Birdie Bird seemed to rather like being in the house. She treated us like her "flock" more or less. This meant when she spied something out the window that alarmed her, so would give out REALLY loud alarm calls for up to 15 mins.
We were also informed when eggs arrived. She laid one a day, each being a couple hours later in the day. Then she'd skip a day and we'd get one early in the morning.
She was really good about the leg soaking. I could do it from my wheelchair. But once the leg healed, after 3 weeks or so, she'd been in the house where it was very warm for too long. If she'd been sent to the barn, she probably would have gotten sick.
So we were resigned to having her as a guest at least until April.
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