This is the story. This last fall I had 9 aricauna hens and one barred rock rooster. I live in the woods of Northern Minnesota. About Last November some raccoons attacked my coop in force and slaughtered every chicken but one in one night. An old board was broken from the inside out during the attack and a hen escaped. I found a hole where the coons dug under the outside run and opened my pulley controlled door to enter the coop. A trail of feathers and blood led out the back. Now.... the survivor hen must have seen her 8 sisters and rooster slaughtered right in front of her and broke out the board and escaped Into the woods... I still see her every now and then in the yard. But it is so cold out..... has been under 50 below zero with wind chill out at night.... how the heck does she survive? I set up live cage traps. She won’t go in. I tried to net her. She flies back over a hundred feet through the snowy woods and disappears only to show up again. I put food out for her but the deer steal it. She gets some though and keeps coming back. She hangs out with the ruffed grouse sometimes. She is turning wild and I wonder if and how will she survive alone in my forest. It’s so murderously cold out. Is it possible she can survive out in this mess? Unreal.... Auricana hens are that badass? Please give feedback
