Saturday morning the goats were hollering for their food, so I opened up the back door of my wife's van (where there was a 50# bag of goat food) and picked it up.
After getting into the goat pen (and being surrounded by goats), I finally got the feed to the trough, poured it in, (got away from the mob), and went and closed the van door.
It wasn't until some time later I was walking past the van and heard a noise coming from it.
"What IS that noise?" I walk up to the van and see a chicken flapping it's wings at the front window trying to get out!
OH NO!!!!! What kind of mess has it made? I open up the door and get the hen out. There is a big mess on the dash board, some on the side of the door - that's all in the front. "What kind of mess" is in the back I wonder? Amazingly, only one plop on the back seat.
Going into the house, I ponder "Should I tell my wife about her van or just clean it up and say nothing?" She is on the couch with a cold, so I just gather the cleaning supplies and go out the door without her noticing. A couple swipes here and there, and it's cleaned up. Luckily I don't smell anything, and since my wife has a cold she certainly can't smell anything, but will our 8 year old son?
I find out when we go to leave . . . . . . . . and nothing is said!!!! "Whew"!
I don't know why the chickens insist on getting in the car if the door is left open. At least I know now to look inside before closing the door to make sure no one has stowed away!!! Thankfully I found the hen when I did as I hate to think of the mess I would have had if it had been stuck inside for half a day.
Just don't tell my wife what happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!
