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And so maybe they feel it's safe to come out if one of the humans are out there? I did notice that when the crows get loud they all run for the coop. We've never seen any signs of raccoons or skunks out here in the 2 years we been here, and there's always bird seed and dog food out. . Lots of stupid greydiggers though, and we had a herd of elk walk about 200 feet from the house this morning, which was pretty awesome!
I recall once I was sitting with my silkies outside. My back was to the forest. The alpha silkie roo (I have since sold these silkies) looked over my shoulder in a panic. He truly looked terrified- it scared me to death as his expression conveyed that there was someONE behind me, coming to kill me.
I turned around, and didn't see anything. So I turned back around to look at him again, and he was GONE! He and the other silkies had run back into the covered pen. Then I looked back at the forest, and saw a hawk flying away.
Now another time, these same silkies had a hawk dive to kill them and he BOUNCED off the overhead netting. And they weren't even going for cover- it caught them by surprise. But the chickens will sometimes notice a predator that you don't.