I lost several hens last week that were accidentally free ranging. No tracks or bodies so I thought a hawk or possibly a bobcat since I seldom see tracks from them when the ground is dry.
This morning I got 1.1” in about an hour. I had to go to work just as it started letting up.
When I got home the gate to the hill pen was open and the birds were all out. There were several new feather explosions. And then I found this pair of tracks. Probably coyotes. At least one adult and one pup. At dark I rounded them all up and put them in a more secure pen. Several are injured across their backs. Hopefully the coyotes will move on somewhere else.
I’m working on fence as fast as I can but it’s slow going by myself.
There was a pretty rainbow when I got to work tho. In other news there is still a mouse eating seedlings. My PC is having mouse issues also: the wireless mouse croaked and I can’t get the newer one to work. So I don’t know what the issue is.
The broody’s bunch have been doing good until today when I found a chick a little sluggish and cold. I warmed it up and put it back but it was dead later. It might have had an internal issue or it might have gotten chilled with the rain this morning. I don’t know. Stuff happens.
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