murder most fowl

[BeardyMan]

Well that was a shit start to the day, woke up at 0645 (yes, I had a lay-in!) to some unusual clucking sounds coming from the garden. Looked out back to see, well, complete carnage. Of the 4 hens and 2 roosters we're down to one rooster and a hen. All the Silkies are gone, and one of the rescued battery hens too. Found one hen and the silkie rooster dead behind the compost bin. Well, I thought the Silkie rooster (Percy) was dead. Oh no, fucking zombie chicken started trying to walk off, dragging his head on the floor. Still seriously hung over from the wedding on Saturday I rushed inside to grab the axe. Had to put poor Percy out of his misery. The other two silkies are nowhere to be found, so Mr Fox evidently had away with them. I know these things happen, and it's what foxes do, but it's still bloody horrible. If Winston was still here I'm certain we'd still have them all.

Dunno what's happening at the moment, all our animals are dying or dead. Sid really liked the "white fluffy chickens", but I explained that a fox was hungry and ate them, so that's why you can't see them any more.

Don't think we'll bother to get any more. We'll let Harry and Eggs live out the rest of their days, then pack up the hen house I suppose.