We have a hen who disappeared a few days ago. The day before she disappeared, she tried to hide in the forest and was extremely mad when we found her. We have a lot of cameras around so we know approximately where she should be but we can’t access it. She didn’t head towards the trees this time but likely went under the house/porch. There’s a sort of crawl space underneath half of the house but not enough space for a person underneath the rest of the house/porch, we think this is where she’s hiding.
She disappeared from the cameras around a hole that leads underneath the porch and hasn’t shown up leaving from any angle around the house.
She’s a very clever hen and is quite good at foraging. She stays very still and quiet when she wants to be alone and is very loud when she wants something.
My hope is that she’s gone broody and wants a private place to sit on her eggs. She was laying almost every 24 hours before she left. Some other hens have been laying under the porch as well lately but in places where we can still see them. Her eggs would be fertile so they would likely hatch.
We’re leaving food and water outside for her.
The cats sometimes go under the house so I’m tempted to attach a camera collar to one of them and see if they’ve spotted her but I’m running out of ideas.
Does anyone have any idea what we can possibly do?
She disappeared from the cameras around a hole that leads underneath the porch and hasn’t shown up leaving from any angle around the house.
She’s a very clever hen and is quite good at foraging. She stays very still and quiet when she wants to be alone and is very loud when she wants something.
My hope is that she’s gone broody and wants a private place to sit on her eggs. She was laying almost every 24 hours before she left. Some other hens have been laying under the porch as well lately but in places where we can still see them. Her eggs would be fertile so they would likely hatch.
We’re leaving food and water outside for her.
The cats sometimes go under the house so I’m tempted to attach a camera collar to one of them and see if they’ve spotted her but I’m running out of ideas.
Does anyone have any idea what we can possibly do?