Lost My Ameracauna

[wenwar]

Last Friday I couldn't find my Ameracauna, Sansa. The previous day my neighbor saw both 'caunas on the wrong side of the fence and put them back in, so I thought she'd jumped again and that she'd come home. Well...not so lucky. My boxer, Grace, found her at the back fence. It looked like whatever got her (a hawk, I'm thinking) didn't get much, she was pretty intact. I am so sorry! So, now the girls are in their she shed for a week, I'm hoping the hawk or whatever will forget they're here. The girls are UNHAPPY!!! Anything I can do to make their confinement better?

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

You could give them chicken toys? Stuff treats into something and let them play with it
I'm sorry for your loss

 

[HuffleClaw]

So sorry for your loss! It’s always hard to loose a member of the flock!

 

[sourland]

Supervised free range later in the day might help.

 

[aart]

I have cds, a scarecrow we call hawkeye and now owls.

Those will not deter predator for long, if at all......they need a secure run with a roof(mesh or solid).
Take the owls back and spend that money on building materials.

 

[Folly's place]

Also, cover your run, so they can be in it and still safe from raptors.
Mary

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Supervised free range later in the day might help.

X2
Sorry for your loss

 

[PouleChick]

Oh bummer - so sorry for your loss

X2
Sorry for your loss

x3 - at least they get some time out and you can keep them safe.

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

I bought a 6 by 3 run and I have 11 chickens in it, it is sheltered to protect them from eagles and foxes
We get foxes most of all and we struggle with keeping them out during the day. I found that I couldn’t deal with it getting my hens all the time and the last straw for me was when it got my poor partridge silkie pebbles
You have to decide where you stand with it all and when enough is enough for you, I still let mine supervised free range but not when I am not here....
Maybe try to leave them in their coop for a little bit, how many hens do you have?

 

[Melky]

I would have a covered attached run for them to provide weather and predator protection. All vented and run areas should have 19 g 1/2 inch hardware cloth and a 2ft apron around coop/run of the same. Sorry for the loss!