Black Mottled Ancona-Red Leghorn Cross

[ColtHandorf]

@Miami Leghorn these girls are old enough to lay and have the first generation ready to lay, right?

 

[Miami Leghorn]

@Miami Leghorn these girls are old enough to lay and have the first generation ready to lay, right?

Thank you for asking.
Old enough to lay AND laying already. The Ancona rooster didn't make it past last summer. I'm thinking hawk. Feathers and some tissue outside his run. Devasted, to say the least.
Gotta start from scratch with the rooster.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Thank you for asking.
Old enough to lay AND laying already. The Ancona rooster didn't make it past last summer. I'm thinking hawk. Feathers and some tissue outside his run. Devasted, to say the least.
Gotta start from scratch with the rooster.

You'd think as flighty/predator savvy as the Light Mediterranean breeds are a hawk would have a hard time getting one. But the bobcat at my house managed to get a Buttercup, so who knows.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

You'd think as flighty/predator savvy as the Light Mediterranean breeds are a hawk would have a hard time getting one. But the bobcat at my house managed to get a Buttercup, so who knows.

I'm thinking hawk, but who knows? Yes, he was very alert, loud AF. I may be mistaken. But I'm thinking a hawk because at night, the chickens all retire to their coops and we lock the doors. I understand that owls usually hunt at night? Anything that comes in from the ground, my dogs will tear it up. Racoon,possum,etc.
So my next guess if it comes from above during the day in my mind would be a hawk, falcon, etc.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Our hawks seem to strike super fast when they do. No warning or circling as the roosters alarm call.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Thankfully I haven't had much of an issue. Usually only when they are migrating through and there are no leaves on the tree. I think the juveniles get desperate.