I'm missing a bird!

[mylovelyladies]

My beloved Barred Rock is missing!

Tonight when I was putting my kids to bed it started to storm - high winds, heavy rain, thunder, lightening. When I went out to lock up the hens for the night I saw that the wind had blown the coop door shut. 3 out of 5 chickens had apparantly made it in before that happened, the 4th was nestled behind the coop and is now safely inside. But I can't find my BR anywhere in my yard. We're in a residential area so I'm thinking she may have spooked and flown over the fence?! I'm just sick about this - I want my girl home safe! I'm petrified that she's lost and we'll never know what happened to her or that something will get her tonight and a neighbour will have a chicken carcass in their yard in the morning. Dh has been out for an hour with a flashlight searching. Any tips on where I might find her or how I can lure her home? She's probably sitting tight at this point now that it's dark, right? Would she know to fly back over the fence?

 

[M@M@2four]

Check trees or anything high--also look under your deck, porch or bushes. We've had some go missing and found them all. It is scary--she probably just got spooked and is hiding out. Keep us posted!!!

 

[mylovelyladies]

Well, wherever she spent the night is the great mystery of our time because she was in the backyard this morning when dh went out

 

[SpottedCrow]

I've found my Leghorns 20 feet up a pine tree...danged things...

 

[flock-mama]

I used to have a few chickens that refused to go in the coop at night after free ranging all the time. I close each night so its my call if and when they get out. These few tried to out smart me by staying in the trees. LOL. I would get them down and put them in. It stopped after awhile.
Yours probably found a nice safe spot during the storm. Poor baby, I am glad she is OK!

 

[ChixFlix]

The other day I was "free ranging" the hens - to give them a different view.

At 9:00 am I went out to give them a tomato treat and all 10 were there.

At 10:00 am I went out again, and one was gone. No feather piles, no blood, no carcass - just - GONE.

Like UFOs couldn't find a cow to take, so they took the hen.

I'm pretty upset - it's been 4 days now and no sign of her. No rotting body smell, either. Just GONE.

I have NO idea where she could have disappeared to - I don't think the predators are out at that time and why no other hens missing? (That didn't sound right: I mean, thankfully, no other hens are missing.)

Any ideas?

 

[FisherMOM]

so glad she came back!

 

[M@M@2four]

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She could be nesting somewhere...I've heard many times how someone's hen goes missing only to find them somewhere broody on a nest!

Good luck!!!

 

[M@M@2four]

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YAY!!!! So glad you found her!!!!