Badgardener<p>Those of a sensitive nature, scroll on. Optimists may be rewarded for persevering.</p><p>Red, star of such posts as 'Would You Like To Talk To Me About Dinosaurs' and 'Chicken SWAT Team Available For Hire' - not to mention Tormentor Of The Cat - was attacked by a fox earlier this evening, in the back garden and in broad daylight.</p><p>If it hadn't been for Lily's yelling - a skill honed after every sodding time she's laid an egg, like it was a miracle of nature* - I wouldn't have gone running out to find the fox pinning Red to the ground, amongst a mountain of feathers. I assumed she was a goner, but ran back inside with her, to where the other chickens had fled and were tucking into some chicken-flavoured dog food, to find her still breathing.</p><p>Anyway, she's eaten her own bodyweight in sweetcorn, is about to get a bunch of useful drugs and they've all taken up residence in the kitchen. Apart from a bald arse she's essentially bloody but unbowed.</p><p>Whether the fox survived the ordeal is anybody's guess. Thoughts and prayers.</p><p>(*: It kind of is)</p><p>Red is on my left knee in the picture, but you knew that already.</p><p><a href="https://mountains.social/tags/chickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chickens</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/NotAllHeroesWearCapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotAllHeroesWearCapes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mountains.social/tags/JoinIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoinIn</span></a></p>