Dang It... Lost Two Chickens to a Hawk

[cmom]

So sorry for your loss. My suggestion would be to put up a camera and see what's been lurking and that is probably the killer and it will be back and then you can form a plan on how to deal with it. Good luck...
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[cmom]

I lost my favorite young hen two days ago. I'm still grieving I tried to find consolance on the web. It was a 7 month old laying white hen. Smart and full of life.. I was inside my house after hearing some commotion I went out only found her laying on the ground w a hawk or maybe a owl standing besides her. The vulture flew off at the sight of me. My hen is still warm but dead. There was no external injuries so I guessed she was scared to death. She is young and still tiny. My heart also just broken due to losing her.

 

[Geckolady]

Could it be an owl? There has been one hanging around my coop for the past few days, and it looks larger than a hawk. It can't get through my run, fortunately.