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Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because GG was about to drop a tree on the other side.
Chickens aren't as dumb as they seem.

An aside on chickens and intelligence: While I'm not claiming they're actually smart, I can explain some of their behaviors:
1) They basically can't see wire fences, so when they're having trouble getting in or out of a coop, cut them some slack. You'd have trouble with a yard surrounded by an invisible force-field too
2) They evolved as jungle birds and sowing confusion is the best defense. If a predator shows up in the middle of a group of chickens, the best thing isn't to have everyone run away in the same direction like a herd of zebra. The zebra do that because they have open space and they're generally faster than the predator in short order. The chickens make a noisy fuss and all go in every other direction which stuns and confuses the predator so they can't follow.
3) Corollary to #2: If you try to herd a group of chickens, the slightest stress and they'll start to go every which way... for the same reasons. To get them to all go the same direction (like to the opening that they can't discern from the rest of the force field (see #1)), keep stress down and slowly encourage them to go.

 

[IXLR8]

On my way back to VA from MA I got a call from my wife indicating that a tree had come down across our driveway. She had that right. It was about an 80 ft tall dead pine which broke off about 20 ft up.


Here is the last piece heading off to the trash pile.


Some was solid, some was rotten.

Wife and I cut it up using our electric chain saws. She used her little 12" Dewalt, I think that is a great little saw, and had to recharge the battery one time. I used my 16" EGO with a new chain and I cut up the entire tree with the initial charge. I was pleasantly surprised at that. That new MTL grapple certainly paid for itself with this job. It would have taken forever to get it cleaned up without it.

 

[WinterDeere]

Chickens aren't as dumb as they seem... I can explain some of their behaviors:

To add to the list, they're absolute masters of hide and seek. We used to let our chickens free-range, until hawks became such a prevalent problem in our yard that we had to stop the practice. After a hawk attack, the rest of the flock would run and hide, and I can tell you they're just about impossible to find, when they don't want to be found!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Speaking of chickens or roosters in this case, we used to keep a bunch of different critters. We kept the chickens in a coop but the rooster, Mr. Lucky, was free to roam. One day he wandered into the electric fence which was powered by one of those Weed-Chopper chargers (not sold anymore because they started too many fires). Anyway, the fence wire got caught under his wing. Every time the fence pulsed he did a cartwheel around the wire until he finally fell off totally stunned. Another time a neighbor dog came by and got into it with Mr Lucky. The dog ended up walking away with the rooster hanging limp in his mouth. Four days later Mr Lucky was back roaming around in the dooryard ??? Just a couple old memories about chickens I have.

gg

 

[jk96]

Just about wrapped up for the season. I have 5 more totes to fill and can put the splitter away until next fall. Gives us 3 years of wood to burn or a little more depending on how much I keep the fire going. I try to just re split whatever is empty after each winter and ensures everything we burn has at least two years to season