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Ms. Thang
So, one of the unusual challenges I’m going to have in downscaling is finding a home for my rescue chicken, Ms.Thang. You read that right. I have a rescue chicken. I sort of inherited her when I moved into the house I’m renting now.
The short version of the story is she escaped from the Mexican grocer behind my house and I didn’t have the heart to turn her back in. If you want to know the whole, sordid tale, I’ll publish it in a subsequent post.
I just have a sinking feeling that trying to keep a chicken on a floating home qualifies as a Bad Idea. Especially since the marina owner has a policy on no bird feeders because he finds them “messy”. And he questioned me twice on all the particulars about Rumi before he agreed to approve me for a lease at the marina. (“Yes. He’s neutered, no claws, litter box trained, completely indoors…”)
If you have a suggestion about how to find her a home–especially one that won’t cook her for dinner–I’d love to hear it.
I also could use Chicken Tech Support on how to capture and transport her. Somehow I don’t think she’s going to handle being picked up well.
So, one of the unusual challenges I’m going to have in downscaling is finding a home for my rescue chicken, Ms.Thang. You read that right. I have a rescue chicken. I sort of inherited her when I moved into the house I’m renting now.
The short version of the story is she escaped from the Mexican grocer behind my house and I didn’t have the heart to turn her back in. If you want to know the whole, sordid tale, I’ll publish it in a subsequent post.
I just have a sinking feeling that trying to keep a chicken on a floating home qualifies as a Bad Idea. Especially since the marina owner has a policy on no bird feeders because he finds them “messy”. And he questioned me twice on all the particulars about Rumi before he agreed to approve me for a lease at the marina. (“Yes. He’s neutered, no claws, litter box trained, completely indoors…”)
If you have a suggestion about how to find her a home–especially one that won’t cook her for dinner–I’d love to hear it.
I also could use Chicken Tech Support on how to capture and transport her. Somehow I don’t think she’s going to handle being picked up well.
