{"id":3680,"date":"2025-11-23T02:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T02:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2025-12-28T04:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:24:32","slug":"sadness-on-the-mbd-scout-got-eaten-by-a-coopers-hawk-but-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/?p=3680","title":{"rendered":"Sadness on the MBD &#8211; Scout got eaten by a Cooper\u2019s Hawk(?). But\u2026 November 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While I was in New Orleans on this year\u2019s Girl\u2019s trip, Matt found the dead body of Scout out in the chicken yard. She was missing her head. I think it was pretty traumatic for him. In response, the 3 remaining chickens have been locked into the kennel during the day, unless someone sits out with them in the yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other things that happened is that we decided to get 3 more pullets from Featherby Farm in Shingle Springs. Chicken math, you know!These girls are Chocolate Orpington and pretty friendly. Unfortunately they also look very similar to each other. I think the names we have chosen are Charlotte, Emma and Cordelia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chocolates are friendly and don\u2019t mind being held. Vin got a little bossy to the new girls but it seems to have worked out after four days or so. She\u2019s the smallest pullet even though the new ones are a bit younger. Orpington are dual use birds and get heavier than the Easter Eggers that are bred for egg laying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-5-1-836x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-5-1-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-5-1-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-5-1-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-5-1-1253x1536.jpg 1253w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-5-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hermie (Hermione) is starting to fill out and get quite the saddle\/rump feathers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_8066-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_8066-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_8066-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_8066-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_8066.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vin loves the mealworms! Quite the predator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-6-1-961x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-6-1-961x1024.jpg 961w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-6-1-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-6-1-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-6-1-1441x1536.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-6-1.jpg 1876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Enola is getting quite the crest in her tail. She is becoming more silvery than gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"953\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-7-1-953x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-7-1-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-7-1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-7-1-768x825.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-7-1-1430x1536.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fullsizerender-7-1.jpg 1862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We did buy some leg bands so we can start learning these girls names!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt also made a cover from a pallet raised on cement blocks out in the yard. He also figured out that Cooper\u2019s hawks hunt mostly in the morning. So we are going to let the young ladies out into the yard tomorrow afternoon for a bit. They sure love eating grass and bugs out there. They are quite cute scratching at the oak leaves on the ground also. I think he\u2019s also going to buy a moveable chicken yard with nest boxes for out in the pasture. The hens stay in it and we move it 10\u2019 every other day or so. It is covered by fencing so they will be safer. We have great fencing all around the property so they are safe from most ground predators this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time &#8211; happy chickens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was in New Orleans on this year\u2019s Girl\u2019s trip, Matt found the dead body of Scout out in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3680"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680\/revisions\/3809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}