Chicken poppy
Fashionably late
Earlier today, the flock seemed quite spooked (freeranging) we saw nothing in the sky and figured it would be alright. We went inside and they were right outside the kitchen window (where i was at making them some food) 3 of them vanished. There was no crazy freakout. They were panicked, coming into the yard, rooster crowing a bit. But no “emergency call” noise they make, just some clucking. They have made a bigger fuss off a lawn mower or crows.
I went out there in search of the missing 3 and found 2 in the neighbors bush, they had somehow hopped the fence in a panic. They all were in strange places when i went out. Rooster was in the middle of the sidewalk, 2 in the driveway, 2 in the bush, one at the back door in the yard looking for help, and the last one, Emily (my favorite) gone.
By the gate (where they were before the panic) there was a pile of Emily’s feathers, Most of them fluffy, but 3/4 looked like wing feathers.
She is a bantam cochin, by the way.
For hours we searched for her, looking in a few of our neighbors yard (with permission, of course) And we looked EVERYWHERE. i went in the back of our forest, side of our forest, across the street, in bushes, under cars, in the garage, in the fenced area, under the carport. She was nowhere to be found. The only clue we had was feathers which seemed quite scattered aside from the pile. Now, the wind was blowing so they could have blown, but i saw 2 feathers by our firepit (In the forest area to the right) that seemed against the wind, some by the garage which i think blew, and in front of our house by the car.
I thought i heard a cluck but that might have been my imagination. There was no signs of her, no blood, nothing. I miss her so much, and obviously won’t be letting the others freerange for a while..
Was this a fox? Its night now, im worried she could be suffering somewhere. Its cold and im sure shes scared (if shes alive..) Is it possible she could come back? Should i keep looking for a while longer?
Is there anything at all i can do for her? We keep the gate closed where the chicken coop is. If shes outside, she has no way back in. Shes horrible at “flying” and is quite scared of heights.
I have a tiny brown coop but requires a small jump to get in. Is it worth putting it out there incase she finds her way back?
I went out there in search of the missing 3 and found 2 in the neighbors bush, they had somehow hopped the fence in a panic. They all were in strange places when i went out. Rooster was in the middle of the sidewalk, 2 in the driveway, 2 in the bush, one at the back door in the yard looking for help, and the last one, Emily (my favorite) gone.
By the gate (where they were before the panic) there was a pile of Emily’s feathers, Most of them fluffy, but 3/4 looked like wing feathers.
She is a bantam cochin, by the way.
For hours we searched for her, looking in a few of our neighbors yard (with permission, of course) And we looked EVERYWHERE. i went in the back of our forest, side of our forest, across the street, in bushes, under cars, in the garage, in the fenced area, under the carport. She was nowhere to be found. The only clue we had was feathers which seemed quite scattered aside from the pile. Now, the wind was blowing so they could have blown, but i saw 2 feathers by our firepit (In the forest area to the right) that seemed against the wind, some by the garage which i think blew, and in front of our house by the car.
I thought i heard a cluck but that might have been my imagination. There was no signs of her, no blood, nothing. I miss her so much, and obviously won’t be letting the others freerange for a while..
Was this a fox? Its night now, im worried she could be suffering somewhere. Its cold and im sure shes scared (if shes alive..) Is it possible she could come back? Should i keep looking for a while longer?
Is there anything at all i can do for her? We keep the gate closed where the chicken coop is. If shes outside, she has no way back in. Shes horrible at “flying” and is quite scared of heights.
I have a tiny brown coop but requires a small jump to get in. Is it worth putting it out there incase she finds her way back?
