Unknown threat

[Mom 2em All]

Rooster and one cockerel have been crowing at odd (for them) times. When I went to sit on front porch with my coffee- everything is quiet out there. But... he sees something I don’t at the woods behind the coop.

 

[Matejka]

Rooster and one cockerel have been crowing at odd (for them) times. When I went to sit on front porch with my coffee- everything is quiet out there. But... he sees something I don’t at the woods behind the coop.

Be on your toes, there is something lurking

 

[Franklinridgefarms]

Take care and be careful if you are in an area where there could be large predators. Black bears have spread into our area over the last few years. I have had a couple close encounters with them and did not know they were there until I heard it in the wooded area right by our garden, or when one came down from a tree about twenty feet from me. Your mystery critter could also be a coyote. They are very plentiful and can be in closer proximity to houses and people than most are aware of. Over the winter I frequently saw one watching our cattle. Sometimes it was out in the open and other times after I had chased away a few times, I would see it just across the fence line in the grown up wooded area that is an abandoned railroad. It is dense enough that if I had not been looking for it I wouldn’t have seen it over there.

 

[Folly's place]

Consider putting up a game camera!
And agree about bears, watch out if there's a possibility of any being around.
Mary

 

[cmom]

I agree, I would put up a game camera too. I have several up in different places on my property and when I first put them up was surprised at the predators that roam here especially at night. When my birds really make a racket, I know something is usually out around the coops. I do have electric wire around the coops and pens and the predators here know it's there. Good luck...