I think it was a falcon. I was sitting in the kitchen while the chickens/ducks free ranging their morning away. i look outside and the chickens are silent, still. just then a huge falcon swooped down on my plymouth rock chicken! it was awful,
everyone was okay but frightened. my girls love to free range, but going to have to keep them locked up in the run for awhile. i feel sick to my stomach now. my legs were shaking. i lost my voice too.. (just from the screaming.)