Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[Sassysouth]

sorry rjohns39 for your loss
must be hawk day. I was cleaning up from freezer camp and heard the roos give an alarm.. I walked over and see a flash of brown and broody + chicken nuggets running in the now empty bachelor pad... I hopped the 3' dividing fence, not sure how this old lady did that, and found a type of hawk I hadn't seen on a 7wk br pullet.. I ran swearing and the hawk went up to a tree... Blood out of the mouth, rt eye closed and torn skin on rt side of the neck. .. put her in a crate w/heating pad, a few hrs later she was walking around , didn't drink until I gave an eyedropper in her mouth... 7hrs later she is still alive, will see how she is in the morning.
too small for freezer camp. Hawk did come back quickly and was on the ground by the attack site and back another time doing a fly over until the jays went after him.
looking at a bird book..It might have been a red shoulder , it was about the size of a small coopers hawk.. but brown and had bars on the tail.

That makes me so sad. I wish they would stick to mice. Hope that baby heals.

 

[staceyj]

Oh my @Molpet so very sorry for you hawk experience today.
I'll keep your bird in my thought tonight.

Wish they eat a few squirrels. More than enough here.

 

[21hens-incharge]

@Molpet WOW just wow. What a horrible thing. I do hope she heals.

I sure do like my crows. This morning at about 8 am they were running a red tail out of the hood. We have more hawks the last couple years so mine don't get out much.

for everyone dealing with loss today.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

Oh no! @rjohns39 & @Molpet
I'm so sorry! I know it's part of the life cycle but it's so hard when it happens to our own.
Molpet, I'll be sending warm healing wishes for your girl's recovery.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

I saw this and decided to share here. Not a chicken but a foal. If you seen before I apologise for repeat

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Just beautiful. What a great share

 

[peckpeckpeck]

And this is the tshirt I am about to order

 

[21hens-incharge]

Just beautiful. What a great share

X2 That is one cute baby!

 

[21hens-incharge]

And this is the tshirt I am about to order
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do it.... DO IT! I love that one!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Sorry for everyone's hawk troubles. Crows are good to have around. They mob hawks and drive them away.

Does anyone else hear phantom chicken sounds? Like when you swear you heard a notification on your phone but there isn't one.

The hawk stories made me think of it. I'll be away from home and swear I hear chickens alerting. Or a rooster crow. There are no chickens around.

 

[Sassysouth]

I think it is amazing how animals are already born with safety instincts. There has been a couple of times Sesame has made a certain noise, then froze. All the chicks in the run would dash to the corner or freeze exactly where they were. No one moved... until I moved. It is like the mannequin game.
Just to watch those precious chickens dust bathe or scratch with those feet. If only I could give them arms. It is so funny to watch them run.