Just now we were startled by a loud noise like something had hit the side of the house. I thought it might be a coconut falling on the roof, but that couldn't be true. First of all, the palm tree next to the house has no coconuts on it, and we have a corrugated tin roof so the noise would have been different.
I looked out the window on that side of the house and saw our three neighborhood dogs with a chicken in one of their mouths. These dogs are very small. The most vocal and fierce is a chihauha. Amidst lots of barking, feathers flying and scrambling, they let the chicken go. As I was processing what happened, I contemplated how to dispose of a dead animal or whether or not we would have our first meal of free range Hawaiian chicken.
Just then, a rooster gathered up speed from the driveway and flew as fast as he could, hitting the side of the house! The hen got up and limped away. He didn't seem any the worse for wear and followed her.
All we can think is that the first chicken also hurled herself at the house. Mystifying.
Anyone know of a propensity for chickens to deliberately propel themselves against a house?
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