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  1. centrarchid

    Great-horned Owl Fun 2023

    Great-horned Owl came in when my son forgot to close pen door. Owl got a pullet and consumed head and neck leaving carcass in front of game camera shown in second image. It was a windy night blowing things around and we had lots of lightening too. Remaining birds (22) scattered themselves about...
  2. centrarchid

    Great-horned Owl Fun 2022

    It has been a while since last dealing with this issue, but here we go again. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/great-horned-owl-fun-2021.1440068/#post-23871819 Early this morning around 0400 we heard a commotion with a hen squalling followed by dogs barking as if charging after...
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    Great-horned Owl Fun 2021

    I am back, and so is an owl. I had a buyer for an American Dominique pullet where buyer not more than 10 minutes out to pickup bird. Pullet was released to cleanup for transport by walking on grass and roosting outside pen. Was to be last sale of year. Owl got her. I knew bad happened by sounds...
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    Great-horned Owl Fun in 2020

    This getting to be long-term building up observations on how these raptors operate and how that operation relates to keeping chickens. If I actually see young owls this year then we will officially have a pattern where the owls appear to fledge young every third year. We will also start placing...
  5. centrarchid

    Great-horned Owl Fun in 2019

    An owl just came in. It did not go into barn. Carcass used placed in front of camera not touched. Dogs were fired up, but had trouble locating it. Owl was trying to get at a couple of penned birds and may have gotten briefly hung up in the process. It may have flown into pen as I approached...
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    Great-horned Owl Fun in 2018

    Owl is catching rabbits apparently about 1 every 3 days. It then drags kills along mowed grass ways to SE corner of cockyard where owl then either drags or flies with carcass down hill in a SE direction. Owl is using barn as hunting perch at least part of the time. It does not hoot when I can...
  7. centrarchid

    Great-horned Owl fun in 2017

    I think it is about to start. Previous years varied greatly in terms of what occurred. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/great-horned-owl-fun-in-2016.1090039/#post-16735188 This year I have many fewer chickens and seriously upgraded confinement plus some game cams to see what will be...
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    Great-horned Owl Fun in 2016

    We have gone for roughly 3 months with very little owl action. It is not they have left the area, they simply changed their habits. Apparently male owl hunting my pasture has brood at least 1/4 mile to the northeast across highway OO. We have noted him multiple times flying overhead in that...
  9. centrarchid

    Great-horned Owl Fun in 2015

    Two young-of-year GHO's have taken to coming onto property early each night for the last week. Tonight they perched on powerline in front of house with two chickens roosting on motorcycle about 125 feet away. One of the dogs hid somewhere outside before bolting at owls flushing them off. I do...
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