The Hunt

I went outside with Buffy and Noni to give the chickens an apple when Noni and Buffy ran to the back of the coop.  Buffy started to bark.  I let her and Noni  into the coop.  Buffy was trying to fit herself under the wooden crate so I dug a hole from the back of the nesting boxes to the front. 

 I dug a hole for Noni.

Then three rats ran up into the chicken wire.  

My dad smacked one with a shovel.  It dropped on the ground and crawled under the crate.  Then he got his bb gun and shot two rats.  One was injured but still alive.  It dropped on the ground and tried to get away.

But Buffy got it!


Then we noticed one hanging from the ceiling of the chicken coop. It was wedged in there and we couldn't get it out.

We lifted Buffy up there.....

and she pulled it out.
Notice the big smile on her face?


Afterward she ran around with her prize.

After we got it away from her she ran to the back of the coop and started barking again.  She was smelling the one that had gotten away.  Then Noni started tearing up the shingles that were from predator-proofing the coop.  Buffy started grabbing the chicken wire and pulling on it.

I looked where Noni had bent back the shingles.  There was the rat that had escaped.  It was dead.  We got it out and threw it in the trash.  While we were taking the dogs back in I noticed blood on Noni's face.  We thought she had been bitten but it was just rat blood.  We threw Buffy into the tub ( Noni had a shower.)


This is what she looked like when she was still muddy.

They had a good hunt!