I had a buzzard who probably took one of my bantams a fewWell unfortunately, my flock will be contained for a little while. The largest Bald Eagle I've seen came by this morning and tried to attack. Fortunately they were all by the treeline & a large blackberry patch to take shelter. Pedro got 10 home safely, and by the time I got to where they had been the Eagle was perched in the cedar tree about 10' above Annie my Buff Orp who was sheltering underneath. He took off when I got close and Annie fled, wedging herself under a pallet in a nearby barn. It took a while to get her out, but finally I was able to reach her & carried her home to the coop. The last of the 3 missing hens finally came out from the BlackBerry bushes and I escorted her home safely. They're all safe, but very quiet. I wonder how long it will take for the Eagle to give up & move on, and how long it will take for Annie and the more skittish birds to wander far from the coop once I let them out again.
I confined my chickens to the run/coop too. The buzzard came back several times for a period of 2 weeks. Never seen him/her since.
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