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Kuntry Klucker

Kuntry Klucker

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Hi All,

We had a casualty this morning. I went out to check on the ladies mid morning and found one of our 6 week
old BO chicks dead. Her had was ripped of,f one wing, and most of her innerds were eaten away. The feathers and
legs was about all that was left. Does anyone know what animal could have done this to her?

Any help with identification would be great.

Thanks,
 
Rats sometimes attack young chicks, as well as eggs. What is the place where you are keeping the chicks like?
 
BantamLover21 said:
Rats sometimes attack young chicks, as well as eggs. What is the place where you are keeping the chicks like?
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Ok, thank you so much. I was thinking possibly a raccoon or other small animal.

Here is a pic of our coop and pen. The chick was found outside the pen area. I think she got out
sometime during the day. When we got home late after dark she had found another place to roost.
I over looked her when I did my search of the backyard and she was attacked during the night.

I found her in the morning. The raccoon did not get into the pen or coop.







 
Sorry to hear about your loss! Sounds like a raccoon to me, we had one get in our coop about 2 weeks ago and kill several. Same deal, heads gone and guts eaten. We set a trap and caught him the very next night. Lowes has a trap for 50 bucks.
 
You need to add 2 feet of 1/2" hardware cloth to your run. That is the only way you can keep a raccoon from grabbing a chick through the wire. They will some times eat a chicken through the wire. You have to prevent their hands from being able to access the run. A 2 foot high addition of 1/2" hardware cloth to your run should do the trick. So sorry for the loss of your chick. :(
 
Brookliner said:
You need to add 2 feet of 1/2" hardware cloth to your run. That is the only way you can keep a raccoon from grabbing a chick through the wire. They will some times eat a chicken through the wire. You have to prevent their hands from being able to access the run. A 2 foot high addition of 1/2" hardware cloth to your run should do the trick. So sorry for the loss of your chick.
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Ok, thank you so much for the tip. Luckly the raccoon did not eat the chick threw the wire. The chick got out some how
and I failed to see her when I put the other girls to bed. By the time I got home she had found another place to roost and I
overlooked her. By morning she was all over the back yard. I felt so bad, but I learned my lesson. Make sure that you do a hen
count before locking up for the night,

We will add the hardware cloth. Hopefully that should keep any other chicks from getting out.
 

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