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The trail cam's a lot of fun. Unfortunately it's also fickle. At least the ones I bought are.
You get to see what's going on when you're not there.
Losing lots of chickens to some unknown predator
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The trail cam's a lot of fun. Unfortunately it's also fickle. At least the ones I bought are.
You get to see what's going on when you're not there.
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Some favorite trail cam videos.
A coyote. (This was the first time I used it, and the infrared light reflecting from some small limbs almost obliterate the view. He's there on the left.)
A fox or coyote.
Our friend the opossum. The only unauthorized animal I've caught inside the fence.
My dog Zeke keeping an eye on things. He shows up near the end. There's a one second delay before the camera starts recording, so sometimes you get a video with nothing on it. Whatever triggered the camera is gone before it starts recording.
Our man Zeke again.
A coyote. (This was the first time I used it, and the infrared light reflecting from some small limbs almost obliterate the view. He's there on the left.)
A fox or coyote.
Our friend the opossum. The only unauthorized animal I've caught inside the fence.
My dog Zeke keeping an eye on things. He shows up near the end. There's a one second delay before the camera starts recording, so sometimes you get a video with nothing on it. Whatever triggered the camera is gone before it starts recording.
Our man Zeke again.
I put my trail cam out tonight but was in a rush to set it up cause it was getting dark. I hope I get something. It was not easy to set up either cause the post was on a downward slope.I should've tested it and checked the sd card but I was too excited to try it out. Yours is really bright for night shots. I hope mine is too.
Oh I just noticed you have a Plan! At least they will be surrounded by an electric fence. They will all look for someplace high to roost, do you think they can all roost on the top of the coop? I know eventually you will have to cover the top because of the owls but if they are surrounded by electric fence, they will be safe from those raccoons, I think. Make sure there are no limbs overhead that they can drop down from.
Oh I just noticed you have a Plan! At least they will be surrounded by an electric fence. They will all look for someplace high to roost, do you think they can all roost on the top of the coop? I know eventually you will have to cover the top because of the owls but if they are surrounded by electric fence, they will be safe from those raccoons, I think. Make sure there are no limbs overhead that they can drop down from.
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I just came back from the barn. There were three opossums in there. I don't know if I should cry or scream.
On a happier note, I counted 32 chickens this evening. I still don't see my Buckeye. I looked at all 32 pretty closely, and she's not one of them.
On a happier note, I counted 32 chickens this evening. I still don't see my Buckeye. I looked at all 32 pretty closely, and she's not one of them.
Every time I go to the barn, I see the feathers in piles and it makes me sad. Something has now scattered most of them but not all. So I feel your pain, I waited in hopes my silkie bantam, Reuben, had escaped but no such luck. 
His girl made it..she's the one in my profile picture. He probably saved her.
Who is that in your profile picture wearing the polkadots?
Do they have chicken therapists for PTSD, I wonder. We may need one.
His girl made it..she's the one in my profile picture. He probably saved her. Who is that in your profile picture wearing the polkadots?
Do they have chicken therapists for PTSD, I wonder. We may need one.
The partially ate chickens are a possum kill.
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That's my all-time favorite chicken Production. She was a Production Red, and when I named her, I was trying not to get too attached, so I just called her by her breed. Didn't work. I got attached.
I saved her life twice. Once, I caught a dog in the act of attacking her. I thought she would die that day, but she made it. She always thought of me as her rooster after that.
She spent a lot of time in the house with me, but she was outside too. I remember one time coming outside, and she came screaming around a corner with a rooster hot on her tail, and when she saw me, she just launched herself at me and landed on my shoulder.
She was never a healthy girl which I blame on the dog attack. The first time she started ailing I nursed her back to health, but the second time, I lost her. She died in my arms and was the only chicken I actually cried over although I've missed quite a few.
She's buried under a cherry tree now.
Here she is on the way to the vet:
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Is it possible something else killed it and the opossum came later and ate part of it?
For the longest time, there were no bodies. That's why I was convinced it was something big coming and taking the chickens away to eat. I've found three bodies out of maybe 20 chickens.
That's what happened to mine. I came home and found only one body. I went in the house and when I came back to the scene of the crime, the possum had the remains and if I had not known better I would've assumed the possum did it. But I was missing 6 chickens so I knew he didn't do it. I knew the signs of a fox, which is feathers but no body. They say a fox gets excited from the panic and kills them all. I've heard a raccoon does the same sometimes but normally they kill one or two and leave the bodies there and headless.
So a fox will carry off the body but the possum drags off the remains.
So a fox will carry off the body but the possum drags off the remains.
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