- Dec 5, 2013
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So, as so many stories go, I went down to put my chickens away this evening and noticed I was off by one. My loud squawky Ameraucana "Turkey Chicken" was missing. She was an olive egger.
I looked around and found a mess of feathers and part of a wing under our Eucalyptus tree/bush. It's a weird growing tree. The limbs turn down so is creates a very low canopy. The chickens love to hide under it.
I'm dumbfounded. One of my other chickens looked like she had been roughed up a little. Looks like she got some feathers plucked and maybe a small injury near her beak.
Any clue what it might be? It was something that attacked and stayed under the bush to take care of business. She was one of 7 I have. The others appear to be ok .
Free range during the day and then I lock them up at night. During the day they have access to their coop, which is completely covered. I plan on keep them all inside tomorrow.
I live in Ramona, CA (outside of San Diego). I've had chickens for 3 1/2 years. First one I've lost to a predator. Totally bummed. I loved that chicken.........
I looked around and found a mess of feathers and part of a wing under our Eucalyptus tree/bush. It's a weird growing tree. The limbs turn down so is creates a very low canopy. The chickens love to hide under it.
I'm dumbfounded. One of my other chickens looked like she had been roughed up a little. Looks like she got some feathers plucked and maybe a small injury near her beak.
Any clue what it might be? It was something that attacked and stayed under the bush to take care of business. She was one of 7 I have. The others appear to be ok .
Free range during the day and then I lock them up at night. During the day they have access to their coop, which is completely covered. I plan on keep them all inside tomorrow.
I live in Ramona, CA (outside of San Diego). I've had chickens for 3 1/2 years. First one I've lost to a predator. Totally bummed. I loved that chicken.........