Taking more care.

So...Hecate is still with us and after a day inside yesterday she spent today outside and has been drinking and eating a little. She is still very subdued and spends a lot of time just standing still and keeping to herself.The 'chooks' are confined to their pen once again and last night we had to go in after dark and clip Pacha and Wang's wings as they are serial escapees despite the higher netting fence. It worked and they have all stayed in their pen today. The chicks, however, are a law unto themselves.We have discovered that we still have 10 chicks and not 9 as we thought immediately after the attack. So we have only lost one. After very close supervision for weeks by the mother's (Arke and Hecate) they are now wandering off independently though all 10 stick close together in a group. The mothers are no longer protective and Arke has even started laying again.The chicks get out easily and have been wandering off into the bush though not too far from the pen. They are growing but are still able to squeeze out through gaps in the wire and fencing.Yudisthira, who was initially sold to us as a hen has turned out to be a very good rooster. He is very protective and they all listen carefully to his warnings. He is ever watchful for danger from the sky and lurking in the bush and selflessly clucks when he finds food for the others to come and share it. He has recovered fully from his ordeal of being carried off in the jaws of a fox and now that Odin has gone to another home and the evil black one went in the pot, he only has competition from Wang and does not seem that bothered by him.He has been suffering for awhile from scaly leg mites and so we have been smothering his legs and feet a few times with Vaseline to suffocate the mites and his feet are looking so much better. He was very resigned last night to our interference as if he knew we were trying to help him.