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on 06-12-2011 at 02:24 AM (261 Views)
Edited to add: All hens are ok ...
I was woken at about mid-night by a terrible squawking and I left my bed, ran downstairs, unlocked the door and arrived at the chicken run in about 3 seconds flat! I was so quick I even beat the dog downstairs and she can run at breath-taking speeds.
I arrived to see our biggest and oldest hen doing battle with something dark and mysterious and the sorority scattering to all corners of the run.
My presence and the final arrival of the dog seemed to scare the predator off and I spent several minutes calming the girls and waiting for BF to arrive in shoes to collect them all up.
I don't know what it was but I wish it followed a raw vegan diet.