Betty is missing 😭

[Wainbowmudd]

Betty is missing my 6 girls run a 500 Sqft yard with 4ft fence and bird netting above. They don’t intentionally fly out but sometimes they accidentally do when they get rowdy. We usually find the escapee pacing the fence line to get back in (we have ton open the gate why don’t they just fly back in??). This was Betty’s first time doing it and it took us way too long to notice she was missing because we’ve been so busy this week no sign of struggle that we can find and no traces of where she went. I feel so bad for her and I don’t want to accept that she’s gone she was so beautiful and sweet. I thought she would be the first to lay eggs

 

[wyoDreamer]

I'm sorry to hear that your chicken is missing.
How long has Betty been missing?

 

[mommiesrcool]

do you have any extra time to go search for her? I can't imagine how you feel, is there a word you use to tell them that you have food because if you do I would walk around the whole area saying that word, how long has she been missing, do you have and day and night predators?

 

[Molly Mojo]

Good luck, sometimes they just are good at hiding.

I once thought one of mine was a goner and she showed back up later in the day. I still have no idea where she went.

 

[Wainbowmudd]

She’s been missing since yesterday morning. We’ve walked all around the street and shook food and looking, even in the rain yesterday evening. Our street backs up to some woods and I can’t get back there =\

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh gosh, I am so sorry! This must be very hard on your heart. I would be sick with worry. I hope she comes back soon!

 

[CluckerFamily]

I hope she returns. Chickens can find good hiding spaces and roost in trees.

 

[N F C]

Has Betty shown back up this morning?

Sorry she's missing

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Is she back?

 

[Callender Girl]

Be realistic, but don't give up hope! I cried buckets when one of my Easter Eggers disappeared and was gone overnight. I called and shook the scoop full of food. I couldn't get into the surrounding fields of crops, but I KNOW coyotes do, along with a parade of predators.

More than 24 hours later, she reappeared no worse for the wear, but she has never again slipped through the fencing and out past the goat/sheep pen. Here's hoping your girl comes back.