Sunday afternoon was lovely… it was such a nice day in fact I had told The Girl Who Thinks She’s A Bird and her bff Little Miss Smarty Pants to bring the baby chicks outside for a little frolic in the grass. The weather was perfect.
This was the baby chicks 3rd outing in as many days… in the two previous days the chicks spent about 1/2 an hour outside under close supervision… just to make sure they wouldn’t wander off or anything… However… this time I had the girls move the Eglu over to the grass so the baby chicks could spend a few hours outside… all safe and secure within the confines of the Eglu run…
About 2 hours later the HH and I were sitting in our room reading with the windows open and all the sudden we heard Peep…PEEP…PEEP!!!!
We both jumped up…. and ran to the window…
and Holy Freakin Scare Your Pants Off…
There was a falcon sideways on the outside of the Eglu with a baby chick in it’s talons/claws(?)
Her back has a rather large gash in it…
So The Girl and I separated Lucy and Goosey from the rest of the flock and set up a warming lamp and took turns checking in on the birds and talking to them…
And so now we just wait… and hope they’ll be okay.
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