NY chicken lover!!!!

Okay, so I walked up on my 14 wk old rooster trying to mate with my 5 month old Partridge silkie hen....I said "dude, seriously?" This hen normally treats him like a little punk because she's the head honcho...I just rolled my eyes and walked off just disgusted.
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GRRRRR....what are the "laws" regarding shooting OWLS? Specfically Great Horned Owls. Cuz I just lost another Sumantra to a night predator that took the entire body with it, without trace of blood, just a few feathers left on the roosting surface. I am assuming it is a winged predator, cuz the food on the ground just below the roosting area is undisturbed. It wasn't even all that dark. I was waiting a few more minutes so I could sneak up on the flock of them and move them indoors to their coop. When I went down they were ALL GONE. I found ONE on a lower roost and stuck her in the regular coop. I looked and looked for the others, but they are no where to be seen. Which boads well for them if they survived.....which I hope they did (well except the one who's feathers are all over the place)

Tomorrow I chase their little butts all over til I catch them in the daylight and put them in the coop. So much for outdoor chickens. My heart can't take the losses.
Cass, we have had a barred owl around here, checking out the coops at 3:30 AM. My husband insisted that the "Who! who! who cooks for you!" distinctive hoot was a coyote. I was doubtful because the hooting wasn't coming from the ground.When I saw the owl flying overhead he still insisted that it was a coyote I was hearing. A quick google search of owl hoots confirmed my thoughts of it being an owl and not a coyote.
I am so sorry for your losses. I hope you are able to recover the rest of your sumatras.
 

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