“It’s For Your Own Good”

20 July 2010, by gj

That was never a good thing to hear growing up, about as nasty as “It’ll only hurt for a minute”.
Today I feel sad because today is the first day The Ladies have really been contained.

roaming where the wild things are

We tried to build them a run when they first graduated to living in the coop. It wasn’t long before they found every available way out, finally just flying over the top of the fence. We knew the day would come when we had to make a more permanent structure.
Now I have to say that they did have fun roaming about when they got loose and that they were pretty good about coming back each evening. I would have liked to let them stay that way, even though I was worried that they might get too close to the road or a neighbor’s dog might get loose.
There were two other problems.
The first was the coyote puppy on our front porch last spring. I had pretty much forgotten about it when Mandolin reminded me. “It’s for their own good.” He said, referring to the new enclosure and responding to my fretting.
Then there was the bobcat kitten I saw the other day. Even as a kitten it was as big as our Fat-cat with Attitude, who did incidentally, keep it frightened under the front porch for a while. Good Fat-cat.

the Attitude is palpable

So it is for their own good, for their protection. Mandolin built a lovely 8’ x 3’ enclosure with a roof to keep them protected from the rain and sun.
I made them a new feeder (directions will be posted on the website soon!).
Today though they did not seem as happy and they certainly did not understand what happened to having the entire world to roam.

It's for their own good

So I went to the garden and picked them a nice selection of swiss chard, broccoli leaves and fresh lettuce; because I remember another saying from my childhood –
“Eat something, you’ll feel better”.

The Ladies First Day of Confinement Video

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