Interesting, we didn't think it could be something other than a bird. The attack happened in the caged in area, so there's definitely a chance a coyote could've climbed the fence. Whatever it was got scared off and ran off when my dad pulled up in the drive way.
It was early in the afternoon...
oh no, i hope your little one is okay! it's scary being attacked by a rooster as is, i can't imagine being attacked as a kid. i hope everything works out for you !!
They have a coop & a small caged in area. Sometimes they'll be let out to wander the yard, not sure how often... but ill let him know to keep them in there. they aren't coming out of the coop anyways. i feel so bad they were so scared :(!
aw! ya the chickens we have will RUN .. I guess when the attack happened, they all escaped because they all (mainly the rooster I'm assuming) pecked and pushed so hard at the gate until they were able to get out and run away.
I still can't get over how smart these birds are!!
Very interesting!! My dad has been going back and forth all day on what it could've been, so I'll be happy to give him your input. Do you have any advice on what to do with the others for now? They are all clearly shaken up and I wasn't sure if there's anything we could do. We bought some...
yes we thought it could've been a hawk as well. We're not 100% sure about what creature was in there. We believe it was a type of
bird though.
Thanks for the reply!
Hi, thank you for the info.
*warning: may be graphic but I'm trying to keep it PG*
We think it was an owl because whatever it was, had to of flown in. It was eating a full grown healthy chicken right in the pen. When my dad pulled up to the house, the creature had flown off. There is...
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I'm Brit and my dad has chickens. I have been coming on here for a long time to look up some of his questions about his chickens and have found some great info.
I believe that a Great Horned Owl attacked one of the chickens yesterday. I won't go into detail about that though.
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Hello! I'm Brit & my dad is the one with the chickens. He has about 10-12 of them (including a rooster!) , and I'm always looking up questions he has on this site so I figured I'd make an account.