Shawnigans, Get Your Gun!

We had some excitement the other night. My Mom was here and we heard this horrific noise. It woke me up, and I realized it was the sound of a dying chicken. Shawn jumped out of bed, and began the search for a usable flashlight.( they are forever needing batteries) I'm laying there hearing him fumble around and making noise. Finally, I found him batteries and out he went to investigate. He came back promptly, told me he had found the dead chicken, placed it in the kitchen sink till morning(Kyri needed to see what happens when you don't shut the chickens in for the night)


and quickly crawled back into bed. By this time all this banging had awakened Mom. She thought Shal was being his usual noisy self. We had no sooner lain back down when a more terrifying noise erupted from the coop. The night thief had returned. Quickly, Shawn jumped from the bed. Awwwkk...I heard the poor chicken screaming, and saw Shawn tucking in his shirt to go kill the varmint. I scold him, asking if he has to tuck in, can't he just wear my robe, I mean there is a chicken dying out there. Then there was the mad scrambling search for the shotgun shells, him telling me not to get up, I'd just had surgery and me telling him I had to or he'd never get out there in time.

Finally, He got his clothes on, his shells, his gun, and don't forget his flashlight. Out the back door he disappeared, I sat in the living room to wait. By now, Mom had joined me. Suddenly, a Kaboom broke the stillness and then in strides Shawn, the might hunter, ejecting the shell on the rug at my feet. The chicken thief opossum would trouble us no more. Shawn had proudly stopped the creature in its tracks.


We finally went back to our beds, a little too riled to sleep. The next morning the evidence was revealed. Of course, Kyri had to drag the dead chicken to the back forty for burial and Kelton had to document the whole episode and we called in the big dog(Shallen) to dig the hole. Fortunately, life goes back to normal, hopefully this time with the chickens locked up. By the way, egg production is at an all time high. Life is good:)