I got a blue polish, a black polish, a red partridge silkie, and a black bearded silkie. The polish hen are from Spring, while the silkies are a year old. These birds are WILD! I'm spending a lot of time with them to tame them up. My last group were very friendly.
I called the breeder whom I got the hens from and she is convinced it was a fox. She said that because there were no traces of the birds except feathers from one. She, like everyone here, consoled me and told me that it happens and is no big deal. She lost 18 of her layers in the spring to a...
I am so upset. We didn't close the coop early enough and they were gone. They were beautiful. I feel so aweful. Buffy, Macy, Lacy, and Yolanda are gone and it is my fault.