My Queen Bea is gone!

[Bec]

I am sorry... :aww I just lost one of mine too. I was very upset..still am. I am so sorry for your losses.

 

[CarriBrown]

I'm so sorry for your loss. She was beautiful. I hope she is off on a clutch someplace. Please keep us updated. :aww

 

[SHELLY]

Penny came back! She was in the barn in front of the door to her coop room when my husband got home Friday. I am so relieved to have her.

Bea never did come back. Thank you all so much for your sympathies and allowing me to cry.

 

[SHELLY]

Oh, by the way, I watched all weekend and never saw any signs of a varmit trying to get any of my birds.

 

[chickbea]

Oh! I'm so glad you got one back. Have you been around to all of your neighbors to check for Bea? Maybe she is holed up under someone's porch or something...

 

[SHELLY]

Well, that kind of makes me feel stupid. No I haven't been to any neighbors. The closest one is 1/4 mile away. Would she go that far?

 

[SpottedCrow]

I'm so glad that Penny came back...If they're being chased they certainly can go pretty far.

 

[broncbuster07]

SHELLY, be sure to look EVERYWHERE that she could possibly go. I had a hen come up missing one time and I thought something got her, but a week later I saw her out with the other chickens while I was mowing. Well, I made a few more rounds on the mower and looked over and she was GONE again. Right then, I decided she had a nest somewhere and began looking all over. Finally, I found her up under one of the bushes by the house sitting on 17 unfertilized eggs (I had no rooster at the time), so I went and got sme fertile eggs from my friend and put them in place of the unfertile ones. 3 weeks later we had chicks. Just make sure you look real good, because there's not many predators that can snatch a chickens without pulling some feathers out.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I'm so glad Penny came home!

Didn't somebody tell a story about a chicken that got trapped under something out in the yard, too? There might not be a big chance that she is at a neighbors, but it never hurts to try. My older birds have ranged pretty far when they wanted to, like over 5 acres! If a bird got startled, she could go pretty far just flying/running to get away from whatever scared her and end up in an area she doesn't usually go. It never hurts to try.

 

[picklespickles]

i had one that would hide under the house.