I've seen the birds climb on her back to sleep and they all just take a nap...
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Stray dog? You weren't home.....
Stray dog? You weren't home.....
By the way, my PIT BULL is fine with all my chickens. He chases the deer off the property (my neighbor feeds them so I have a huge herd of starving deer all over my property) and has ended up catching a fawn and a yearling that he ended up killing (I got the fawn away from him and took it to rescue, but they put it down).
I'm thinking any of the predators you mentioned wouldn't have made the entire chicken disappear. Was the top of the run open? If the bird was only five weeks old and small perhaps a hawk carried him away or a fox.
The feathers left behind is an example of a classic hawk attack. A 5 week old White Leghorn can be spirited away lock stock and body by all three of the "chicken" hawk species, especially after the victim is mostly de-feathered which drastically reduces air resistance
I'm thinking any of the predators you mentioned wouldn't have made the entire chicken disappear. Was the top of the run open? If the bird was only five weeks old and small perhaps a hawk carried him away or a fox.
The feathers left behind is an example of a classic hawk attack. A 5 week old White Leghorn can be spirited away lock stock and body by all three of the "chicken" hawk species, especially after the victim is mostly de-feathered which drastically reduces air resistance
We actually wondered about hawks. The reason that I was ruling them out is that this one was under half of a tarp and in a small enclosure (maybe 6 ft by 4 ft) and we have fishing line strung above it as well. However, we do have hawks & owls, so it could definitely be a hawk.