Chicken Catchin'

Yesterday afternoon I put the chickens out to poke around in the front yard a bit. When I went to teach Jazzercise I left them out - Steele and Justin were out working in the yard. When I got home, Justin relayed this little story to me:

As it was getting time to go in, Justin mentioned to Steele that they needed to catch the chickens and put them back in their coop. Steele piped up and said, "I can do it Papa." So Justin says, "Sure, go ahead," thinking that he probably wouldn't be able to do it - especially since they can be quick little buggers. But much to his surprise - Steele did it!! He caught not just one, but two! of the chickens.

After Justin told me the story, I decided that today I would put the chickens out and when it was time to bring them in I would video tape Steele trying to catch them. The videos that follow, as you'll soon be able to hear, catch my sheer joy and amusement as I watched my new little chicken catcher for the first time. I hope you get a kick out of it too. Unfortunately, it also catches my dog barking incessantly from the back door as he watched the action. He gets a little hyped up over the chickens. You'll also see a fine example of Steele's renowned first time obedience at the very end. (and mama attempting a ridiculously snazzy end to the video) It's real life here folks.

Did you notice Steele gave the chicken a kiss on his way to the coop?

Earlier today, as I thought about what I was going to write in this post, I thought I would say something catchy at the end like: At least we're catching some sort of chickens around here.

But tonight as I sent Steele off to bed, I noticed approximately 5 suspicious looking red dots on his face.

Looks like we may have the pox folks!