We lost one of our hens 3 weeks ago. We searched everywhere for her. In the ditches, all around the fields but there was no sign of her. We thought that it was not a fox as no other hens disappeared.
Today I went to let the goats out and there she was, outside their stable with one little fluffy yellow chick!
We got her and the chick into a spare ark and went back to see if there were any more. On the top of the old garage we saw another little chick about 10 feet off the ground on a stone lintel! Steve went to get the steps to get it down and we were absolutely amazed when he found 3 chicks up there and 5 un-hatched eggs!! She had been up there for 3 weeks sitting on these eggs and one of the chicks must have fallen to the floor this morning and she came down after it! The picture shows where the hen and chicks were balanced and pictures of the happy hen and chickies to follow soon.