The Down Side of Farm Life
Went out to let the chickens out of the hen house and found my favorite chicken, dead. Headless and eaten on so no doubt the work of an owl or hawk. I suspect an owl though. Must have happened at dusk last night and since I locked up the chickens after dark with no lantern, I never saw her right by the hen house door. This is the down side of farm life. This hen was no pet or anything, but my favorite of my hens. Friendly and a good layer. We will haul her off to the woods for the coyotes.
Just kinda sad to see her gone. Will have to be more vigilant from now on about getting the hens in the hen house before dusk. Owls have a habit of returning over and over. One year we lost a dozen hens from one owl, one each night for that many nights. We finally stopped letting the hens out for a couple weeks and the owl got tired of waiting for a chance.
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We also have Fishers here, they are like minature wolverine/minks cross and are absolutely vicious. One tried to grab a cat off our front porch once, with the porch lights on and my husband standing at the window!
Ah well, nothing to do about it really.
We had a problem with owls carrying even cats off where we used to live..so far we just have to watch for loose dogs here.
I loved seeing the bird pictures..we never get cardinals here. I love how they look!!
Larua
I'm enjoying reading your blog too.
With regards, Tricia