Unfortunately he went for my chickens a total of EIGHT times at night while they were roosting instead of the 6853 rabbits, foxes, possums, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, and I’m sure snakes right there in my back yard. He even came back twice in broad daylight (10AM) the following morning. He...
After hours of searching, I found Grady & Estelle hiding on the front porch of all places. The owl got into the coop the first time because unfortunately the gate door was left open. That won’t happen again. I do believe the coop is probably pretty predator proof otherwise. It’s a regular...
My flock of 5 (4 hens, 1 rooster) was attacked by an owl tonight in the middle of the night. My alpha hen is dead. I can only assume she was trying to protect the others. My rooster (large RIR that takes his job very seriously) and another hen are missing. Can't find them anywhere. The two...