barchorses52
Chirping
- Dec 5, 2019
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Hello, I have had problems with raccoons, owls, and hawks. They definitely like white, grey, and black chickens.. But my red/brown Easter eggers they have left alone. I live in New Mexico and if I were to buy birds I would buy red/brown Easter eggers. Not only do they lay beautiful green or blue eggs there smart to run under bushes or there house to get away from the flying predators. Both of my Roosters are are white with brown/black feathers. The both of them are Easter eggers. They tell the girls run when they see the hawks, and they run for cover. I had 8 cream legbars and some white Easter eggers, and the predators loved them. Boy was I heart broken. Before I was just letting the chickens run free but now I make sure there in the locked hen house at night. My chickens didnt want to have anything to do with there hen house, they like being in the high trees at night. But one night at dusk my rooster came to me and the hens followed and he was pacing back and forth......hmmmm I thought????how weird are you acting???? So I said come on and he and the hens followed me to the hen house and so I locked them up. You could see the fear in him.Now at dusk they go to there house, and I make sure there locked up. I could hear the owl at night swoop down and grab a chicken off the tree next to my bedroom. Boy was I MAD, and the Raccoon would come pick them off the tree and run. I never was able to trap him. I am just lucky to have 2 roosters that are smart about attacks. Good luck but thats been my experience.