So its fall time and starting to get cold. I figured all the hawks and flying predators were hunkering down and preparing for winter. I guess I'm wrong. I had 7 leghorn hens that are 4/5 weeks old, fully feathered out and looking nice and chunky. I let them free range and have for about 2 weeks now. Nothing has gone wrong. I went in tonight to put them all to bed and did my head count...1.2.3.4.5.6.......6.....ermm wheres #7? So I pull the flashlight out and start my search around the yard, the neighbors yard, the wood pile, under the coop, under the watering area and in their food area. Nothing, notta, zero. The only thing I can figure is that a bird of prey carried her off...I can't any sign of her anywhere, no feathers, no body no anything. Anyone have any clue if it could be anything else or if maybe she is hidden somewhere I couldn't see. Think she will come back, provided she hasn't become food for some other bird? Couple that on top of the fact that the only leghorn that I have that is actually laying ended up having an egg break inside of her so I had to put her in the tub with warm water, pull out what I found left over and hope that everything will be ok. Did everything I could with her so now its a wait and see game. Top that with having my 8 week old puppy dying on me. She laid down and I went to wake her up to go potty and she didn't move, dead, blood running out of her mouth and nose so buried her before the kids could see that. As a famous singer once said, "Momma said there'd be days like this, there'd be days like this, my mommy said.....
