Two chickens missing

[Eggcessive]

Be sure to put up some signs locally, or use social media to ask if anyone has seen them in the area.

 

[HeatherlovesherBirds]

I'm sorry to read this! I hope that they are just off playing, but it also could have been a fox they will not eat their kill where they catch it. Fox drag it off to a " safer place" lost a cat to a fox...and safed one from one two could have been either Predator Fox will also take chicken.

 

[SilkieSisters]

We've been searching high and low for them. I dont live with my dad during the week, but he's been looking for them as well. Today marks the day they've been missing for a week. I'm just really scared they're not okay

A week is quite a stretch . . . they usually can't go more than a few days without water and food. I'm so sorry about your girls

 

[Caileys_Chickens]

Thank you all for the support, I really do appreciate it. Unfortunately I dont think they're coming back. Thank you all again, it really does mean a lot to me and my family

 

[AltonaAcres]

That's weird all 3 went missing so close together! We have two barn cats, and they are off wandering more often than not. They will be gone for 1 day to a week at a time. They always come back just fine though, and we have every predator you could think of. I recently had a hen go missing for several weeks under my shed, and she reappeared with 5 chicks! I did however see her throughout the incubation period. She would come out to eat/drink every 2-3 days. Not all brooding chickens do this though. I have heard of 2 chickens brooding at the same time. Good luck! So sorry!

 

[Caileys_Chickens]

Found one of them! She came running into the backyard while I was giving them treats and ran away when I tried to go after her. I dont know where she went, but I think she has a clutch with the second chicken

 

[Ms Clucky]

Are the chickens that are missing hens? If they are and they are of laying age, they might be trying to hide so they can set.

 

[Eggcessive]

Well, she ma y come back home with the chicks soon if they survive. Put some food and water out for them nearby.

 

[Caileys_Chickens]

Are the chickens that are missing hens? If they are and they are of laying age, they might be trying to hide so they can set.

They're both around a year old, one (the gamefowl) was a rescue from a cockfight and she was used as a breeding hen, even though she was only three months. The other we got from IFA, (barred rock). I'm just happy I saw her running across the field, I was beginning to lose hopr

 

[Caileys_Chickens]

Well, she ma y come back home with the chicks soon if they survive. Put some food and water out for them nearby.

Okay, I will! Itll probably look weird since they're in the bushes near a fast food restaurant (it's right next to our house). As soon as I see those eggs hatch and the mommas come back, we'll put them into a pen by themselves to raise the chicks a bit more safely