Life on a Farm or Not

So, Last week when I left to take Bec to gym we were having quite the wind storm. Things seemed okay at home, but poor Marissa was a bit concerned about the trees around us and all the wind. I had been at gym for about an hour and thought I would give Marissa a call to be sure she was okay. I called and she answered the phone but had a quiver in her voice. When I asked her what was wrong she replied "Barkley just killed Lilly". Let me clarify something for those who don't know who Barkley and Lilly are. Barkley is one of our dogs (large lab mix) and Lilly is/was one of our chickens (yes they are all named). Sooo, it's not like we have a ton of animals but I always say my brain holds a lot of info and things that aren't earth shattering kind of get put in the back of my brain and sometimes it takes things a while to process in there. Sooo, back to the story, as she said this I am struggling to try and remember what animal Lilly is. I knew it wasn't the other dog or the horses but wasn't sure if it was a chicken or a rabbit. You have to understand she has wanted to name an animal Lilly for some time now; she had a rabbit pre named Lilly until she later found out it was a boy when it became Bam Bam. Okay, back to the story...finally it hits me it's a chicken and then it hits again...oh man that was Marisssa's "show" chicken. Yes she is going to show chickens (we are real hicks out here). She was devasted and I felt so bad as I wanted to climb through the phone and give my daughter a big hug! Fortunately Rame was home with her and she handled it very well. The saddest part for me was that she was riding her horse and witnessed it all and couldn't make the dog stop. I know that must have been so hard for her to watch :(.

The good news is that Rame fixed the hole (we think) that the chickens escaped from and so far we still have all 5 left. Marissa is working with another one to take to fair and actually is planning on taking 3. So, all in all things worked out, but what a thing to see. Life on a farm!!!!