Monday, August 12, 2013

Mystery of the Chickens and the Ladder and the Egg

Dear Readers.  When I returned to the premises of Red Door Coop today after a series of mundane human errands, I opened the coop door to THIS:
One ladder knocked down and partially covered with gravel and straw.
One egg laid in the middle of the run.  Let's take another look at that egg and some of the suspects. 
Hmmmmm...Do any of them look guilty to you?

Now, this Mama Hen aka Chicken Detective observed and collected evidence: one light brown egg in the middle of the run and one fallen ladder partially covered in gravel.  She then observed the suspects and thought about motives. 
Here's what she knows:
1.  The egg is not Lou's because she already laid today AND her eggs are white.
2.  The egg is not Bruiser's because she is still too young to be laying.   
3.  The egg could be Bill or Fitz's because they had not yet laid today.
4.  Bill and Fitz are friends so one would (most likely) not sabotage the other's opportunity to lay in a nesting box in the coop.
5.  Lou is only sometimes friends with Fitz...hmmm...
6.  Lou is friends with Bill.
7.  Bruiser isn't friends with Fitz or Bill.  Related by family?  Yes.  Tolerate each other?  Yes.  Friends?  No.
8.  All chickens like to dig.  Chicken Detective suspects that ladder was knocked over by digging. 
9.  Both Lou and Bruiser dig a lot.  Maybe more often than the older girls. 

One chicken's best laid (ha!) plans...  Or perhaps two chickens hatched (ha!) a plan together?

Dear Readers.  Stay tuned. 

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