Scoutinspace
Chirping
- Mar 29, 2021
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My heart is broken. I woke up this morning and noticed that the rooster was a bit more quite than usual. I went outside and found a trail of feathers leading from a hole under the coop...to near my front door...and then near the tomato plant. Then the trail stopped. One of my hens was taken/killed. Noooo! I did not hear anything last night though - and the window where I sleep is not far from the coop. Im scared for tonight! I am going to fix the hole etc - but I have a few questions:
Do the feathers mean thats where Daisy was struggling and then when the trail stops, where the predator "won" and then took the chicken away? This is my first chick lost - so Im unfamiliar. Part of me wants to keep looking for her - I already have scanned the entire farm and no trace of more feathers.
Do you have any advice on what I can do to keep this raccoon/fox/etc away besides securing the coop more?
I did not expect to cry as much as I have been over this loss - this part of having chickens pulls at my heart strings.
Do the feathers mean thats where Daisy was struggling and then when the trail stops, where the predator "won" and then took the chicken away? This is my first chick lost - so Im unfamiliar. Part of me wants to keep looking for her - I already have scanned the entire farm and no trace of more feathers.
Do you have any advice on what I can do to keep this raccoon/fox/etc away besides securing the coop more?
I did not expect to cry as much as I have been over this loss - this part of having chickens pulls at my heart strings.