Oh my gosh. Just saw a hawk surveying my chicken coop...

[KettermanHillCoop]

Perhaps found you an answer....I shot a pic to a bird watching place and this is what was said...

"This is a quail of some sort. It doesn't look like a typical North American species, so it's probably escaped, either from a local bird fancier or a local hunting club."

 

[Scott214]

Well I’ll be darned! Maybe the chickens didn’t like it cause they saw it as a competitor for their food and it was trying to get it cause i had just gave them treats when i saw it. Thank you so much.

 

[Scott214]

Looked up red and black quail and it’s a Tennessee red bobwhite quail !

 

[ChickenMannR]

My chickens free range, but I also have 5 geese and 6 ducks, so hawks don't come over often, when they do though, my girls hide under the cars. No casualties yet! (well, four to coyotes, but coyotes are different)

 

[Aubby]

I go home every day during my lunch hour to check on my chickens. They pretty much free range around the property. Hate to keep them cooped and netting over the top of my coops would be almost impossible...... but at lunch I feed all my chickens some bread, and then throw out some for my pair of crows that grew into 9 individuals. They have been a godsend for air predators. My Roosters have learned the crow alarms. It is amazing to watch two different types of birds work together.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Perhaps found you an answer....I shot a pic to a bird watching place and this is what was said...

"This is a quail of some sort. It doesn't look like a typical North American species, so it's probably escaped, either from a local bird fancier or a local hunting club."

Looked up red and black quail and it’s a Tennessee red bobwhite quail !

Good team work!

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Good team work!

Hey, so many great folks here on BYC have helped me tremendously...if I can help anyone here, I'll do what I can!

 

[happyfrenchman]

http://www.pd4pic.com/images/grosbeak-bird-nature-animal-brown.jpg

I saw that bird and I think the feet are wrong for a hawk as well as alot of other features... what it is? I could not say. It could be that quail.... The best I came up with was a grosbeak but I am not sold on that either.

 

[lazy gardener]

I'll buy the Tennessee Red Bob White Quail story! Did a google on the breed, and saw that there are a lot of variations, some of which look very much like the bird in hand. BTW, did he also have 2 in the bush?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I'll buy the Tennessee Red Bob White Quail story! Did a google on the breed, and saw that there are a lot of variations, some of which look very much like the bird in hand. BTW, did he also have 2 in the bush?