Chicken101-07
Songster
- Aug 18, 2019
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Is there any chance of a owl killing a chicken?there's 2 right now in my property,every day that I let my chickens out to free range(I don't let chickens free range the whole day since I live in open woods,many animals live here that will make a chicken their lunch,eagles,raccoons and stuff like that) those 2 always show up,I didn't worried about them since my chickens would go all together until I got this bigger hen,she cant keep up with my friesian hens and rooster as my hens love to forage from place to place constantly moving,the new hen is like 5 pounds,I'm not really sure but she sure is a lot heavier than my friesian hens,the owl is pretty large probably around 1.5 feet standing ,the other one is smaller half the size of the big one,Is there any risk that it might decide to attack the poor chicken?I'm around but I'm busy changing water containers and watching that my 6 month old chickens dont wonder too far as they usually do when they are out but the property is like 1.5 acres,it will take me a few seconds to run back and forth if the owl decides to attack even if it doesn't kill it, might injure it,this past few days the owls been showing up at the coop more frequently even during the early morning when the sun is out,guessing that they've hunted most of the squirrels and rabbits in the area,there was times that I would find carcasses of squirrels and rabbits with the insides of their heads all eaten out,everything else untouched every few days,I'm sure that killing owls here is not a choice in North Carolina,should I just take my chances and hope it doesn't attack the hen or should I not take the hen out anymore??