A few weeks back I saw an eagle swoop down over my yard. I've been doing a head count ever since. Last week I was missing a chicken. darn eagle, I thought. a few days went by and no more losses. The other morning while doing chores I heard a tap tap tapping in the barn aisle. I'd heard it the day before as well, but thought it was a wood pecker. The noise seems to be coming from the ground..... I picked up an empty corner feeder and there, wet and scraggly, was the missing hen..with an egg. She had been under the feeder bucket for at least 3 days. She acted starved, but fine otherwise. I have no idea how she got herself under the bucket, but I no longer keep loose buckets or feeders in the aisle.
She's fine now, but I still feel bad
She's fine now, but I still feel bad
