Deer in the coop

The Husband has made friends with 2 of our young deer—Little Bucky, and this one Little Doe. She was inside the coop eating their food when I walked out to close them up.

They both show up (separately) almost every morning when he puts chicken feed out there, and now that it has been so wickedly cold, he has been leaving some corn for them at night. They don't seem especially fearful of us, even when there's a dog on the leash. And they have no fear at all of the dogs' frenzied barking from inside the house or even from in the dog fence in the back. They just stand and stare...which just creates more frenzy...

Other news from the dog fence: no more rabbit tracks in the cold. Silly rabbits have taken to hanging out inside the fence, probably hiding under the deck close to the house for heat. Problem is, same frenzied dogs are watching every minute of every day, and have captured and killed 3 in the past week or 2. I just pray the rest of the bunny population takes note and moves on. Getting tired of hurling dead bunnies over the fence into the field when I am out there in the cold, in my PJs. Who knew this would be my life?