip! Aint that the truth!
We've been doing some planting in the front yard cause them chickens are sneaky scrappy buggers.