Perplexing Question for Chicken Owners (Need an Opinion)

[BarredBuff]

Okay about 2 years ago I began the chicken farming 12 RIRs. 11 hens and a rooster. I lost 3 to coccidia, and 4 RIR were never found. So for the next year I quit free ranging. I had the 5 leftovers and they gradually died, and sold 2, and still have the rooster. Then a year later a Buff Orp rooster disappeared with feathers there but no blood.

And if you have been reading my journal you will know we went hiking. Guess what I saw chicken poop! No question about it! To small for turkey and way to thick for anything else. It seems I saw some tracks done their before. There is also two barns for them to be sleeping in.

Range is also rich down there. Enough food through winter, fall, summer and spring.

My question to you is

Could they be living down there and no one know it?

 

[MorelCabin]

Yes, they definitely could be

 

[BarredBuff]

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[FarmerJamie]

Thar's hens in them-thar hills?

 

[BarredBuff]

Thar's hens in them-thar hills?

Whadya think? Do you think it could be possible?

 

[BarredBuff]

I didnt mention this but. They were POL and were being mounted before they left.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Thar's hens in them-thar hills?

Whadya think? Do you think it could be possible?

Anything's possible. I thought I remember you saying you had a lot of predator's around the property. If the roo is still kicking, would he have been close enough to hear him crowing in the am?

I'm not sure without see the layout my self, but I'm skeptical.

 

[BarredBuff]

Thar's hens in them-thar hills?

Whadya think? Do you think it could be possible?

Anything's possible. I thought I remember you saying you had a lot of predator's around the property. If the roo is still kicking, would he have been close enough to hear him crowing in the am?

I'm not sure without see the layout my self, but I'm skeptical.

We always assumed we had predator problems because there was never any bodies.

I only here my roo once if at all a day because we leave at 7 and get back 5. Sometimes I never here my roo.

 

[Wannabefree]

It is possible, but NOT probable. Sorry Buffy

 

[BarredBuff]

It is possible, but NOT probable. Sorry Buffy

What makes you think it couldnt be?

(not trying to be a butt, I sincerely want to know the flaws you see with it)