COYOTE ATTACK!

[aggienaut]

   Just now I was sitting here and suddenly heard the white hen that likes to perch on the outside counter by the kitchen squawking wildly. I jumped up, grabbed the flashlight and made a mad dash downstairs and outside.

   Immediately I see a coyote (looked like a medium sized lean tan dog) dash across the yard and into the bushes on the side. Moments later I see the coyote on TOP of the wall (!) heading towards the front yard.
   I then confirm the health of the chicken. She appears unscathed but very flustered, still clucking botheredly. So I coax her back to her ledge and pat her and keep her company until she calms down.
   While I'm standing there I hear rustling from around the corner where the chicken-shed is (mother hen and her chicks still spend the night in the safety of the shed). Was there a second coyote? As I shine my flashlight over there two sinister red eyes appear around the corner!! As it moves its eyes are locked unnervingly on me.
   But then I realize its the cat. She was cornere over there by the coyote as well I guess. I open the door to the house andd she eagerly scampers in. Her tail is all floofed up.

Comments

[tanukisuit.livejournal.com]

OH NO : (

That is such a sweet image of you patting the hen until she felt better.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Usually she doesn't let one pat her but she didn't seem to mind in this case (=

[davyjones6.livejournal.com]

Sometimes late at night I can hear the yipping of the coyotes when they catch something. My house is up in the hills in beautiful San Marcos (gag). It was really creepy the first time I heard it, it sounded like what I thought hyenas would sound like..

I've never seen one by my house but I know they are there. My cats are indoor cats because of this. I've also had deer come down the hill by my yard, I was sitting outside one time on the phone and I looked up and there were three deer about 10-15 feet away. That was kind of cool.

I'm glad your animals are all okay :)

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yeah it was actually really creepy when I thought the cat was a coyote, since as I said it was staring at me and all I could see was red eyes. Normally coyotes just dart away so I was like holy shit why is it looking at me like that?!?

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

Of course the real learning point is that coyotes can leap five foot walls!

We're also hoping that the cat took a lesson about the dangers of the night. How do you explain to a sweet but naive animal that really bad things await her out there in that fun, fun, Disneyland of adventure?

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

PS: Mark-- are you contributing to the delinquency of a minor chicken?