Eggofarms
Songster
- Aug 18, 2020
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We had our first predator attack (that we know of). All the birds are fine, but they sure were scared!
Our 9 birds (4 Rhode Island Reds and 5 Blue Delawares) are 20 weeks tomorrow and we were excited to see them in their nesting boxes this morning, thinking they were going to lay their first eggs. We went back and looked at the footage and we found out what really happened!
Our backside of the coop is open and covered in 1/2 in black vinyl coated hardware cloth. We designed it this way because our winters are rarely that cold but spring/summer can be extremely hot and humid in Georgia.
We thought it may have been a raccoon or opossum but the more I watched it, it is definitely an owl in my opinion. Hopefully youtube didn't destroy the quality of the video but right as the video starts you will see a glowing eye on the right hand side and then what appears to be spread wings.
2 of the Blue Delawares didn't seem to mind and didn't move much on the roost. The others flipped out.
Our 9 birds (4 Rhode Island Reds and 5 Blue Delawares) are 20 weeks tomorrow and we were excited to see them in their nesting boxes this morning, thinking they were going to lay their first eggs. We went back and looked at the footage and we found out what really happened!
Our backside of the coop is open and covered in 1/2 in black vinyl coated hardware cloth. We designed it this way because our winters are rarely that cold but spring/summer can be extremely hot and humid in Georgia.
We thought it may have been a raccoon or opossum but the more I watched it, it is definitely an owl in my opinion. Hopefully youtube didn't destroy the quality of the video but right as the video starts you will see a glowing eye on the right hand side and then what appears to be spread wings.
2 of the Blue Delawares didn't seem to mind and didn't move much on the roost. The others flipped out.