We don't know, but she didn't come back for 3 days. We thought that she had either been taken by a local predator - red tailed hawks, bears, etc. (though the hawk would have a heck of time taking flight with this plump flightless egg producer) - or been taken ill and succumbed in the woods around the house. Then she came waltzing up to me this morning as though nothing had happened. I suppose that what happens in the bush in Ardoise stays in the bush.
On an interesting note - when she was here we were only getting 1 egg per day from 3 hens. Once she left we got 2 per day from 2 hens. Now that she's back it'll be interesting to see how egg production is effected. If we go back to 1 egg again we may have to send her packing for negatively impacting our egg supply. ; )
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