I don’t suspect a hawk. There are no predator birds that fly around us during the the day. Besides, the Silkies are heavy shedders, and I found feathers 30 to 40 paces out in the timber. A land predator took them. The weird thing is that I cannot find a single feather of the Buff Orpington or...
They are staying in for now. Like I said, coyotes out my way are savages. They have been known to wear out deer and eat them from the backside forward just because they can.
Went out around dusk to close up the coop yesterday and was doing my daily count and could only count 16 out of 20. My astrolorp rooster, a Buff Orpington, and two young Silkies were gone. There was one spot with a cluster of Silkie feathers next to the woods. One of the young Silkies we...