Owl waiting for a hen

[StevenKarin]

 

[Chicken_Guru]

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I also have this problem, here is a picture of my owl in my backyard.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

I also have this problem, here is a picture of my owl in my backyard.

Whoa, nice picture!

 

[Chicken_Guru]

Whoa, nice picture!

I didn't take it, my dad did.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

How big is your run? Can you put mesh on top? Maybe leaving them in the coop for a few days might make the owl lose its interest.

 

[Sara Ranch]

*wink* The owl is just posing for the picture!

All summer, I heard owls hooting day and night. The sounds came from different directions. (I am in the country, on a mountain.) I was outside often. I have sheets and fabric hanging over the pastures (it doesn't cover nearly enough, but it is a distraction) and plenty of hiding places. I didn't have any owl attacks. (Thank goodness!)

All of my pastures are open.

 

[StevenKarin]

How big is your run? Can you put mesh on top? Maybe leaving them in the coop for a few days might make the owl lose its interest.

We have deer mesh over our the part of the run open to weather. Our owl tried to get through one day. It failed. I chased it off.

 

[StevenKarin]

How big is your run? Can you put mesh on top? Maybe leaving them in the coop for a few days might make the owl lose its interest.

We have deer mesh over our the part of the run open to weather. Our owl tried to get through one day. It failed. I chased it off.

The owl keeps coming back. It landed 10 feet away from me twice. Strangest thing I've ever saw, it must be a juvenile. One evening about a month ago there was three of these big owls in the trees just after sunset. One of the little cotton tails is missing but we have been keeping the hens locked up. The weather is changing and the wild animals are coming in to pick up easy meals.

 

[Gramma Chick]

The owl keeps coming back. It landed 10 feet away from me twice. Strangest thing I've ever saw, it must be a juvenile. One evening about a month ago there was three of these big owls in the trees just after sunset. One of the little cotton tails is missing but we have been keeping the hens locked up. The weather is changing and the wild animals are coming in to pick up easy meals.

Do you have gun or firecracker ?
Not to shoot at it but to scare it away

 

[BYC910]

The owl keeps coming back. It landed 10 feet away from me twice. Strangest thing I've ever saw, it must be a juvenile. One evening about a month ago there was three of these big owls in the trees just after sunset. One of the little cotton tails is missing but we have been keeping the hens locked up. The weather is changing and the wild animals are coming in to pick up easy meals.

Or could be a rehab and release . Landing close to you isn't normal behavior