- Aug 2, 2010
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I let mine freerange when I am going to be home, to keep an eye on them. If I go to the store I will usually leave them out, as I am coming right back and putting them in only to let them out a little later seems silly.
But last week I went to the store and when I came home they were nowhere to be found, all 4 had simply dissapeared! I looked for along time and even enlisted my doggies to look. I couldn't figure out where they went as they have shown no desire to leave the yard, and haven't exhibited an ability to fly or leap over the fence. I thought of hawks but there wasn't a single feather!
Long story short, they would simply hiding in the yard at varous places. I found two of them very well hidden, one in monkey grass, one in gravel by the patio, they just blended right in! I found the other two walking amonst the azaleas, I assume they were in the mulch, I never saw them till they came out in the open.
I put them in their coop and they went back to sleep for a few hours. I think they just wanted nap and bedded down whereever it was comfortable. I had suspected at one point the doggies chased them but when I found them they showed no fear of the doggies and the doggies weren't excessivly interested in the chickens.
But last week I went to the store and when I came home they were nowhere to be found, all 4 had simply dissapeared! I looked for along time and even enlisted my doggies to look. I couldn't figure out where they went as they have shown no desire to leave the yard, and haven't exhibited an ability to fly or leap over the fence. I thought of hawks but there wasn't a single feather!
Long story short, they would simply hiding in the yard at varous places. I found two of them very well hidden, one in monkey grass, one in gravel by the patio, they just blended right in! I found the other two walking amonst the azaleas, I assume they were in the mulch, I never saw them till they came out in the open.
I put them in their coop and they went back to sleep for a few hours. I think they just wanted nap and bedded down whereever it was comfortable. I had suspected at one point the doggies chased them but when I found them they showed no fear of the doggies and the doggies weren't excessivly interested in the chickens.