When I went up to shut in the hens, I could only find the three chicks (whew, my babies survived one day in the big world!) and the ducks. Esmeralda and her brood were NOWHERE. I looked all over the garden, in the wild bit out the back, in the trees, out on the road...I thought they had flown. And by then it was almost completely dark.

And then I remembered there is no door on the garage we just use for junk. They were in there, roosting on the rafters!!!

That's enough drama for one day!