Hidey Hole Chickens.
I have only had one chicken disapear on me, inside the coop... And the only way out was by human hands undoing latches. Interestingly enough my back gate into the neighbors was left open and I had heard voices in their back yard late the night before. Geeez I even called the cops thinking someone might have taken him for his funny barking crow (still an amatueur at 4 months) I looked under, over around, checked for something getting into what a friend calls my chicken fortress. No rooster... Not a peep, not a feather moved cept the rest of the flock, and they weren't telling... When I came home that night around 5p (after a blistering hot day) I went out again to see if I could figure it out. Finally lifted up the temp hen house that has only 4" clearance... and he poked out his head then. I had to finally lift the whole thing up for him to get all the way out! No water, no food on a hot midsummer day in AZ... Maybe thats why he is turning out so aggresive, brain damage???
At any rate I have decided to try and keep him even if he has turned agressive. A friend is loaning me her rather large outdoor dog kennel and he can have his 4 standard hens in their with him if he is nice to them, maybe get him a couple more!
Big Roo 'Albion' Welsummer 5 months
I have only had one chicken disapear on me, inside the coop... And the only way out was by human hands undoing latches. Interestingly enough my back gate into the neighbors was left open and I had heard voices in their back yard late the night before. Geeez I even called the cops thinking someone might have taken him for his funny barking crow (still an amatueur at 4 months) I looked under, over around, checked for something getting into what a friend calls my chicken fortress. No rooster... Not a peep, not a feather moved cept the rest of the flock, and they weren't telling... When I came home that night around 5p (after a blistering hot day) I went out again to see if I could figure it out. Finally lifted up the temp hen house that has only 4" clearance... and he poked out his head then. I had to finally lift the whole thing up for him to get all the way out! No water, no food on a hot midsummer day in AZ... Maybe thats why he is turning out so aggresive, brain damage???
At any rate I have decided to try and keep him even if he has turned agressive. A friend is loaning me her rather large outdoor dog kennel and he can have his 4 standard hens in their with him if he is nice to them, maybe get him a couple more!
Big Roo 'Albion' Welsummer 5 months
