Chicken Tartar

You might remember my picture of the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2614-Replacements.html">Replacements</a> the other day. Cute little buggers if you ask me. Well last night when we went to check on them we got a little surprise. Laying all sprawled out in the pen with them was <a href="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/cats/mittens01252006?full=1">Mittens</a>. He looked up at me as to say, "thanks for the buffet, they are good tasting little buggers. Which color should I eat next?"<br />n<br />nSure enough, instead of the 23 chicks there were early in the morning, there was only 19 left. I looked around the barn and sure enough, found a hole I hadn't patched up which had allowed him entry to the barn. I patched it and hopefully will keep him out now. I kick myself, not the cat, over this one. Mittens was just being a cat and eating some tasty morsels. I should have done a better job of cat proofing the barn for the chicks. This is the first time something like this has happened and hopefully the last.<br />n<br />n<strong>Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still. Thales </strong>