If you’ve ever read the book, The Hiding Place by Corrie ten
Boom, then you’ll understand why our little lone survivor is named after her. Corrie ten Boom has been a source of
inspiration since I read her book, and researched her life. Corrie ten Boom survived the holocaust while
being held at the Ravensbruck concentration camp, and of course all the
tragedies that were a part of her time held in captivity. She survived, when many around her, including
much of her family did not.
Last Saturday we placed a “have a heart” trap on the top of
the coop to try and catch a rat or two by chance. It was Corrie’s lifesaver. She found her way in to the trap, and
triggered the door closed to keep her inside and the culprit that destroyed the
rest of the Hooligan’s from getting to her. This is where we found her. Huddled, scared and ready for anything but
where she was. I could think of no better name for our lone
survivor than Corrie. She too has faced
a holocaust of her own. It is a vision
that does not leave our memories and not one that needs to be shared with
others.
Since Corrie was our only survivor, and chickens get
depressed if not with a flock, we needed to either give her away, or bring her
some new friends. We’ve decided to stare
evil in its face and bring her new friends. There is one thing about our family, we are
nothing if not tenacious and we just couldn’t get rid of her after
everything. She’s our last link. I’ll have more on the new editions, and how
we are going to deal with the overhead invasion tactic used in a following post.
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| Miss Corrie |
She is one lucky little girl. Someone was watching out for her. I'm glad you still have her but really really bummed about the rest of the story. Between you an another blogger that recently had the same thing happen to her I have been unable to sleep through the night for the last 2 weeks. I get up and go look at my own coup and runs. My chickens are locked up every night with an automatic door that opens again in the morning but my ducks and geese are in the runs. Although they have "dig proof" fences and double layered wire (two types) I know nothing is 100 % safe. I hope you get a reinforced coup and another family of Hooligans. They will help with the feeling of horror you are experiencing and put joy back in your life.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry our story is keeping you up at night. Definately not what I intended, but since this blog is also a journal of sorts, I wanted to include it. I hope our ideas to shore things up, will make a difference. I don't think I will be able to call the new group of chickens the Hooligans. I have to come up with something else. It's just not the same.
DeleteI felt so bad when I read about your loss. I did pray for you and your husband. I have always loved "The hiding place", read it to my kids, give it as gifts etc. I'm glad it gave you comfort and you are trying again.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the prayers, I will never turn them down.
DeleteI know the feeling...when we had predators attack our meat birds early this spring, hearing the birds squawk and seeing the coon inside the poultry pen, running back and forth after the birds made me so angry. We never did take care of that coon, although it never came back, so we assume a neighbor did. We do all we can to make our animals secure, so it's a horrible thing when those defenses are broken through.
ReplyDeleteThanks for recommending Corrie's other book; I plan to read it once I'm finished with The Hiding Place. Would love to visit there one day.
xo Lisa ;)