Found my hen dead in chicken run....

[NotableNancy]

Well at least you know what it was and you can make them safe. I thought it was going to be a hawk because when I was chicken sitting for my neighbor I saw a hawk in their run and they have wire zig zagging over top and it still went in. I always assume that wild animals will do everything they can to get their prey because their life depends on it. They will take chances in order to survive and to feed their young. Sometimes things happen and we live and learn. Best to you!

 

[webgranny77]

I'm planning to purchase one of these and give it a try. It's affordable, and I've heard it works well
http://www.niteguard.com/pages/Home/

 

[pjknust]

works at night!! I've had one about 2 yrs. But won't keep hawks away. I lost a hen today IN the chicken yard. I had run him off a couple times this morning, but apparently he came back later in the afternoon. I have had hens for 5 yrs and this is my first hawk attack. And my shepherd dog was in her run which shares the fence with the chickens!!!

 

[My Fav Chickens]

I'm so sorry for you guys, I can understand what you've been through. Because my Dad, Stepmother and I moved house earlier this year and my stepmother said I wasn't allowed to take all my chickens. I had to choose three out of my five girls and that was heart breaking. My Dad didn't say or do anything about it. So I took three and set up a run in our new home( My other 2 girls went to the next door neighbours to stay there for a few months so we could make more room for them). Then while I was switching from my mothers house to my dad's house (I live with my mother and go visit my father) and while I was at my mother's My mother received a call on the 13 of july that my black chicken Daffodil died. She told me to call my father the next morning as something bad had happened. I immediately knew what had happened. I cried and cried and cried. Why did she leave me? She was always escaping but this time she got caught in the dog guard that prevents the dog from getting in. As this was the first time I had chickens and the first time one of them died. I was heart broken and now whenever I go into the coop I strangely find a new black feather in the hen house which none of my girls produced. I immediately demanded that I should bring my chickens from the old next door neighbours home to our new one. I wanted to have my four brave girls together again as I felt that they should of never separated nor i from them. But my stepmother just said, oh no we've already given them permanently to our old next door neighbours. Why don't we get some little chicks instead? I flew into a terrible rage saying " How dare you give away someone else's chickens?" Afterwards i thought that I could never stop sobbing after my chicken died, I couldn't bring my others home after deserting them and how dare she? I've never felt the same after the day one of the bright little suns that made their way into my heart die. So Rest in Peace my little Darling, Rest in Peace.