Meet Christina

D. and P. arrived home today from their cross-country adventure. They had a grand time and their travels went smoothly. They also arrived home with...


This is Christina. Christina is a pheasant. This was actually planned, so P. and D. didn't just find a pheasant at some rest stop and think to themselves, "Hey! Let's put her in the car and bring her home!" The friend with whom they stayed with both directions comes from a farming family. Her nephew was raising pheasants... and then wasn't raising pheasants so that there was this one lone pheasant who wanted a home. Our friend asked if we could take the pheasant. Obviously we said yes. Today, one their way out of town, P. and D. had a rendezvous to pick up a pheasant. 

D.'s text made me laugh.

"Apparently on our way back, we're meeting XXX's dad at some random gas station on the edge of town to get the pheasant, like some sort of hostage exchange." 

As far as I know they did not have to give another bird in return, for the pheasant made it back here. She arrived in this.


It wasn't a lot of room to travel all day in, so I'm sure she was happy to get out of it. Her name is Christina because that is what we were informed her name is. I'm thinking we need to add to it and make it Christina Rossetti to have it go along with our historical/literary names we sort of have going. Currently she is living in a large dog crate outside, because we need to introduce the birds a little slowly. The chickens were quite interested in what was going on...

Can you see them looking out of their pen and what is going on?

Here's a better shot.

Eventually she will join everyone in the chicken pen. When the birds did get let out, none of them seemed to care much that she was there.

She is a rather pretty bird. Here are some other pictures.




Welcome to the family, Christina!

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