Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[RaZ]

I have a visitor. A juvenile Cooper's hawk according to a friend. She showed up yesterday and hung around while I did yard chores. She was back this morning perched on the bee hive. Hens were all in their hidey-holes.

 

[A2Kzoo2]

I have a visitor. A juvenile Cooper's hawk according to a friend. She showed up yesterday and hung around while I did yard chores. She was back this morning perched on the bee hive. Hens were all in their hidey-holes.

Coopers hawk vs. Peregrine falcon? I can't see if it has the peregrine's mask from those pics, but I had one near me in the summer. I've more recently had a pair of red tailed hawks flying above, but not attacking my chickens. Their screech always makes me worried for the girls. I also may have had what I think was a cooper's hawk trying to get some of my juveniles more recently, but I didn't get a very good look at it. Definitely a medium sized raptor.

 

[RaZ]

I'm no expert on bird ID. There has been a Cooper's here for the past few years. I hope it is his offspring.

Bird watching has been pretty good. Four different types of woodpeckers. The blue jays are getting pretty tame. I can get within 2 feet of them as long as I leave them a peanut. The chickadees will eat from my hand.

 

[dyorto]

All my 5 girls were there at 4:30 today and I only had 4 at 7:00. The auto door was shut. The missing girl is one that will sometimes fly over the fence. If she had flown out and couldn't get back in, is there any hope of finding her tomorrow?
I realize that it might be more likely something nabbed it, but I see no feathers are any trace.....

 

[1muttsfan]

I love the feeling off their tiny little little feets holding on to your fingers, and the way they take a look at you before they fly off with a seed

 

[birdman55]

If anyone is interested in Red golden pheasant pairs or trios let me know. Pm me

 

[dyorto]

My husband saw it wandering around on his trail cam, so I now that a predator now didn't take it from the fence area. Is it too cold for a chicken to survive by itself at night?

 

[bigmrg74]

Big what kind of dog is Belle? she's pretty.

She's a Toy Aussie Shepherd. 9 pounds of chicken herding and watching fury.

I have a visitor. A juvenile Cooper's hawk according to a friend. She showed up yesterday and hung around while I did yard chores. She was back this morning perched on the bee hive. Hens were all in their hidey-holes.

Looks a lot like the one I found this spring. DNR did get back to me on him and concluded that he just must have had a bad run of luck hunting and starved to death pretty much.

My husband saw it wandering around on his trail cam, so I now that a predator now didn't take it from the fence area. Is it too cold for a chicken to survive by itself at night?

If it tucks up some place that's out of the wind like in a pine tree, it should be alright.

 

[dyorto]

Yay!!! She was wandering the backyard this morning!!!

 

[1muttsfan]

All my 5 girls were there at 4:30 today and I only had 4 at 7:00. The auto door was shut. The missing girl is one that will sometimes fly over the fence. If she had flown out and couldn't get back in, is there any hope of finding her tomorrow?
I realize that it might be more likely something nabbed it, but I see no feathers are any trace.....

Glad the wanderer made it home. You can find poultry netting on Ebay in various sizes, it might be worth covering your run for added security.